Internal transport barriers in optimized shear plasmas in JET

  • A. C.C. Sips
  • , Y. F. Baranov
  • , C. D. Challis
  • , G. A. Cottrell
  • , L. G. Eriksson
  • , C. Gormezano
  • , C. Gowers
  • , C. M. Greenfield
  • , J. C.M. De Haas
  • , M. Von Hellermann
  • , G. T.A. Huysmans
  • , A. Howman
  • , R. König
  • , E. A. Lazarus
  • , T. Luce
  • , P. Nielsen
  • , D. O'Brien
  • , B. W. Rice
  • , G. Sadler
  • , F. X. Söldner
  • M. F. Stamp, E. J. Strait, B. J.D. Tubbing, M. Wade, D. J. Ward

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Abstract

Experiments using high-power heating during the current ramp-up phase of the discharge have obtained the highest D-D neutron rates in JET; Sn = 5.6 × 1016 neutrons s-1, with ne0 ≈ 6×1019 m-3, Te0 ≈ 12 keV and Ti0 ≈ 26 keV. The best discharges (Ip = 3.3 MA and Bt = 3.4 tesla) have peaked pressure profiles with a transport barrier located at r/a = 0.55. The pressure peaking is limited by MHD modes and requires active input power control to achieve the best performance. Deuterium neutral beam injection into a tritium-rich target plasma has established internal transport barriers at power levels close to the lowest threshold for pure deuterium plasmas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)647-652
Number of pages6
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume40
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

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