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Fenstermacher Lower Hybrid | lower_hybrid_fenstermacher()

  • i_hcd_primary/i_hcd_secondary = 1:

This forumla was originally in the Oak RidgeSystems Code1, attributed to Fenstermacher and is used in the AEA FUS 172 report2.

\text{Current drive efficiency [A/W]} = 0.36 \frac{(1+(T_{\text{e}}/25)^{1.16})}{R_{0} n_{\text{e},20}}

  1. R.L.Reid et al, Oak Ridge Report ORNL/FEDC-87-7, 1988 

  2. T.C. Hender et al., 'Physics Assessment of the European Reactor Study', AEA FUS 172, 1992.