EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC GEOMETRY, FLUCTUATIONS, AND ELECTRIC-FIELDS ON CONFINEMENT IN THE ADVANCED TOROIDAL FACILITY

被引:12
作者
ISLER, RC
ACETO, S
BAYLOR, LR
BIGELOW, TS
BELL, GL
BELL, JD
CARRERAS, BA
COLCHIN, RJ
CRUME, EC
DOMINGUEZ, N
DORY, RA
DUNLAP, JL
DYER, GR
ENGLAND, AC
GANDY, RF
GLOWIENKA, JC
HANSON, GR
HARRIS, JH
HIROE, S
HORTON, LD
JERNIGAN, TC
JI, H
LANGLEY, RA
LEE, DK
LIKIN, KM
LYON, JF
MA, CH
MORIMOTO, S
MURAKAMI, M
OKADA, H
QUALLS, AL
RASMUSSEN, DA
ROME, JA
SATO, M
SCHWELBERGER, JG
SHATS, MG
SIMPKINS, JE
THOMAS, CE
UCKAN, T
WADE, MR
WILGEN, JB
WING, WR
YAMADA, H
ZIELINSKI, JJ
机构
[1] RENSSELAER POLYTECH INST,TROY,NY 12180
[2] AUBURN UNIV,AUBURN,AL 36849
[3] GEORGIA INST TECHNOL,ATLANTA,GA 30332
[4] NATL INST FUS SCI,NAGOYA,JAPAN
[5] MOSCOW GEN PHYS INST,MOSCOW,USSR
[6] KYOTO UNIV,KYOTO 606,JAPAN
[7] UNIV TENNESSEE,KNOXVILLE,TN 37996
来源
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS B-PLASMA PHYSICS | 1992年 / 4卷 / 07期
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D O I
10.1063/1.860018
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Recent experiments in the Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF) [Fusion Technol. 10, 179 (1986)] have been directed toward investigations of the basic physics mechanisms that control confinement in this device. Measurements of the density fluctuations throughout the plasma volume have provided indications for the existence of theoretically predicted dissipative trapped electron and resistive interchange instabilities. These identifications are supported by results of dynamic configuration scans of the magnetic fields during which the magnetic well volume, shear, and fraction of confined trapped particles are changed continuously. The influence of magnetic islands on the global confinement has been studied by deliberately applying error fields which strongly perturb the nested flux-surface geometry, and the effects of electric fields have been investigated by means of biased limiter experiments.
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页码:2104 / 2110
页数:7
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