Regime of very high confinement in the boronized DIII-D tokamak

G. L. Jackson, J. Winter, T. S. Taylor, K. H. Burrell, J. C. Deboo, C. M. Greenfield, R. J. Groebner, T. Hodapp, K. Holtrop, E. A. Lazarus, L. L. Lao, S. I. Lippmann, T. H. Osborne, T. W. Petrie, J. Phillips, R. James, D. P. Schissel, E. J. Strait, A. D. Turnbull, W. P. West

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Abstract

Following boronization, tokamak discharges in DIII-D have been obtained with confinement times up to a factor of 3.5 above the ITER89-P L-mode scaling and 1.8 times greater than the DIII-D/JET H-mode scaling relation. Very high confinement phases are characterized by relatively high central density with ne(0)1×1020 m-3, and central ion temperatures up to 13.6 keV at moderate plasma currents (1.6 MA) and heating powers (12.515.3 MW). These discharges exhibit a low fraction of radiated power, P25%, Zeff(0) close to unity, and lower impurity influxes than comparable DIII-D discharges before boronization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3098-3101
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume67
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991
Externally publishedYes

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