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Edge radial electric field structure in quiescent H-mode plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak

  • K. H. Burrell
  • , W. P. West
  • , E. J. Doyle
  • , M. E. Austin
  • , J. S. Degrassie
  • , P. Gohil
  • , C. M. Greenfield
  • , R. J. Groebner
  • , R. Jayakumar
  • , D. H. Kaplan
  • , L. L. Lao
  • , A. W. Leonard
  • , M. A. Makowski
  • , G. R. McKee
  • , W. M. Solomon
  • , D. M. Thomas
  • , T. L. Rhodes
  • , M. R. Wade
  • , G. Wang
  • , J. G. Watkins
  • L. Zeng

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Abstract

The structure of edge radial electric field in DIII-D tokamak was investigated in quiescent H-mode. The effects of direct edge ion orbit loss on creation and sustainment of the QH-mode were described. The direct loss of ions which were injected into velocity-phase loss cone at plasma edge was not essential for creation and sustainment of QH-mode. The effect of change in edge traingularity by change in plasma shape from upwardly biased single null to magnetically balanced double null was also described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A165-A178
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume46
Issue number5 SUPPL. A
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2004

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