Stabilizing impact of high gradient of β on microturbulence

C. Bourdelle, W. Dorland, X. Garbet, G. W. Hammett, M. Kotschenreuther, G. Rewoldt, E. J. Synakowski

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Abstract

Stabilizing impact of high gradient of β on microturbulence was analyzed. It was found that in high β spherical tokamak plasmas, high |β′| rather than low aspect ratio is a source of stabilization. The results showed that the effect of high |β′| should be stabilizing in the plasmas of the National Spherical Torus Experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2881-2887
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume10
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2003

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