@article{7282, author = {E. Lerche and D. Van Eester and J. Ongena and M. L. Mayoral and M. Laxaback and F. Rimini and A. Argouarch and P. Beaumont and T. Blackman and V. Bobkov and D. Brennan and A. Brett and G. Calabro and M. Cecconello and I. Coffey and L. Colas and A. Coyne and K. Crombe and A. Czarnecka and R. Dumont and F. Durodie and R. Felton and D. Frigione and M. G. Johnson and C. Giroud and G. Gorini and M. Graham and C. Hellesen and T. Hellsten and S. Huygen and P. Jacquet and T. Johnson and V. Kiptily and S. Knipe and A. Krasilnikov and P. Lamalle and M. Lennholm and A. Loarte and R. Maggiora and M. Maslov and A. Messiaen and D. Milanesio and I. Monakhov and M. Nightingale and C. Noble and M. Nocente and L. Pangioni and I. Proverbio and C. Sozzi and M. Stamp and W. Studholme and M. Tardocchi and T. W. Versloot and V. Vdovin and M. Vrancken and A. Whitehurst and E. Wooldridge and V. Zoita}, title = {Optimizing ion-cyclotron resonance frequency heating for ITER: dedicated JET experiments}, abstract = {In the past years, one of the focal points of the JET experimental programme was on ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) studies in view of the design and exploitation of the ICRH system being developed for ITER. In this brief review, some of the main achievements obtained in JET in this field during the last 5 years will be summarized. The results reported here include important aspects of a more engineering nature, such as (i) the appropriate design of the RF feeding circuits for optimal load resilient operation and (ii) the test of a compact high-power density antenna array, as well as RF physics oriented studies aiming at refining the numerical models used for predicting the performance of the ICRH system in ITER. The latter include (i) experiments designed for improving the modelling of the antenna coupling resistance under various plasma conditions and (ii) the assessment of the heating performance of ICRH scenarios to be used in the non-active operation phase of ITER. }, year = {2011}, journal = {Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion}, volume = {53}, number = {12}, pages = {4019}, month = {Dec}, isbn = {0741-3335}, doi = {10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124019}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 870BLTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 43Part 1-2}, language = {English}, }