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Observation of Efficient Lower Hybrid Current Drive at High Density in Diverted Plasmas on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/PZOMOI |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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2019-01-18 |
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S. G. Baek, G. M. Wallace, P. T. Bonoli, D. Brunner, I. C. Faust, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, B. LaBombard, R. R. Parker, M. Porkolab, S. Shiraiwa, S. Wukitch, 2019, "Observation of Efficient Lower Hybrid Current Drive at High Density in Diverted Plasmas on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PZOMOI, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Title: |
Observation of Efficient Lower Hybrid Current Drive at High Density in Diverted Plasmas on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/PZOMOI |
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S. G. Baek, G. M. Wallace, P. T. Bonoli, D. Brunner, I. C. Faust, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, B. LaBombard, R. R. Parker, M. Porkolab, S. Shiraiwa, S. Wukitch |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PZOMOI |
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Physics, lower hybrid heating & current drive, parametric decay instability, scattering of waves by turbulence, scrape off layer, tokamak plasma |
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Efficient lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) is demonstrated at densities up to ne≈1.5×10^20 m^-3 in diverted plasmas on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak by operating at increased plasma current - and therefore reduced Greenwald density fraction. This density exceeds the nominal "LH density limit" at ne≈1.0×10^20 m^-3 reported previously, above which an anomalous loss of current drive efficiency was observed. The recovery of current drive efficiency to a level consistent with engineering scalings is correlated with a reduction in density shoulders and turbulence levels in the far scrape-off layer. Concurrently, rf wave interaction with the edge and/or scrape-off-layer plasma is reduced, as indicated by a minimal broadening of the wave frequency spectrum measured at the plasma edge. These results have important implications for sustaining steady-state tokamak operation and indicate a pathway forward for implementing efficient LHCD in a reactor. |
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<a href="http://library.psfc.mit.edu/catalog/reports/2010/18ja/18ja022/abstract.php">PSFC REPORT PSFC/JA-18-22</a><br /><br />This research was conducted on Alcator C-Mod, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and is supported by DOE Contract No. DE-FC02-99ER54512 |
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