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Confinement of high-density pellet-fueled discharges in TFTR

  • S. L. Milora
  • , G. L. Schmidt
  • , V. Arunasalam
  • , M. G. Bell
  • , M. Bitter
  • , C. E. Bush
  • , S. K. Combs
  • , P. C. Efthimion
  • , A. C. England
  • , E. Fredrickson
  • , Robert James Goldston
  • , B. Grek
  • , L. Grisham
  • , R. J. Hawyrluk
  • , W. Heidbrink
  • , H. W. Hendel
  • , K. W. Hill
  • , D. Johnson
  • , L. C. Johnson
  • , P. LaMarche
  • R. Little, D. Mansfield, D. C. McCune, K. McGuire, D. M. Meade, D. Mueller, E. B. Nieschmidt, D. K. Owens, H. Park, A. T. Ramsey, J. F. Schivell, S. Sesnic, F. Stauffner, B. L. Stratton, G. Taylor, H. H. Towner, R. M. Wieland, J. B. Wilgen, M. C. Zarnstorff

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Abstract

High-density plasmas with peak-to-average values greater than two have been produced by pellet injection in TFTR. In ohmically heated plasmas at 1.6 MA, ntau values of 1.4 x 1014 cm-3. s have been achieved. Tangential neutral beam injection in these plasmas is characterized by power deposition profiles peaked near the q = 2 surface, values of global confinement that do not deteriorate relative to those obtained in gas-fueled cases with more centrally peaked power deposition profiles, and a strong transient reheat of the central plasma during which the central energy confinement time exceeds 1 s.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number020
Pages (from-to)1435-1439
Number of pages5
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume28
Issue number9 A
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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