REGIME OF VERY HIGH CONFINEMENT IN THE BORONIZED DIII-D TOKAMAK

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作者
JACKSON, GL
WINTER, J
TAYLOR, TS
BURRELL, KH
DEBOO, JC
GREENFIELD, CM
GROEBNER, RJ
HODAPP, T
HOLTROP, K
LAZARUS, EA
LAO, LL
LIPPMANN, SI
OSBORNE, TH
PETRIE, TW
PHILLIPS, J
JAMES, R
SCHISSEL, DP
STRAIT, EJ
TURNBULL, AD
WEST, WP
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
[2] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB,OAK RIDGE,TN 37830
[3] EURATOM,KFA JULICH,FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH,JULICH,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3098
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O4 [物理学];
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摘要
Following boronization, tokamak discharges in DIII-D have been obtained with confinement times up to a factor of 3.5 above the ITER89-P L-mode scaling and 1.8 times greater than the DIII-D/JET H-mode scaling relation. Very high confinement phases are characterized by relatively high central density with n(e) (0) almost-equal-to 1 x 10(20) m-3 , and central ion temperatures up to 13.6 keV at moderate plasma currents (1.6 MA) and heating powers (12.5-15.3 MW). These discharges exhibit a low fraction of radiated power, P less-than-or-equal-to 25%, Z(eff)(0) close to unity, and lower impurity influxes than comparable DIII-D discharges before boronization.
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