PEAKED DENSITY PROFILES IN CIRCULAR-LIMITER H MODES ON THE TFTR TOKAMAK

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作者
BUSH, CE
GOLDSTON, RJ
SCOTT, SD
FREDRICKSON, ED
MCGUIRE, K
SCHIVELL, J
TAYLOR, G
BARNES, CW
BELL, MG
BOIVIN, RL
BRETZ, N
BUDNY, RV
CAVALLO, A
EFTHIMION, PC
GREK, B
HAWRYLUK, R
HILL, K
HULSE, RA
JANOS, A
JOHNSON, DW
KILPATRICK, S
MANOS, DM
MANSFIELD, DK
MEADE, DM
PARK, H
RAMSEY, AT
STRATTON, B
SYNAKOWSKI, EJ
TOWNER, HH
WIELAND, RM
ZARNSTORFF, MC
ZWEBEN, S
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[1] Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.424
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Circular-limiter H modes are obtained on the TFTR tokamak during high-power neutral-beam heating. The transition is usually from the supershot to the H mode rather than the usual L to H transition, and thus is obtained in a low-recycling environment with core fueling mainly from the heating beams. As a result, the density and pressure profiles are highly peaked at the center. The global confinement time E is enhanced over L-mode scaling by up to 2.5 times. The onset of edge-localized MHD modes shortly after the H-mode transition appears to limit E. Limiter H modes of up to 1.5 s duration have been realized. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:424 / 427
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