Transport measurements for confined non-thermal alpha particles in TFTR DT plasmas
G.R. McKee; R.J. Fonck; B.C. Stratton; R.V. Budny; Z. Chang; A.T. Ramsey; G.R. McKee; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA; R.J. Fonck; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA; B.C. Stratton; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA; R.V. Budny; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA; Z. Chang; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA; A.T. Ramsey; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Журнал:
Nuclear Fusion
Дата:
1997-04-01
Аннотация:
Fusion produced non-thermal alpha particle radial profile measurements are obtained with the α-CHERS diagnostic in deuterium-tritium (DT) supershot plasmas on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR). Alpha particles in the energy range 0.15 ≤ E<sub>α</sub> ≤ 0.6 MeV are observed spectroscopically over a five point radial profile. The extracted non-thermal alpha signal is ≤ 1% of the background bremsstrahlung intensity for typical total fast alpha densities in the range (0.5-1.0) × 10<sup>17</sup> m<sup>-3</sup>. The profiles obtained in two sets of discharges vary slightly, and are best described by a slowing down alpha distribution subject to neoclassical diffusion plus a small anomalous cross-field diffusion. The data are consistent with an effective anomalous diffusion coefficient in the range 0.00 ≤ D<sub>α,a</sub> ≤ 0.10 m<sup>2</sup>/s, where D<sub>α ,a</sub> is constant with alpha energy and with radius
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