Recent results from the national spherical torus experiment

被引：22

作者：

Maingi, R ^{[1
]}

Bell, MG

Bell, RE

Bialek, J

Bourdelle, C

Bush, CE

Darrow, DS

Fredrickson, ED

Gates, DA

Gilmore, M

Gray, T

Jarboe, TR

Johnson, DW

Kaita, R

Kaye, SM

Kubota, S

Kugel, HW

LeBlanc, BP

Maqueda, RJ

Mastrovito, D

Medley, SS

Menard, JE

Mueller, D

Nelson, BA

Ono, M

Paoletti, F

Park, HK

Paul, SF

Peebles, T

Peng, YKM

Phillips, CK

Raman, R

Rosenberg, AL

Roquemore, AL

Ryan, PM

Sabbagh, SA

Skinner, CH

Soukhanovskii, VA

Stutman, D

Swain, DW

Synakowski, EJ

Taylor, G

Wilgen, J

Wilson, JR

Wurden, GA

Zweben, SJ

机构：

[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[2] Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA

[3] Columbia Univ, New York, NY USA

[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA USA

[5] N Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA

[6] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[7] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA

[8] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[9] Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD USA

来源：

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION | 2003年 / 45卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1088/0741-3335/45/5/310

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：

The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) is a low aspect-ratio fusion research facility whose research goal is to make a determination of the attractiveness of the spherical torus concept in the areas of high-P stability, confinement, current drive, and divertor physics. Remarkable progress was made in extending the operational regime of the device in FY 2002. In brief beta(t) of 34% and beta(N) of 6.5 were achieved. H-mode became the main operational regime, and energy confinement exceeded conventional aspect-ratio tokamak scalings. Heating was demonstrated with the radio-frequency antenna, and signatures of current drive were observed. Current initiation with coaxial helicity injection produced discharges of 400kA, and first measurements of divertor heat flux profiles in H-mode were made.

引用

页码：657 / 669

页数：13

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