Comparison of the filament behaviour observed during type i ELMs in ASDEX upgrade and MAST

A. Kirk, A. Herrmann, B. Ayed, T. Eich, H. W. Muller, G. F. Counsell, S. Lisgo, M. Price, A. Schmid, S. Tallents, H. Wilson

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Abstract

A study of the evolution of the filaments observed during Type I ELMs on ASDEX Upgrade and MAST is presented. The filaments start off rotating toroidally/poloidally with velocities close to that of the pedestal. This velocity then decreases as the filaments propagate radially. On both devices the ion saturation current e-folding lengths of the filaments show a weak, if any, dependence on the size of the ELM (δWELM/Wped). On MAST the measured radial velocities of the filaments also show at most a weak dependence on δWELM/Wped.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012012
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume123
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/G003955/1

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