Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive

Electron Cyclotron calculations are activated by setting NLECH=.T.. The physics model for EC calculations is set by the flag EC_MODEL.

There are at present three modules for the calculation of propagation of waves in the range of frequencies of the Electron Cyclotron resonance: TORAY-GA (ray-tracing), GENRAY (ray tracing) and TORBEAM (beam tracing).
The ray tracing code GENRAY has capabilities for calculating also EBW, Lower Hybrid, Helicon waves and High Harmonics Fast Waves.

  • TORAY-GA. To activate this model, set EC_MODEL='TORAY'
  • GENRAY. To activate this model, set EC_MODEL='GENRAY'
  • TORBEAM. To activate this model, set EC_MODEL='TORBEAM'

Templates for setting input parameters in the EC modules (last updated on July 29th, 2019)