Numerical study of minority ion heating scenarios in CN-H1 stellarator plasma

Abstract A preliminary simulation of ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) in the poloidal cross-section at the antenna location of the CN-H1 (Chinese Heliac 1) stellarator has been conducted for the first time using the full-wave solver TORIC. The heating scheme employed focuses on minority ion heating of He4 (H), with an independent investigation into the effects of wave frequency, toroidal mode number, and minority ion concentration on ICRH. Preliminary simulation results indicate that, under the conditions of wave frequency f = 4.7MHz, central magnetic field B0 = 0.32T and low-temperature, low-density plasma (with density on the order of 1018 m-3 and temperature in the range of tens of eV), more efficient minority-ion heating can be achieved when the toroidal mode number is in the range of 10–20 and the minority ion concentration is between 15% and 30%. This simulation provides theoretical insights and delineates the parameter space for prospective ICRH experiments in CN-H1.