The determination of the q-profile in the plasma core from Alfven eigenmodes

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作者
Kramer, GJ [1 ]
Oikawa, T
Fujita, T
Kamada, Y
Kusama, Y
Tobita, K
Ozeki, T
Cheng, CZ
Nazikian, R
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[1] Japan Atom Energy Res Inst, Naka Fus Res Estab, Naka, Ibaraki 31101, Japan
[2] Princeton Univ, Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
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10.1088/0741-3335/40/6/001
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The q-profile has been determined inside the q = 1 surface of ion cyclotron resonance frequency (ICRF) heated plasmas from the observed toroidicity induced Alfven eigenmodes (TAE) that appeared before giant sawtooth crashes. The q-profile deduced from the TAE spectrum is in good agreement with the one obtained from motional Stark effect measurements.
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