ECRH physics and technology in ITER

摘要

It is a great pleasure to introduce you to this special issue containing papers from the 4th IAEA Technical Meeting on ECRH Physics and Technology in ITER, which was held 6-8 June 2007 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The meeting was attended by more than 40 ECRH experts representing 13 countries and the IAEA. Presentations given at the meeting were placed into five separate categories: 1. EC wave physics: current understanding and extrapolation to ITER 2. Application of EC waves to confinement and stability studies, including active control techniques for ITER 3. Transmission systems/launchers: state of the art and ITER relevant techniques 4. Gyrotron development towards ITER needs 5. System integration and optimisation for ITER.