Higher fusion power gain with current and pressure profile control in strongly shaped DIII-D tokamak plasmas

E. A. Lazarus; G. A. Navratil; C. M. Greenfield; E. J. Strait; M. E. Austin; K. H. Burrell; T. A. Casper; D. R. Baker; J. C. DeBoo; E. J. Doyle; R. Durst; J. R. Ferron; C. B. Forest; P. Gohil; R. J. Groebner; W. W. Heidbrink; R. M. Hong; W. A. Houlberg; A. W. Howald; C. L. Hsieh; A. W. Hyatt; G. L. Jackson; J. Kim; L. L. Lao; C. J. Lasnier; A. W. Leonard; J. Lohr; R. J. La Haye; R. Maingi; R. L. Miller; M. Murakami; T. H. Osborne; L. J. Perkins; C. C. Petty; C. L. Rettig; T. L. Rhodes; B. W. Rice; S. A. Sabbagh; D. P. Schissel; J. T. Scoville; R. T. Snider; G. M. Staebler; B. W. Stallard; R. D. Stambaugh; H. E. St. John; R. E. Stockdale; P. L. Taylor; D. M. Thomas; A. D. Turnbull; M. R. Wade; R. Wood; D. Whyte

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2714

Higher fusion power gain with current and pressure profile control in strongly shaped DIII-D tokamak plasmas

E. A. Lazarus
, G. A. Navratil
, C. M. Greenfield
, E. J. Strait
, M. E. Austin
, K. H. Burrell
, T. A. Casper
, D. R. Baker
, J. C. DeBoo
, E. J. Doyle
, R. Durst
, J. R. Ferron
, C. B. Forest
, P. Gohil
, R. J. Groebner
, W. W. Heidbrink
, R. M. Hong
, W. A. Houlberg
, A. W. Howald
, C. L. Hsieh

A. W. Hyatt, G. L. Jackson, J. Kim, L. L. Lao, C. J. Lasnier, A. W. Leonard, J. Lohr, R. J. La Haye, R. Maingi, R. L. Miller, M. Murakami, T. H. Osborne, L. J. Perkins, C. C. Petty, C. L. Rettig, T. L. Rhodes, B. W. Rice, S. A. Sabbagh, D. P. Schissel, J. T. Scoville, R. T. Snider, G. M. Staebler, B. W. Stallard, R. D. Stambaugh, H. E. St. John, R. E. Stockdale, P. L. Taylor, D. M. Thomas, A. D. Turnbull, M. R. Wade, R. Wood, D. Whyte

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Fusion power has been increased by a factor of 3 in DIII-D by tailoring the pressure profile to avoid the kink instability in H-mode plasmas. The resulting plasmas are found to have neoclassical ion confinement. This reduction in transport losses in beam-heated plasmas with negative central shear is correlated with a dramatic reduction in density fluctuations. Improved magnetohydrodynamic stability is achieved by controlling the plasma pressure profile width. In deuterium plasmas the highest gain Q (the ratio of fusion power to input power), was 0.0015, corresponding to an equivalent Q of 0.32 in a deuterium-tritium plasma.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2714-2717
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2714
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Lazarus, E. A., Navratil, G. A., Greenfield, C. M., Strait, E. J., Austin, M. E., Burrell, K. H., Casper, T. A., Baker, D. R., DeBoo, J. C., Doyle, E. J., Durst, R., Ferron, J. R., Forest, C. B., Gohil, P., Groebner, R. J., Heidbrink, W. W., Hong, R. M., Houlberg, W. A., Howald, A. W., ... Whyte, D. (1996). Higher fusion power gain with current and pressure profile control in strongly shaped DIII-D tokamak plasmas. Physical Review Letters, 77(13), 2714-2717. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2714

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Higher fusion power gain with current and pressure profile control in strongly shaped DIII-D tokamak plasmas

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