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Observation of disruptions in tokamak plasma under the influence of resonant helical magnetic fields

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Disruptive instabilities were investigated in the small-tokamak TBR-1 during the application of resonant helical magnetic fields created by external helical windings. Indications were found that the main triggering mechanism of the disruption was the rapid increase of them=2/n=1 mode which, apparently after reaching a certain amplitude, interacts with other resistive modes: the internal 1/1 mode in the case of a major disruption, or with higherm components, as the 3/1 or 4/1, in the case of minor disruptions. After the coupling, the growth of the associated islands would create a chaotic field line distribution in the region between the corresponding rational magnetic surfaces which caused the gross particle transport and, finally, destroyed the confinement. In addition, investigations on higherZ eff discharges in which a mixture of helium and hydrogen was used resulted in much more unstable plasmas but apparently did not alter the basic characteristics of the disruptions.

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    M. S. T. Araújo, A. Vannucci & I. L. Caldas

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Araújo, M.S.T., Vannucci, A. & Caldas, I.L. Observation of disruptions in tokamak plasma under the influence of resonant helical magnetic fields. Il Nuovo Cimento D 18, 807–821 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02457314

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