ROLE OF EDGE ELECTRIC-FIELD AND POLOIDAL ROTATION IN THE L-H TRANSITION

被引:525
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GROEBNER, RJ
BURRELL, KH
SERAYDARIAN, RP
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[1] General Atomics, San Diego
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.3015
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Marked changes in the edge radial electric field Er and in the edge poloidal rotation velocity v are important signatures of the L-H transition in the DIII-D tokamak. Shear exists in Er and v and increases from the L mode to the H mode. A comparison of experiment with theory shows that shear in Er and v is sufficient to suppress edge fluctuations, that ion-orbit loss is large enough to be the source of v, and that Er and v may play a causal role in the L-H transition. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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