Tight aspect ratio Tokamaks-theory and experiment

A. Sykes; J. W. Connor; R. Duck; K. Gibson; D. H.J. Goodall; M. Gryaznevish; T. C. Hender; J. Hugill; D. C. Robinson; M. F. Turner; M. Valovic; M. Walsh; H. R. Wilson

doi:10.1088/0741-3335/35/8/011

Tight aspect ratio Tokamaks-theory and experiment

A. Sykes, J. W. Connor, R. Duck, K. Gibson, D. H.J. Goodall, M. Gryaznevish, T. C. Hender, J. Hugill, D. C. Robinson, M. F. Turner, M. Valovic, M. Walsh, H. R. Wilson

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The START (Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak) experiment became operational in January 1991 at AEA Fusion Culham Laboratory. It is the only tokamak producing hot plasmas at aspect ratios as low as A=R/a approximately 1.3, and is providing valuable insight into the physical processes (such as toroidicity and trapping) involved at low aspect ratio. Three topics are discussed: equilibrium properties, including evidence of neo-classical and bootstrap effects; energy confinement studies; and MHD properties, including possible explanations for the apparent absence of the major disruption at low A.

Original language	English
Article number	011
Pages (from-to)	1051-1062
Number of pages	12
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/35/8/011
State	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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