TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic behaviour of the low-to-high confinement transitions in the H-1 heliac
AU - Rudakov, D. L.
AU - Shats, M. G.
AU - Harris, J. H.
AU - Blackwell, B. D.
PY - 2001/4
Y1 - 2001/4
N2 - The dynamic behaviour of the plasma parameters, including the local electron density, electron temperature, plasma potential and their radial gradients, is studied experimentally during the transitions between low and high confinement modes (L-H transitions) in the H-1 heliac. In particular, a dynamic phenomenon occurring near the threshold conditions for the L-H transition and manifesting itself as a quasi-periodic low-frequency modulation of the local and average plasma parameters is described and discussed. A simple qualitative model for this phenomenon, referred to as L-H cycles, is suggested.
AB - The dynamic behaviour of the plasma parameters, including the local electron density, electron temperature, plasma potential and their radial gradients, is studied experimentally during the transitions between low and high confinement modes (L-H transitions) in the H-1 heliac. In particular, a dynamic phenomenon occurring near the threshold conditions for the L-H transition and manifesting itself as a quasi-periodic low-frequency modulation of the local and average plasma parameters is described and discussed. A simple qualitative model for this phenomenon, referred to as L-H cycles, is suggested.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035298927&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/0741-3335/43/4/312
DO - 10.1088/0741-3335/43/4/312
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035298927
SN - 0741-3335
VL - 43
SP - 559
EP - 570
JO - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
JF - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
IS - 4
ER -
