ICRH-produced H-modes in the JET tokamak
V P Bhatnagar; J Jacquinot; B J D Tubbing; D Stork; A Tanga; B Balet; G Bosia; M Bures; D Campbell; S Clement; A Hatayama; K Lawson; F Tibone; D F H Start; V P Bhatnagar; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; J Jacquinot; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; B J D Tubbing; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; D Stork; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; A Tanga; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; B Balet; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; G Bosia; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; M Bures; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; D Campbell; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; S Clement; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; A Hatayama; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; K Lawson; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; F Tibone; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK; D F H Start; JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK
Журнал:
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Дата:
1991-03-01
Аннотация:
H-modes produced by ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) in a double-null X-point open divertor configuration in the JET Tokamak are studied, where the ICRH antennas, operated in the dipole (0, pi ) phasing, are located on the low-field side of the Tokamak. Beryllium evaporation on the nickel antenna screen and the first wall of the Tokamak played a crucial role in achieving H-modes with ICRH alone. In these discharges, all the characteristics typical of neutral-beam injection heating H-modes are found, and the global energy confinement time approaches two times the Goldston L-mode prediction. For most of their duration, ICRH H-modes are free from ELMs (edge-localized modes). In addition, the monster sawtooth (long sawtooth-free period) feature of ICRH is maintained during H-modes, leading to a central electron temperature (T<sub>c0</sub>) of 10 keV, nearly twice the value of the central ion temperature (T<sub>i0</sub>). ICRH H-modes often occur as a two-step transition and the antenna plasma coupling resistance (R<sub>c</sub>) also decreases in two steps. Theoretical values of R<sub>c</sub> agree well with experimental values during the H-phase.
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