Ion transport barrier formation with low injected torque in JET

N. C. Hawkes, B. Esposito, Y. Andrew, T. M. Biewer, J. H. Brzozowski, M. Brix, A. Cardinali, F. Crisanti, K. Crombé, D. Van Eester, R. Felton, C. Giroud, T. Johnson, E. Lerche, A. Meigs, V. Parail, S. Sharapov, C. Sozzi, I. Voitsekhovitch, K. D. Zastrow

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    Abstract

    Ion temperature ITB trigger events have been provoked on JET with very low levels of injected torque using a 3He minority ion heating scheme. The evidence indicates that E x B shear driven by toroidal rotation is not important in these ITB triggers, however the ITBs which form are weak and short lived. Evidence from other experiments [4], suggests that higher torque is necessary to establish and maintain strong ITBs. Future experiments with the increased RF power of the new JET ICRH antenna will be made to explore whether 'strong' ITBs can be created at high power and low applied torque.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication34th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2007, EPS 2007 - Europhysics Conference Abstracts
    Pages504-507
    Number of pages4
    Edition1
    StatePublished - 2007
    Event34th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics 2007, EPS 2007 - Warsaw, Poland
    Duration: Jul 2 2007Jul 6 2007

    Publication series

    Name34th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2007, EPS 2007 - Europhysics Conference Abstracts
    Number1
    Volume31

    Conference

    Conference34th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics 2007, EPS 2007
    Country/TerritoryPoland
    CityWarsaw
    Period07/2/0707/6/07

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