High-β performance of the START spherical tokamak

被引：39

作者：

Sykes, A ^{[1
]}

Akers, R

Appel, L

Carolan, PG

Conway, NJ

Cox, M

Field, AR

Gates, DA

Gee, S

Gryaznevich, M

Hender, TC

Jenkins, I

Martin, R

Morel, K

Morris, AW

Nightingale, MPS

Ribeiro, C

Robinson, DC

Tournianski, M

Valovic, M

Walsh, MJ

Warrick, C

机构：

[1] UKAEA Euratom Fus Assoc, Culham Lab, Abingdon OX14 3DB, Oxon, England

[2] Univ Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England

[3] Walsh Sci Ltd, Abingdon OX14 2RT, Oxon, England

来源：

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION | 1997年 / 39卷

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D O I：

10.1088/0741-3335/39/12B/019

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：

Using additional heating provided by neutral-beam injection, the START spherical tokamak at UKAEA Fusion Culham has achieved high-beta (ratio of volume average plasma pressure to vacuum magnetic-field pressure) values of beta(T) greater than or equal to 30%, more than twice the value previously obtained in a tokamak. These plasmas reach normalized beta values of beta(N) = beta%/(I/aB) similar to 4 at values of auxiliary heating power comparable to the ohmic power. Operation at high normalized current I-N = I-p/aB(T) similar to 8 is observed, so that the plasma current exceeds the central rod toroidal-field current for the first time in a hot tokamak.

引用

页码：B247 / B260

页数：14

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