Analysis of anisotropic effects on energy induced by lower hybrid wave heating on EAST

It has been pointed out that plasma anisotropy has a significant impact on the characteristics of magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and. instability. Recently, anisotropic pressure effects induced by 4.6 GHz lower hybrid wave (LHW) heating on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has been investigated. The mechanism is due to the high-energy electrons generated by LHW Landau damping effects in the direction parallel to the magnetic field line.