H-mode threshold and dynamics in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
H-mode threshold and dynamics in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1567288
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发表时间:
2003-04
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2.2
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C. Bush;M. Bell;R. Bell;J. Boedo;E. Fredrickson;S. Kaye;S. Kubota;B. LeBlanc;R. Maingi;R. Maqueda;S. Sabbagh;V. Soukhanovskii;D. Stutman;D. Swain;J. Wilgen;S. Zweben;W. Davis;D. Gates;D. Johnson;R. Kaita;H. Kugel;K. Lee;D. Mastrovito;S. Medley;J. Menard;D. Mueller;M. Ono;F. Paoletti;H. Park;S. Paul;Y-K.M. Peng;R. Raman;P. Roney;A. Roquemore;C. Skinner;E. Synakowski;G. Taylor;Nstx Team
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C. Bush;M. Bell;R. Bell;J. Boedo;E. Fredrickson;S. Kaye;S. Kubota;B. LeBlanc;R. Maingi;R. Maqueda;S. Sabbagh;V. Soukhanovskii;D. Stutman;D. Swain;J. Wilgen;S. Zweben;W. Davis;D. Gates;D. Johnson;R. Kaita;H. Kugel;K. Lee;D. Mastrovito;S. Medley;J. Menard;D. Mueller;M. Ono;F. Paoletti;H. Park;S. Paul;Y-K.M. Peng;R. Raman;P. Roney;A. Roquemore;C. Skinner;E. Synakowski;G. Taylor;Nstx Team
Edge parameters play a critical role in high confinement mode (H-mode) access, which is a key component of discharge optimization in present day toroidal confinement experiments and the design of next generation devices. Because the edge magnetic topology of a spherical torus (ST) differs from a conventional aspect ratio tokamak, H-modes in STs exhibit important differences compared with tokamaks. The dependence of the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) [C. Neumeyer et al., Fusion Eng. Des. 54, 275 (2001)] edge plasma on heating power, including the low confinement mode (L-mode) to H-mode (L-H) transition requirements and the occurrence of edge-localized modes (ELMs), and on divertor configuration is quantified. Comparisons between good L-modes and H-modes show greater differences in the ion channel than the electron channel. The threshold power for the H-mode transition in NSTX is generally above the predictions of a recent International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER) [ITER Physics Basis Edi...