Evolution of the radial electric field in a JET H-mode plasma

Y. Andrew; N. C. Hawkes; T. Biewer; K. Crombe; D. Keeling; E. De La Luna; C. Giroud; A. Korotkov; A. Meigs; A. Murari; I. Nunes; R. Sartori; T. Tala

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/83/15003

Evolution of the radial electric field in a JET H-mode plasma

Y. Andrew, N. C. Hawkes, T. Biewer, K. Crombe, D. Keeling, E. De La Luna, C. Giroud, A. Korotkov, A. Meigs, A. Murari, I. Nunes, R. Sartori, T. Tala

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Results from recent measurements of carbon impurity ion toroidal and poloidal rotation velocities, ion temperature, ion density and the resulting radial electric field (E_r) profiles are presented from an evolving Joint European Torus (JET) tokamak plasma over a range of energy and particle confinement regimes. Significant levels of edge plasma poloidal rotation velocity have been measured for the first time on JET, with maximum values of 9 km s^{- 1}. Such values of poloidal rotation provide an important contribution to the total edge plasma E_r profiles. Large values of shear in the measured E_r profiles are observed to arise as a consequence of the presence of the edge transport barrier (ETB) and do not appear to be necessary for their formation or destruction. These results have an important impact on potential mechanisms for transport barrier triggering and sustainment in present-day and future high-performance fusion plasmas.

Original language	English
Article number	15003
Journal	EPL
Volume	83
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/83/15003
State	Published - Jul 1 2008

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