Abstract
Circular-limiter H modes are obtained on the TFTR tokamak during high-power neutral-beam heating. The transition is usually from the supershot to the H mode rather than the usual L to H transition, and thus is obtained in a low-recycling environment with core fueling mainly from the heating beams. As a result, the density and pressure profiles are highly peaked at the center. The global confinement time E is enhanced over L-mode scaling by up to 2.5 times. The onset of edge-localized MHD modes shortly after the H-mode transition appears to limit E. Limiter H modes of up to 1.5 s duration have been realized.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 424-427 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy