Internal transport barrier in tokamak and helical plasmas

K Ida, T Fujita - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The differences and similarities between the internal transport barriers (ITBs) of tokamak and
helical plasmas are reviewed. By comparing the characteristics of the ITBs in tokamak and …

An overview of intrinsic torque and momentum transport bifurcations in toroidal plasmas

PH Diamond, Y Kosuga, ÖD Gürcan, CJ McDevitt… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of the physics of intrinsic torque is presented, with special emphasis on the
phenomenology of intrinsic toroidal rotation in tokamaks, its theoretical understanding, and …

Towards an emerging understanding of non-locality phenomena and non-local transport

K Ida, Z Shi, HJ Sun, S Inagaki, K Kamiya… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, recent progress on experimental analysis and theoretical models for non-local
transport (non-Fickian fluxes in real space) is reviewed. The non-locality in the heat and …

Rotation and momentum transport in tokamaks and helical systems

K Ida, JE Rice - Nuclear Fusion, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Poloidal and toroidal rotation has been recognized to play an important role in heat transport
and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability in tokamaks and helical systems. It is well known …

Realization of high Ti plasmas and confinement characteristics of ITB plasmas in the LHD deuterium experiments

H Takahashi, K Nagaoka, K Mukai, M Yokoyama… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The deuterium (D) operation was initiated in the LHD in 2017. In the first campaign of the D
experiments, we successfully extended the high temperature regime in the LHD. The new …

Core intrinsic rotation behaviour in ASDEX Upgrade ohmic L-mode plasmas

RM McDermott, C Angioni, GD Conway, R Dux… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The ASDEX Upgrade intrinsic rotation database has been expanded to include a large
number of measurements from ohmic L-mode discharges covering a wide range of plasma …

Comparison of momentum transport in matched hydrogen and deuterium H-mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade

CFB Zimmermann, RM McDermott, C Angioni… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Advanced momentum transport analysis is used to study matched hydrogen (H) and
deuterium (D) plasmas in the core of ASDEX Upgrade. The aim is to validate gyrokinetic …

Residual parallel Reynolds stress due to turbulence intensity gradient in tokamak plasmas

ÖD Gürcan, PH Diamond, P Hennequin… - Physics of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
A novel mechanism for driving residual stress in tokamak plasmas based on k∥ symmetry
breaking by the turbulence intensity gradient is proposed. The physics of this mechanism is …

Nonlinear flow generation by electrostatic turbulence in tokamaks

WX Wang, PH Diamond, TS Hahm, S Ethier… - Physics of …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Global gyrokinetic simulations have revealed an important nonlinear flow generation
process due to the residual stress produced by electrostatic turbulence of ion temperature …

Edge Temperature Gradient as Intrinsic Rotation Drive in Alcator -Mod Tokamak Plasmas

JE Rice, JW Hughes, PH Diamond, Y Kosuga… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
Intrinsic rotation has been observed in I-mode plasmas from the C-Mod tokamak, and is
found to be similar to that in H mode, both in its edge origin and in the scaling with global …