Higher fusion power gain with profile control in DIII-D tokamak plasmas

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Lazarus, EA [1 ]
Navratil, GA [1 ]
Greenfield, CM [1 ]
Strait, EJ [1 ]
Austin, ME [1 ]
Burrell, KH [1 ]
Casper, TA [1 ]
Baker, DR [1 ]
DeBoo, JC [1 ]
Doyle, EJ [1 ]
Durst, RD [1 ]
Ferron, JR [1 ]
Forest, CB [1 ]
Gohil, P [1 ]
Groebner, RJ [1 ]
Heidbrink, WW [1 ]
Hong, R [1 ]
Howald, AW [1 ]
Hsieh, CL [1 ]
Hyatt, AW [1 ]
Jackson, GL [1 ]
Kim, J [1 ]
Lao, LL [1 ]
Lasnier, CJ [1 ]
Leonard, AW [1 ]
Lohr, JM [1 ]
LaHaye, RJ [1 ]
Maingi, R [1 ]
Miller, RL [1 ]
Murakami, M [1 ]
Osborne, TH [1 ]
Perkins, LJ [1 ]
Petty, CC [1 ]
Rettig, CL [1 ]
Rhodes, TL [1 ]
Rice, BW [1 ]
Sabbagh, SA [1 ]
Schissel, DP [1 ]
Scoville, JT [1 ]
Snider, RT [1 ]
Stallard, BW [1 ]
Stambaugh, RD [1 ]
StJohn, HE [1 ]
Stockdale, RE [1 ]
Taylor, PL [1 ]
Taylor, TS [1 ]
Thomas, DM [1 ]
Turnbull, AD [1 ]
Wade, MR [1 ]
Wood, RD [1 ]
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[1] GEN ATOM CO,SAN DIEGO,CA 92186
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10.1088/0029-5515/37/1/I11
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
Strong shaping, favourable for stability and improved energy confinement, together with a significant expansion of the central region of improved confinement in negative central magnetic shear target plasmas, increased the maximum fusion power produced in DIII-D by a factor of 3. Using deuterium plasmas, the highest fusion power gain, the ratio of fusion power to input power, Q, was 0.0015, corresponding to an equivalent Q of 0.32 in a deuterium-tritium plasma, which is similar to values achieved in tokamaks of larger size and magnetic field. A simple transformation relating Q to the stability parameters is presented.
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