Investigation of the neoclassical ambipolar electric field in ion-root plasmas on W7-X

被引：17

作者：

Pablant, N. ^{[1
]}

Langenberg, A. ^{[2
]}

Alonso, A. ^{[4
]}

Baldzuhn, J. ^{[2
]}

Beidler, C. D. ^{[2
]}

Bozhenkov, S. ^{[2
]}

Burhenn, R. ^{[2
]}

Brunner, K. J. ^{[2
]}

Dinklage, A. ^{[2
]}

Fuchert, G. ^{[2
]}

Ford, O. ^{[2
]}

Gates, D. A. ^{[1
]}

Geiger, J. ^{[2
]}

Hirsch, M. ^{[2
]}

Hofel, U. ^{[2
]}

Kazakov, Ye. O. ^{[8
]}

Knauer, J. ^{[2
]}

Krychowiak, M. ^{[2
]}

Laqua, H. ^{[2
]}

Landreman, M. ^{[7
]}

Lazerson, S. ^{[2
]}

Maassberg, H. ^{[2
]}

Marchuck, O. ^{[3
]}

Mollen, A. ^{[2
]}

Pasch, E. ^{[2
]}

Pavone, A. ^{[2
]}

Satake, S. ^{[6
]}

Schroeder, T. ^{[2
]}

Smith, H. M. ^{[2
]}

Svensson, J. ^{[2
]}

Traverso, P. ^{[5
]}

Turkin, Y. ^{[2
]}

Velasco, J. L. ^{[4
]}

von Stechow, A. ^{[2
]}

Warmer, F. ^{[2
]}

Weir, G. ^{[2
]}

Wolf, R. C. ^{[2
]}

Zhang, D. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, POB 451, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA

[2] Max Planck Inst Plasma Phys, Greifswald, Germany

[3] Forschungszentrum Julich, Julich, Germany

[4] CIEMAT, Lab Nacl Fus, Madrid, Spain

[5] Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL 36849 USA

[6] Natl Inst Fus Sci, Toki, Gifu, Japan

[7] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[8] LPP ERM KMS, Plasma Phys Lab, Brussels, Belgium

来源：

NUCLEAR FUSION | 2020年 / 60卷 / 03期

关键词：

magnetic confinement fusion; stellarator; neoclassical ambipolar electric field; Wendelstein; 7-X; core transport; x-ray imaging crystal spectrometer; TRANSPORT; CONFIGURATION; SYSTEM;

D O I：

10.1088/1741-4326/ab6ea8

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

The role of the radial electric field in high-performance ion-root plasmas on Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is examined and compared with neoclassical predictions. The W7-X stellarator is the world's first large-scale optimized stellarator. One of the important targets chosen for optimization during the W7-X design process was the reduction of core neoclassical heat transport. This optimization was targeted for reactor-relevant high-density plasmas with T-e approximate to T-i in which the neoclassical ambipolar radial electric field is expected to be negative throughout the plasmas core. Measurements of the core radial electric field (E-r) have confirmed that ion-root conditions (negative E-r in the plasma core) have been achieved in W7-X with high-density plasmas and central ECRH. These measured E-r profiles agree well with the neoclassical ambipolar Er predicted by the code sfincs. This good agreement provides confidence in the validity of neoclassical calculations in high-density ion-root conditions, and enables initial studies on the role of neoclassical transport in the optimized high-density regime of W7-X. Profile measurements of electron temperature (T-e), ion temperature (T-i) and electron density (ne) along with approximations for the average value of Z(eff) have been used as inputs to the sfincs code to calculate the ambipolar E-r profile along with neoclassical ion and electron energy flux profiles (Q(NCi), Q(NCe)). Finally the total experimental energy input to the plasma from ECRH heating has been compared to the neoclassical energy fluxes to provide a first estimate for the fraction of transport that can be attributed to neoclassical processes in reactorrelevant high-density ion-root conditions.

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