Edge thermal transport barrier in LHD discharges

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Ohyabu, N [1 ]
Narihara, K [1 ]
Funaba, H [1 ]
Morisaki, T [1 ]
Masuzaki, S [1 ]
Kawahata, K [1 ]
Komori, A [1 ]
Kaneko, O [1 ]
Yamada, H [1 ]
deVries, P [1 ]
Emoto, M [1 ]
Goto, M [1 ]
Hamada, Y [1 ]
Ida, K [1 ]
Idei, H [1 ]
Inagaki, S [1 ]
Inoue, N [1 ]
Kado, S [1 ]
Kubo, S [1 ]
Kumazawa, R [1 ]
Minami, T [1 ]
Miyazawa, J [1 ]
Morita, S [1 ]
Murakami, S [1 ]
Mutoh, T [1 ]
Muto, S [1 ]
Nagayama, Y [1 ]
Nakamura, Y [1 ]
Nakanishi, H [1 ]
Nishimura, K [1 ]
Noda, N [1 ]
Kobuchi, T [1 ]
Ohdachi, S [1 ]
Ohkubo, K [1 ]
Oka, Y [1 ]
Osakabe, M [1 ]
Ozaki, OT [1 ]
Peterson, BJ [1 ]
Sagara, A [1 ]
Sakakibara, S [1 ]
Sakamoto, R [1 ]
Sasao, H [1 ]
Sasao, M [1 ]
Sato, K [1 ]
Saito, K [1 ]
Sato, M [1 ]
Seki, T [1 ]
Shimozuma, T [1 ]
Shoji, M [1 ]
Suzuki, H [1 ]
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[1] Natl Inst Fus Sci, Toki, Gifu, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.103
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
In LHD discharges a significant enhancement of the global energy confinement has been achieved for the first time in a helical device with an edge thermal barrier, which exhibits a sharp gradient at the edge of the temperature profile. Key features associated with the barrier are quite different from those seen in tokamaks: (i) almost no change in particle (including impurity) transport, (ii) a gradual formation of the barrier, (iii) a very high ratio of the edge temperature to the average temperature, and (iv) no edge relaxation phenomenon. These features are very attractive in applying the thermal barrier to future reactor grade devices.
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