Suppression of large edge-localized modes in high-confinement DIII-D plasmas with a stochastic magnetic boundary

  • T. E. Evans
  • , R. A. Moyer
  • , P. R. Thomas
  • , J. G. Watkins
  • , T. H. Osborne
  • , J. A. Boedo
  • , E. J. Doyle
  • , M. E. Fenstermacher
  • , K. H. Finken
  • , R. J. Groebner
  • , M. Groth
  • , J. H. Harris
  • , R. J. La Haye
  • , C. J. Lasnier
  • , S. Masuzaki
  • , N. Ohyabu
  • , D. G. Pretty
  • , T. L. Rhodes
  • , H. Reimerdes
  • , D. L. Rudakov
  • M. J. Schaffer, G. Wang, L. Zeng

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Abstract

The large edge-localized modes (ELM) in high confinement (H-mode) plasmas were suppressed using a magnetic boundary, produced by an applied edge resonant magnetic perturbation. The magnetic perturbations were produced by a set of control coils, referred to as I coil, located inside the vacuum vessel. The plasmas used in the experiment were double null diverted discharges with a 2 cm downward shift. The results demonstrate that stochastic boundary layers are compatible with H-mode plasmas and that a stochastic layer can suppress ELMs without degrading the global particle and energy confinement.

Original languageEnglish
Article number235003
Pages (from-to)235003-1-235003-4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume92
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 11 2004

Funding

Work supported by the US Department of Energy under DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-AC04-94AL85000, W-7405-ENG-48, DE-FG02-04ER54758, DE-FG03-01ER54615, DE-FG02-89ER53297, and DE-FG03-01ER54615.

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