Characteristics of the first H-mode discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

R. Maingi; M. G. Bell; R. E. Bell; C. E. Bush; E. D. Fredrickson; D. A. Gates; S. M. Kaye; H. W. Kugel; B. P. LeBlanc; J. E. Menard; D. Mueller; S. A. Sabbagh; D. Stutman; G. Taylor; D. W. Johnson R Kaita; R. J. Maqueda; M. Ono; F. Paoletti; S. F. Paul; Y. K.M. Peng; A. L. Roquemore; C. H. Skinner; V. A. Soukhanovskii; E. J. Synakowski

Characteristics of the first H-mode discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment

R. Maingi, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, C. E. Bush, E. D. Fredrickson, D. A. Gates, S. M. Kaye, H. W. Kugel, B. P. LeBlanc, J. E. Menard, D. Mueller, S. A. Sabbagh, D. Stutman, G. Taylor, D. W. Johnson R Kaita, R. J. Maqueda, M. Ono, F. Paoletti, S. F. Paul, Y. K.M. PengA. L. Roquemore, C. H. Skinner, V. A. Soukhanovskii, E. J. Synakowski

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Abstract

H-mode discharges were induced in National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), in which the energy confinement time increased transiently by between 100%-200%. These H modes had energy confinement well above ELM-free H-mode scaling laws, and had a significantly greater threshold power than predicted. Furthermore, it was found that H modes have broader pressure profiles than L modes and broad profiles generally have higher β limits in tokamaks due to improved low-n kink stability.

Original language	English
Article number	035003
Pages (from-to)	035003/1-035003/4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	88
Issue number	3
State	Published - 21 Jan 2002

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Maingi, R., Bell, M. G., Bell, R. E., Bush, C. E., Fredrickson, E. D., Gates, D. A., Kaye, S. M., Kugel, H. W., LeBlanc, B. P., Menard, J. E., Mueller, D., Sabbagh, S. A., Stutman, D., Taylor, G., Johnson R Kaita, D. W., Maqueda, R. J., Ono, M., Paoletti, F., Paul, S. F., ... Synakowski, E. J. (2002). Characteristics of the first H-mode discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment. Physical Review Letters, 88(3), 035003/1-035003/4. Article 035003.

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