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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Plasmas 9 (2002), S. 128-136 
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The effect of rotation on the heat and particle transport is measured in the DIII–D tokamak [Fusion Technol. 8, 441 (1985)] for high-confinement mode (H-mode) plasmas with edge localized modes. In a novel experiment, transport is compared for nearly identical scans of the relative gyroradius in co- and counter-rotating plasmas. Since the plasma profiles are the same, the difference in the transport scaling can be attributed to changes in the sheared E×B flow caused by the shift in the toroidal plasma velocity. The ion heat and particle transport are found to be sensitive to the change in the rotation direction and magnitude whereas the electron heat transport is not. Simulations using a gyroLandau-fluid drift wave transport model show that the variation in the ion heat transport for co/counter rotation is due to changes in the E×B shear stabilization, but the electrons appear to be governed by a different transport mechanism. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Quiescent double barrier discharges (QDB) on DIII-D [Luxon et al., Fusion Technol. 8, Part 2A, 441 (1985)] exhibit near steady high performance (βNH∼7) with a quiescent H-mode edge, i.e., free of edge localized modes (ELMs), but with effective particle control and strongly peaked density profiles. These QDB discharges exhibit an internal transport barrier with low ion thermal transport despite incomplete turbulence suppression. Very short correlation lengths, which reduce the transport step size, however, characterize the residual turbulence. This observation is consistent with simulations using the GLF23 [Waltz et al., Phys. Plasmas 4, 2482 (1997)] model, which reproduce the core ion temperature profile even in the presence of finite turbulence. Increased retention of high-Z impurities is observed and core nickel concentrations (an intrinsic impurity in DIII-D) are as high as 0.3%. To quantify impurity transport, trace impurity injection has been performed in steady QDB discharges showing a fast influx followed by a slow pump out. The measured decay times of the core concentration of two nonrecycling impurities, F(Z=9) and Ca(Z=22), are 299 and 675 ms, respectively, while the energy confinement time is 111 ms. Time dependent analysis of neon influx yields both diffusivities and inward convection velocities significantly greater than neoclassical predictions in the same region of the plasma where measured ion thermal transport is near neoclassical predictions yet significant turbulence is observed. The boundary of these discharges is characterized by a saturated coherent magnetohydrodynamic mode, the edge harmonic oscillation, which takes the place of ELMs in facilitating particle control by allowing particle transport to the open field lines, where both wall- and cryopumping play a major role in particle exhaust. Hot (∼5 keV) ions observed in the outer scrape-off layer may enhance wall pumping. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Sustained stabilization of the n=1 kink mode by plasma rotation at beta approaching twice the stability limit calculated without a wall has been achieved in DIII-D by a combination of error field reduction and sufficient rotation drive. Previous experiments have transiently exceeded the no-wall beta limit. However, demonstration of sustained rotational stabilization has remained elusive because the rotation has been found to decay whenever the plasma is wall stabilized. Recent theory [Boozer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5059 (2001)] predicts a resonant response to error fields in a plasma approaching marginal stability to a low-n kink mode. Enhancement of magnetic nonaxisymmetry in the plasma leads to strong damping of the toroidal rotation, precisely in the high-beta regime where it is needed for stabilization. This resonant response, or "error field amplification" is demonstrated in DIII-D experiments: applied n=1 radial fields cause enhanced plasma response and strong rotation damping at beta above the no wall limit but have little effect at lower beta. The discovery of an error field amplification has led to sustained operation above the no-wall limit through improved magnetic field symmetrization using an external coil set. The required symmetrization is determined both by optimizing the external currents with respect to the plasma rotation and by use of feedback to detect and minimize the plasma response to nonaxisymmetric fields as beta increases. Ideal stability analysis and rotation braking experiments at different beta values show that beta is maintained 50% higher than the no wall stability limit for durations greater than 1 s, and approaches beta twice the no-wall limit in several cases, with steady-state rotation levels. The results suggest that improved magnetic-field symmetry could allow plasmas to be maintained well above no-wall beta limit for as long as sufficient torque is provided. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The amplitude and frequency of modes driven in the edge region of tokamak high mode (H-mode) discharges [type I edge-localized modes (ELMs)] are shown to depend on the discharge shape. The measured pressure gradient threshold for instability and its scaling with discharge shape are compared with predictions from ideal magnetohydrodynamic theory for low toroidal mode number (n) instabilities driven by pressure gradient and current density and good agreement is found. Reductions in mode amplitude are observed in discharge shapes with either high squareness or low triangularity where the stability threshold in the edge pressure gradient is predicted to be reduced and the most unstable mode is expected to have higher values of n. The importance of access to the ballooning mode second stability regime is demonstrated through the changes in the ELM character that occur when second regime access is not available. An edge stability model is presented that predicts that there is a threshold value of n for second regime access and that the most unstable mode has n near this threshold. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: ELMing (edge-localized) H-mode discharges with densities as high as 40% above the Greenwald density and good energy confinement, HITER-89P=2, were obtained with D2 gas puffing on DIII-D [Chan et al., Proceedings of the 16th IAEA Conference, Montreal (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1996), Vol. 1, p. 95]. These discharges have performance comparable to the best pellet fueled DIII-D discharges. Spontaneous peaking of the density profile was an important factor in obtaining high energy confinement. Without density profile peaking, the energy confinement at high density degraded with reduction in the H-mode pedestal pressure under the stiff temperature profile conditions observed at high density on DIII-D. Reduction in the pedestal pressure was associated with loss of access to the second stable regime for ideal ballooning modes at the edge, and change in the edge-localized mode (ELM) instability from a low to high toroidal mode number. Gyrokinetic stability calculations indicate that the core of the high-density discharges is dominated by ion temperature gradient mode turbulence. A turbulent transport simulation with the GLF23 [Waltz et al., Phys. Plasmas 4, 2482 (1997)] code produced stiff temperature profiles in agreement with the experiment and did not indicate the formation of an internal transport barrier. Helium transport studies showed an anomalous inward particle pinch at high density. The highest density discharges were terminated by onset of a magnetohydromagnetic instability, which is consistent with destabilization of neoclassical tearing modes through peaking of the pressure profile. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Significant progress has been made in obtaining high-performance discharges for many energy confinement times in the DIII-D tokamak [J. L. Luxon et al., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1987), Vol. I, p. 159]. Normalized performance (measured by the product of βNH89 and indicative of the proximity to both conventional β limits and energy confinement quality, respectively) ∼10 has been sustained for 〉5 τE with qmin〉1.5. These edge localized modes (ELMing) H-mode discharges have β∼5%, which is limited by the onset of resistive wall modes slightly above the ideal no-wall n=1 limit, with approximately 75% of the current driven noninductively. The remaining Ohmic current is localized near the half-radius. The DIII-D electron cyclotron heating system is being upgraded to replace this inductively driven current with localized electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD). Density control, which is required for effective ECCD, has been successfully demonstrated in long-pulse high-performance ELMing H-mode discharges with βNH89∼7 for up to 6.3 s. In plasma shapes compatible with good density control in the present divertor configuration, the achieved βN is somewhat less than that in the high βNH89=10 discharges. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: High-confinement (H-mode) operation is the choice for next-step tokamak devices based either on conventional or advanced tokamak physics. This choice, however, comes at a significant cost for both the conventional and advanced tokamaks because of the effects of edge localized modes (ELMs). ELMs can produce significant erosion in the divertor and can affect the beta limit and reduced core transport regions needed for advanced tokamak operation. Experimental results from DIII-D [J. L. Luxon et al., Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1986 (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1987), Vol. I, p. 159] this year have demonstrated a new operating regime, the quiescent H-mode regime, which solves these problems. We have achieved quiescent H-mode operation that is ELM-free and yet has good density and impurity control. In addition, we have demonstrated that an internal transport barrier can be produced and maintained inside the H-mode edge barrier for long periods of time (〉3.5 s or 〉25 energy confinement times τE), yielding a quiescent double barrier regime. By slowly ramping the input power, we have achieved βNH89=7 for up to 5 times the τE of 150 ms. The βNH89 values of 7 substantially exceed the value of 4 routinely achieved in the standard ELMing H mode. The key factors in creating the quiescent H-mode operation are neutral beam injection in the direction opposite to the plasma current (counter injection) plus cryopumping to reduce the density. Density and impurity control in the quiescent H mode is possible because of the presence of an edge magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillation, the edge harmonic oscillation, which enhances the edge particle transport while leaving the energy transport unaffected. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: The ion thermal diffusivities (χi) in DIII-D [J. L. Luxon and L. G. Davis, Fusion Technol. 8, 441 (1985)] discharges exhibit a strong nonlinear dependence on the measured temperature gradients. In low confinement mode (L-mode) discharges with low toroidal rotation, the ion thermal diffusivity, χi, has an approximately Heaviside function dependence on the major radius divided by the radial scale length of the ion temperature, R/LTi. When R/LTi is less than a critical value, the χi's are very small. When R/LTi is about equal to the critical value, χi increases rapidly. Although the gradient profiles for high confinement (H-mode) have a different shape, they still show a critical gradient type of behavior. This type of dependence is consistent with the predictions for transport, which is dominated by ion temperature gradient modes and is a strong indicator that these modes are the main contributors toward L-mode transport in DIII-D and a major contributor to transport in a certain region of DIII-D H-mode discharges. When strong rotational shear is present, the thermal confinement is improved in regions of the plasma. In these regions, the dependence of the diffusivities on the gradients is changed. The type of change is consistent with the physical picture that when the E×B shearing frequency is greater than the maximum linear growth rate of the modes as calculated without shear, then the modes are stabilized and the transport is reduced. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Long wavelength turbulence as well as heat and momentum transport are significantly reduced in the DIII-D tokamak [Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1987), Vol. I, p. 159] as a result of neon seeding of a low confinement mode negative central shear discharge. Correspondingly, the energy confinement time increases by up to 80%. Fully saturated turbulence measurements near ρ=0.7 (ρ=r/a) in the wave number range 0.1≤k⊥ρs≤0.6, obtained with beam emission spectroscopy, exhibit a significant reduction of fluctuation power after neon injection. Fluctuation measurements obtained with far infrared scattering also show a reduction of turbulence in the core, while the Langmuir probe array measures reduced particle flux in the edge and scrape-off layer. Gyrokinetic linear stability simulations of these plasmas are qualitatively consistent, showing a reduction in the growth rate of ion temperature gradient driven modes for 0〈k⊥ρs≤1.4, and nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations show a reduced saturated density fluctuation amplitude. The measured ωE×B shearing rate increased at ρ=0.7, suggesting that impurity-induced growth rate reduction is acting synergistically with ωE×B shear to decrease turbulence and reduce anomalous transport. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 10
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    Electronic Resource
    s.l. : American Chemical Society
    Analytical chemistry 46 (1974), S. 2065-2067 
    ISSN: 1520-6882
    Source: ACS Legacy Archives
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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