TURBULENT EDGE TRANSPORT IN THE PRINCETON BETA-EXPERIMENT-MODIFIED HIGH CONFINEMENT MODE

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TYNAN, GR [1 ]
SCHMIDTZ, L [1 ]
BLUSH, L [1 ]
BOEDO, JA [1 ]
CONN, RW [1 ]
DOERNER, R [1 ]
LEHMER, R [1 ]
MOYER, R [1 ]
KUGEL, H [1 ]
BELL, R [1 ]
KAYE, S [1 ]
OKABAYASHI, M [1 ]
SESNIC, S [1 ]
SUN, Y [1 ]
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[1] PRINCETON UNIV, PRINCETON PLASMA PHYS LAB, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
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10.1063/1.870916
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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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The first probe measurements of edge turbulence and transport in a neutral beam induced high confinement mode (H-mode) are reported. A strong negative radial electric field is directly observed in H-mode. A transient suppression of normalized ion saturation and floating potential fluctuation levels occurs at the low confinement mode to high confinement mode (L-H) transition, followed by a recovery to near low mode (L-mode) levels. The average poloidal wave number and the poloidal wave-number spectral width are decreased, and the correlation between fluctuating density and potential is reduced. A large-amplitude coherent oscillation, localized to the strong radial electric field region, is observed in H-mode but does not cause transport. In H-mode the effective turbulent diffusion coefficient is reduced by an order of magnitude inside the last closed flux surface and in the scrape-off layer. The results are compared with a heuristic model of turbulence suppression by velocity-shear stabilization.
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