Kinetic full wave analysis of ion cyclotron waves in tokamak plasmas using integral form of dielectric tensor

In order to describe the wave structure and power deposition profile in ion cyclotron heating in tokamak plasmas, a considerable progress has been made in developing full wave codes including kinetic effects. Recently kinetic full wave analysis using the integral form of dielectric tensor and the finite element method was extended to two-dimensional configuration including peripheral regions in tokamaks. This approach can describe the inhomogeneous cyclotron resonance and any order of the finite Larmor radius effects, and the code implements efficient parallel processing. For ion cyclotron range of frequencies, the wave structures and parameter dependence in the two-ion hybrid resonance heating are compared with the results of conventional differential operator approach. The description of ion Bernstein waves, kinetic Alfven waves, and ion cyclotron emission in this approach will be also discussed.