Internal transport barrier with ion-cyclotron-resonance minority heating on Tore Supra

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作者
Hoang, GT [1 ]
Bourdelle, C [1 ]
Garbet, X [1 ]
Antar, G [1 ]
Budny, RV [1 ]
Aniel, T [1 ]
Basiuk, V [1 ]
Bécoulet, A [1 ]
Devynck, P [1 ]
Lasalle, J [1 ]
Martin, G [1 ]
Saint-Laurent, F [1 ]
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[1] CEA Cadarache, EURATOM Assoc, Dept Rech Fus Controlee, F-13108 St Paul Durance, France
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4593
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O4 [物理学];
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Recently, reversed magnetic shear operation was performed using only ion-cyclotron-resonance frequency minority heating (ICRH) during current ramp-up. A wide region of reversed magnetic shear has been obtained. For the first time, an electron internal transport barrier sustained by ICRH is observed, with a dramatical drop of density fluctuations. This barrier was maintained. on the current flat top, for about 2 a.
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