Abstract
A study was performed on the measurements made of the propagation frequency ω of tearing mode magnetic islands in the local Er=0 frame in co-injected neutral beam heated H-mode discharges in the DIII-D tokamak. The propagation was found to be in the ion diamagnetic drift direction. It was consistent with the predicted stabilizing polarization current threshold for neoclassical tearing modes (NTM).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3644-3648 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |