High internal inductance improved confinement H-mode discharges obtained with an elongation ramp technique in the DIII-D tokamak

L. L. Lao; J. R. Ferron; T. S. Taylor; K. H. Burrell; V. S. Chan; M. S. Chu; J. C. Deboo; E. J. Doyle; C. M. Greenfield; R. J. Groebner; R. James; E. A. Lazarus; T. H. Osborne; H. St.john; E. J. Strait; S. J. Thompson; A. D. Turnbull; D. Wroblewski; H. Zohm

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3435

High internal inductance improved confinement H-mode discharges obtained with an elongation ramp technique in the DIII-D tokamak

L. L. Lao
, J. R. Ferron
, T. S. Taylor
, K. H. Burrell
, V. S. Chan
, M. S. Chu
, J. C. Deboo
, E. J. Doyle
, C. M. Greenfield
, R. J. Groebner
, R. James
, E. A. Lazarus
, T. H. Osborne
, H. St.john
, E. J. Strait
, S. J. Thompson
, A. D. Turnbull
, D. Wroblewski
, H. Zohm

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Abstract

High confinement mode (H-mode) discharges with peaked toroidal current density profile (high internal inductance, li) and improved confinement are obtained in the DIII-D tokamak by dynamically varying the current profile using a rapid elongation ramp technique. The confinement improvement increases with li and persists in the presence of edge-localized modes. The plasma toroidal rotation and the corresponding radial electric field component also increase with the peakedness of the current density profile.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3435-3438
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	70
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3435
State	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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Lao, L. L., Ferron, J. R., Taylor, T. S., Burrell, K. H., Chan, V. S., Chu, M. S., Deboo, J. C., Doyle, E. J., Greenfield, C. M., Groebner, R. J., James, R., Lazarus, E. A., Osborne, T. H., St.john, H., Strait, E. J., Thompson, S. J., Turnbull, A. D., Wroblewski, D., & Zohm, H. (1993). High internal inductance improved confinement H-mode discharges obtained with an elongation ramp technique in the DIII-D tokamak. Physical Review Letters, 70(22), 3435-3438. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3435

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