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- Title
Peripheral Fluctuations and Particle Transport during an L–H Transition in the FT-2 Tokamak.
- Authors
Shatalin, S. V.; Vekshina, E. O.; Goncharov, P. R.; Esipov, L. A.; Lashkul, S. I.
- Abstract
Experimental data on the processes in edge plasma that accompany the transition to an improved confinement regime during lower hybrid heating in the FT-2 tokamak are presented. The poloidal and radial distributions of the plasma parameters and drift particle fluxes were measured with the use of mobile mulitielectrode Langmuir probes and were found to be substantially nonuniform in the poloidal direction. The evolution of the plasma parameters in the course of heating and during an L–H transition is investigated. It is shown that, in FT-2 experiments, the drift of plasma particles in a slowly varying (quasi-steady) electric field and the fluctuation-induced particle fluxes make comparable contributions to the radial particle transport, whereas the contribution of fluctuations to poloidal plasma fluxes is negligibly small. The effective coefficient of radial diffusion is determined. The measurement results show that the L–H transition is accompanied by a substantial decrease in this coefficient. © 2004 MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica”.
- Subjects
PLASMA gases; TOKAMAKS; PLASMA confinement; TRAPPED-particle instabilities; ELECTRON distribution; PHYSICS
- Publication
Plasma Physics Reports, 2004, Vol 30, Issue 5, p363
- ISSN
1063-780X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/1.1744945