An H minority heating regime in Tore Supra showing improved L mode confinement

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Hoang, GT [1 ]
Monier-Garbet, P
Aniel, T
Bourdelle, C
Budny, RV
Clairet, F
Eriksson, LG
Garbet, X
Grisolia, C
Platz, P
Vallet, JC
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[1] CEA Cadarache, EURATOM Assoc, Dept Rech Fus Controlee, St Paul Durance, France
[2] Princeton Univ, Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
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10.1088/0029-5515/40/5/304
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
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Tore Supra experiments are at present devoted to the study of high density regimes with radiofrequency heating. Recently, an improved L mode confinement regime has been observed in plasmas heated by ion cyclotron hydrogen minority heating, at relatively high densities up to 80% of the Greenwald limit. The quality of energy confinement is as good as that of ELMy H mode. The main physical mechanism of this regime has not been clearly identified. However, some features very similar to those of previous improved confinement modes using neutral beam heating in other tokamaks have been observed.
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