ISLANDS OF RUNAWAY ELECTRONS IN THE TEXTOR TOKAMAK AND RELATION TO TRANSPORT IN A STOCHASTIC FIELD

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JASPERS, R [1 ]
CARDOZO, NJL [1 ]
FINKEN, KH [1 ]
SCHOKKER, BC [1 ]
MANK, G [1 ]
FUCHS, G [1 ]
SCHULLER, FC [1 ]
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[1] KFA JULICH,FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH,INST PLASMAPHYS,D-52425 JULICH,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.4093
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O4 [物理学];
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A population of 30 MeV runaway electrons in the TEXTOR tokamak is diagnosed by their synchrotron emission. During pellet injection a large fraction of the population is lost within 600 mus. This rapid loss is attributed to stochastization of the magnetic field. The remaining runaways form a narrow, helical beam at the q = 1 drift surface. The radial and poloidal diffusion of this beam is extremely slow, D < 0.02 m2/s. The fact that the beam survives the period of stochastic field shows that in the chaotic sea big magnetic islands must remain intact.
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