Properties of the LHD plasmas with a large island-super dense core plasma and island healing

  • N. Ohyabu
  • , T. Morisaki
  • , S. Masuzaki
  • , R. Sakamoto
  • , M. Kobayashi
  • , J. Miyazawa
  • , M. Shoji
  • , H. Funaba
  • , J. H. Harris
  • , Y. Hirooka
  • , S. Inagaki
  • , K. Itoh
  • , K. Narihara
  • , N. Nakajima
  • , Y. Narushima
  • , S. Ohdachi
  • , B. Peterson
  • , S. Sakakibara
  • , R. Sanchez
  • , K. Tanaka
  • K. Watanabe, M. Yokoyama, K. Ida, T. Shimozuma, H. Yamada, Y. Nagayama, O. Kaneko, T. Mutoh, K. Kawahata, A. Komori, S. Sudo, O. Motojima

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Abstract

In local island (m/n = 1/1) divertor discharges in the large helical device a stable super dense core plasma develops when a series of pellets are injected. A core region with a density as high as 4.6 × 1020 m-3 and a temperature of 0.85 keV is maintained by an internal diffusion barrier with a very high density gradient. In a study of island dynamics, we find that an externally imposed large island (m/n = 1/1) as large as 15% of the minor radius is healed when beta at the island exceeds a critical value.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)B383-B390
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume48
Issue number12 B
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2006

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