MAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS IN CURRENTLESS PLASMAS IN THE ATF TORSATRON

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作者
HARRIS, JH [1 ]
BELL, JD [1 ]
DUNLAP, JL [1 ]
PARE, VK [1 ]
BELL, GL [1 ]
BIGELOW, TS [1 ]
ENGLAND, AC [1 ]
GLOWIENKA, JC [1 ]
HORTON, LD [1 ]
HOWE, HC [1 ]
ISLER, RC [1 ]
MENON, MM [1 ]
MURAKAMI, M [1 ]
MORRIS, RN [1 ]
NEILSON, GH [1 ]
RASMUSSEN, DA [1 ]
WILGEN, JB [1 ]
WING, WR [1 ]
机构
[1] MARTIN MARIETTA ENERGY SYST INC,DIV COMP & TELECOMMUN,OAK RIDGE,TN 37831
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10.1088/0029-5515/31/6/007
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
Measurements of poloidal magnetic field fluctuations outside currentless, finite-beta (<beta> less-than-or-equal-to 0.5%, beta-0 less-than-or-equal-to 3%) plasmas with peaked pressure profiles in the Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF) torsatron reveal bands of small (B approximately-theta/B-phi approximately 10(-5), coherent fluctuations in the frequency range 5-60 kHz. The geometrical structure of these fluctuations shows n = 1 toroidal mode symmetry, with inferred poloidal mode numbers of m = 2 and 3. The coherent B approximately-theta amplitudes increase with <beta> for <beta> less-than-or-similar-to 0.3%, and then saturate and begin to decrease with <beta> for <beta> greater-than-or-similar-to 0.3%.
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