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Magnetic triggering of ELMs in TCV

Yves Martin, Laurent Villard, Jonathan Bryan Lister

Experiments on the TCV tokamak have shown that rapid vertical movement of diverted ELMy H-mode plasmas can affect the time sequence of edge localized modes. The effect is attributed to the induction of an edge current during the movement of the plasma colu ...

2003

Edge localized modes in DIII-D high performance discharges

Olivier Sauter, Hartmut Zohm

A new understanding of edge localized modes (ELMs) in tokamak discharges is emerging (Snyder P B et al 2002 Phys. Plasmas 9 2037), in which the ELM is an essentially ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instability and the ELM severity is determined by the radi ...

2003

Tokamak equilibria with reversed current density

Laurent Villard, Andrei Martynov

Observations of nearly zero toroidal current in the central region of tokamaks (the "current hole") raises the question of the existence of toroidal equilibria with very low or reversed current in the core. The solutions of the Grad-Shafranov equilibrium e ...

2003

Error field locked modes thresholds in rotating plasmas, anomalous braking and spin-up

Olivier Sauter

The mechanisms of nonlinear interaction of external helical fields with a rotating plasma are investigated analyzing the results of recent systematic experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET) [A. Gibson , Phys. Plasmas 5, 1839 (1998)] that widen the pr ...

2002

MHD stability limits in the TCV tokamak

Holger Reimerdes

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities can limit the performance and degrade the confinement of tokamak plasmas. The Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV), unique for its capability to produce a variety of poloidal plasma shapes, has been used to analyse ...

EPFL2001

Physics of the compact advanced stellarator NCSX

Wilfred Anthony Cooper

Compact optimized stellarators offer novel solutions for confining high-beta plasmas and developing magnetic confinement fusion. The three-dimensional plasma shape can be designed to enhance the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability without feedback or nearb ...

2001

Modelling of macroscopic magnetic islands in tokamaks

Olivier Sauter, Ivo Furno, Andrei Martynov

The article presents experimental and theoretical investigations on the dynamics of saw-teeth and neoclassical tearing modes in tokamak plasmas. The main findings of these investigations are: (1) The experimental validation, on the basis of FTU and TCV dat ...

2001

Effect of triangular and elongated plasma shape on the sawtooth stability

Olivier Sauter, Timothy Goodman, Holger Reimerdes, Antoine Pochelon, Andrei Martynov

In the TCV tokamak the sawtooth period and the sawtooth amplitude are observed to depend strongly on the shape of the poloidal plasma cross section. Systematic scans of plasma elongation and triangularity show small sawteeth with short periods at high elon ...

2000

Neoclassical tearing modes

Olivier Sauter, Holger Reimerdes, Hartmut Zohm

Neoclassical tearing modes are one of the most serious concerns for operation on a next-step tokamak device. The modes occur on present tokamaks at normalized pressure (beta (N)) values comparable to those envisaged For baseline scenarios in future devices ...

2000

Plasma-edge gradients in L-mode and ELM-free H-mode JET plasmas

Laurie Porte

Experimental plasma-edge gradients in JET during the edge-localized-mode (ELM) free H-mode are examined for evidence of the presence and location of the transport barrier region inside the magnetic separatrix. High spatial resolution data in electron densi ...

1998