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An analytical study is made of the effects of ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) on high-energy particle containment in tokamaks. In particular, it is found that rf-induced velocity diffusion may significantly enhance scrape-off losses and ripple losses. A concomitant inversion of the distribution function of the heated ions is potentially dangerous since the excitation of wave instabilities could lead to a further increased particle loss because of quasilinear diffusion.
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Anderson et al. (1984) studied this question.
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