Experimental observations of driven and intrinsic rotation in tokamak plasmas

JE Rice - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental observations of driven and intrinsic rotation in tokamak plasmas are reviewed.
For momentum sources, there is direct drive from neutral beam injection, lower hybrid and …

[HTML][HTML] Gyrokinetic neoclassical study of the bootstrap current in the tokamak edge pedestal with fully non-linear Coulomb collisions

R Hager, CS Chang - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
As a follow-up on the drift-kinetic study of the non-local bootstrap current in the steep edge
pedestal of tokamak plasma by Koh et al.[Phys. Plasmas 19, 072505 (2012)], a gyrokinetic …

Global performance enhancements via pedestal optimisation on ASDEX Upgrade

MG Dunne, L Frassinetti, MNA Beurskens… - Plasma Physics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Results of experimental scans of heating power, plasma shape, and nitrogen content are
presented, with a focus on global performance and pedestal alteration. In detailed scans at …

Non-linear modeling of the plasma response to RMPs in ASDEX Upgrade

F Orain, M Hölzl, E Viezzer, M Dunne… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) in ASDEX Upgrade is
modeled with the non-linear resistive MHD code JOREK, using input profiles that match …

A review of impurity transport characteristics in the LHD

S Sudo - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of impurities in the Large Helical Device (LHD) is reviewed based on the
knowledge acquired since LHD experiments started in 1998. As a result, a consistent …

Intrinsic rotation in axisymmetric devices

T Stoltzfus-Dueck - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Toroidal rotation is critical for fusion in tokamaks, since it stabilizes instabilities that can
otherwise cause disruptions or degrade confinement. Unlike present-day devices, ITER …

Ion heat transport dynamics during edge localized mode cycles at ASDEX Upgrade

E Viezzer, M Cavedon, E Fable, FM Laggner… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The edge ion heat transport is analyzed in ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) by combining a
comprehensive set of pedestal measurements with both interpretive and predictive …

Inboard and outboard radial electric field wells in the H-and I-mode pedestal of Alcator C-Mod and poloidal variations of impurity temperature

C Theiler, RM Churchill, B Lipschultz… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present inboard (HFS) and outboard (LFS) radial electric field (E r) and impurity
temperature (T z) measurements in the I-mode and H-mode pedestal of Alcator C-Mod …

[HTML][HTML] Poloidal asymmetries in edge transport barriers

RM Churchill, C Theiler, B Lipschultz… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Measurements of impurities in Alcator C-Mod indicate that in the pedestal region, significant
poloidal asymmetries can exist in the impurity density, ion temperature, and main ion …

Electrostatic potential variations along flux surfaces in stellarators

MA Pedrosa, JA Alonso, JM García-Regaña… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Direct observations of electrostatic potential variations along the flux surfaces of the TJ-II
stellarator are presented. Measurements taken with two distant Langmuir probe arrays show …