Isotopic scaling of transport in deuterium-tritium plasmas

S. D. Scott, D. R. Ernst, M. Murakami, H. Adler, M. G. Bell, R. Bell, R. V. Budny, C. E. Bush, Z. Chang, H. Duong, L. R. Grisham, E. D. Fredrickson, B. Grek, R. J. Hawryluk, K. W. Hill, J. Hosea, D. L. Jassby, D. W. Johnson, L. C. Johnson, M. J. LoughlinD. K. Mansfield, K. M. McGuire, D. M. Meade, D. M. Mikkelsen, J. Murphy, H. K. Park, A. T. Ramsey, J. Schivell, C. H. Skinner, J. D. Strachan, E. J. Synakowski1, G. Taylor, M. E. Thompson, R. Wieland, M. C. Zarnstorff

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Abstract

Both global and thermal energy confinement improve in high-temperature supershot plasmas in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) when deuterium beam heating is partially or wholly replaced by tritium beam heating. For the same heating power, the tritium-rich plasmas obtain up to 22% higher total energy, 30% higher thermal ion energy, and 20-25% higher central ion temperature. Kinetic analysis of the temperature and density profiles indicates a favorable isotopic scaling of ion heat transport and electron particle transport, with τEi(a/2) ∝ 〈A〉0.7-0.8 and τpe(a) ∝ 〈A〉0.8.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)394-401
Number of pages8
JournalPhysica Scripta
Volume51
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 1995
Externally publishedYes

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