Higher fusion power gain with profile control in DIII-D tokamak plasmas
E.A. Lazarus; G.A. Navratil; C.M. Greenfield; E.J. Strait; M.E. Austin; K.H. Burrell; T.A. Casper; D.R. Baker; J.C. DeBoo; E.J. Doyle; R.D. Durst; J.R. Ferron; C.B. Forest; P. Gohil; R.J. Groebner; W.W. Heidbrink; R. Hong; A.W. Howald; C.-L. Hsieh; A.W. Hyatt; G.L. Jackson; J. Kim; L.L. Lao; C.J. Lanier; A.W. Leonard; J.M. Lohr; R.J. La Haye; R. Maingi; R.L. Miller; M. Murakami; T.H. Osborne; L.J. Perkins; C.C. Petty; C.L. Rettig; T.L. Rhodes; B.W. Rice; S.A. Sabbagh; D.P. Schissel; J.T. Scoville; R.T. Snider; B.W. Stallard; R.D. Stambaugh; H.E. St. John; R.E. Stockdale; P.L. Taylor; T.S. Taylor; D.M. Thomas; A.D. Turnbull; M.R. Wade; R.D. Wood; D.G. Whye; E.A. Lazarus; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; G.A. Navratil; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; C.M. Greenfield; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; E.J. Strait; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; M.E. Austin; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; K.H. Burrell; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; T.A. Casper; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; D.R. Baker; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; J.C. DeBoo; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; E.J. Doyle; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.D. Durst; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; J.R. Ferron; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; C.B. Forest; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; P. Gohil; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.J. Groebner; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; W.W. Heidbrink; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R. Hong; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; A.W. Howald; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; C.-L. Hsieh; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; A.W. Hyatt; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; G.L. Jackson; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; J. Kim; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; L.L. Lao; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; C.J. Lanier; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; A.W. Leonard; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; J.M. Lohr; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.J. La Haye; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R. Maingi; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.L. Miller; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; M. Murakami; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; T.H. Osborne; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; L.J. Perkins; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; C.C. Petty; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; C.L. Rettig; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; T.L. Rhodes; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; B.W. Rice; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; S.A. Sabbagh; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; D.P. Schissel; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; J.T. Scoville; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.T. Snider; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; B.W. Stallard; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.D. Stambaugh; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; H.E. St. John; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.E. Stockdale; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; P.L. Taylor; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; T.S. Taylor; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; D.M. Thomas; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; A.D. Turnbull; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; M.R. Wade; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; R.D. Wood; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA; D.G. Whye; Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
Журнал:
Nuclear Fusion
Дата:
1997-01-01
Аннотация:
Strong shaping, favourable for stability and improved energy confinement, together with a significant expansion of the central region of improved confinement in negative central magnetic shear target plasmas, increased the maximum fusion power produced in DIII-D by a factor of 3. Using deuterium plasmas, the highest fusion power gain, the ratio of fusion power to input power, Q, was 0.0015, corresponding to an equivalent Q of 0.32 in a deuterium-tritium plasma, which is similar to values achieved in tokamaks of larger size and magnetic field. A simple transformation relating Q to the stability parameters is presented
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