Overview of results from the ATF torsatron

R. J. Colchin; M. Murakami; E. Anabitarte; F. S.B. Anderson; G. L. Bell; J. D. Bell; T. S. Bigelow; E. C. Crume; J. L. Dunlap; G. R. Dyer; A. C. England; P. W. Fisher; W. A. Gabbard; J. C. Glowienka; R. H. Goulding; J. W. Halliwell; G. R. Hanson; J. H. Harris; G. R. Haste; C. Hidalgo-Vera; D. L. Hillis; S. Hiroe; L. D. Horton; H. C. Howe; D. P. Hutchinson; R. C. Isler; T. C. Jemigan; M. Kwon; R. A. Langley; D. K. Lee; J. F. Lyon; J. W. Lue; C. H. Ma; M. M. Menon; R. N. Morris; P. K. Mioduszewski; G. H. Neilson; A. L. Qualls; D. A. Rasmussen; P. S. Rogers; P. L. Shaw; T. D. Shepard; J. E. Simpkins; S. Sudo; C. E. Thomas; T. Uckan; M. R. Wade; J. B. Wilgen; W. R. Wing; H. Yamadaand; J. J. Zielinski

doi:10.1063/1.859554

Overview of results from the ATF torsatron

R. J. Colchin
, M. Murakami
, E. Anabitarte
, F. S.B. Anderson
, G. L. Bell
, J. D. Bell
, T. S. Bigelow
, E. C. Crume
, J. L. Dunlap
, G. R. Dyer
, A. C. England
, P. W. Fisher
, W. A. Gabbard
, J. C. Glowienka
, R. H. Goulding
, J. W. Halliwell
, G. R. Hanson
, J. H. Harris
, G. R. Haste
, C. Hidalgo-Vera

D. L. Hillis, S. Hiroe, L. D. Horton, H. C. Howe, D. P. Hutchinson, R. C. Isler, T. C. Jemigan, M. Kwon, R. A. Langley, D. K. Lee, J. F. Lyon, J. W. Lue, C. H. Ma, M. M. Menon, R. N. Morris, P. K. Mioduszewski, G. H. Neilson, A. L. Qualls, D. A. Rasmussen, P. S. Rogers, P. L. Shaw, T. D. Shepard, J. E. Simpkins, S. Sudo, C. E. Thomas, T. Uckan, M. R. Wade, J. B. Wilgen, W. R. Wing, H. Yamadaand, J. J. Zielinski

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Experiments involving plasma improvement, confinement scaling, bootstrap currents, and edge fluctuations have been carried out in the Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF) torsatron [Fusion Technol. 10, 179 (1986)]. Average densities n̄_e≤9x10¹⁹m^-3 have been obtained, with global energy confinement times τ_E^*≤20 msec. Confinement times generally follow the stellarator/torsatron empirical scaling law, τ_SL = 0.17XP^-0.58n_e ^0.69B^0.84a²R^0.75 (with τ_SL in seconds, power P in megawatts, density n_e in 10²⁰ m^-3, and plasma radius a and major radius R in meters). Gas injection during neutral beam injection (NBI) causes increases in n_e, so that τ_E^* does not decrease during NBI. Edge plasma fluctuations are found to exhibit a mode change near the peak of the energy confinement time. Plasma currents observed during electron cyclotron heating have been identified as bootstrap currents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1347-1352
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics of Fluids B
Volume	2
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859554
State	Published - 1990

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Colchin, R. J., Murakami, M., Anabitarte, E., Anderson, F. S. B., Bell, G. L., Bell, J. D., Bigelow, T. S., Crume, E. C., Dunlap, J. L., Dyer, G. R., England, A. C., Fisher, P. W., Gabbard, W. A., Glowienka, J. C., Goulding, R. H., Halliwell, J. W., Hanson, G. R., Harris, J. H., Haste, G. R., ... Zielinski, J. J. (1990). Overview of results from the ATF torsatron. Physics of Fluids B, 2(6), 1347-1352. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859554

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