Peaked density profiles in circular-limiter H modes on the TFTR tokamak

C. E. Bush; R. J. Goldston; S. D. Scott; E. D. Fredrickson; K. McGuire; J. Schivell; G. Taylor; Cris W. Barnes; M. G. Bell; R. L. Boivin; N. Bretz; R. V. Budny; A. Cavallo; P. C. Efthimion; B. Grek; R. Hawryluk; K. Hill; R. A. Hulse; A. Janos; D. W. Johnson; S. Kilpatrick; D. M. Manos; D. K. Mansfield; D. M. Meade; H. Park; A. T. Ramsey; B. Stratton; E. J. Synakowski; H. H. Towner; R. M. Wieland; M. C. Zarnstorff; S. Zweben

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.424

Peaked density profiles in circular-limiter H modes on the TFTR tokamak

C. E. Bush
, R. J. Goldston
, S. D. Scott
, E. D. Fredrickson
, K. McGuire
, J. Schivell
, G. Taylor
, Cris W. Barnes
, M. G. Bell
, R. L. Boivin
, N. Bretz
, R. V. Budny
, A. Cavallo
, P. C. Efthimion
, B. Grek
, R. Hawryluk
, K. Hill
, R. A. Hulse
, A. Janos
, D. W. Johnson

S. Kilpatrick, D. M. Manos, D. K. Mansfield, D. M. Meade, H. Park, A. T. Ramsey, B. Stratton, E. J. Synakowski, H. H. Towner, R. M. Wieland, M. C. Zarnstorff, S. Zweben

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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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Abstract

Circular-limiter H modes are obtained on the TFTR tokamak during high-power neutral-beam heating. The transition is usually from the supershot to the H mode rather than the usual L to H transition, and thus is obtained in a low-recycling environment with core fueling mainly from the heating beams. As a result, the density and pressure profiles are highly peaked at the center. The global confinement time E is enhanced over L-mode scaling by up to 2.5 times. The onset of edge-localized MHD modes shortly after the H-mode transition appears to limit E. Limiter H modes of up to 1.5 s duration have been realized.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	424-427
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	65
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.424
State	Published - 1990

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Bush, C. E., Goldston, R. J., Scott, S. D., Fredrickson, E. D., McGuire, K., Schivell, J., Taylor, G., Barnes, C. W., Bell, M. G., Boivin, R. L., Bretz, N., Budny, R. V., Cavallo, A., Efthimion, P. C., Grek, B., Hawryluk, R., Hill, K., Hulse, R. A., Janos, A., ... Zweben, S. (1990). Peaked density profiles in circular-limiter H modes on the TFTR tokamak. Physical Review Letters, 65(4), 424-427. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.424

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