Review of the national spherical Torus experiment research results

D. Mueller; J. E. Menard; M. G. Bell; R. E. Bell; J. M. Bialek; J. A. Boedo; C. E. Bush; N. A. Crocker; S. Diem; C. W. Domier; D. A. Dlppolito; J. R. Perron; E. D. Fredrickson; D. A. Gates; K. W. Hill; J. C. Hosea; S. M. Kaye; C. E. Kessel; S. Kubota; H. W. Kugel; B. P. LeBlanc; K. C. Lee; F. M. Levinton; N. C. Luhmann; R. Maingi; D. K. Mansfield; R. P. Majeski; R. J. Maqueda; E. Mazzucato; S. S. Medley; J. R. Myra; H. K. Park; S. F. Paul; W. A. Peebles; R. Raman; S. A. Sabbagh; C. H. Skinner; D. R. Smith; A. C. Sontag; V. A. Soukhanovskii; B. C. Stratton; D. Stutman; G. Taylor; K. Tritz; J. R. Wilson; H. Yuh; W. Zhu; S. J. Zweben

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Review of the national spherical Torus experiment research results

D. Mueller
, J. E. Menard
, M. G. Bell
, R. E. Bell
, J. M. Bialek
, J. A. Boedo
, C. E. Bush
, N. A. Crocker
, S. Diem
, C. W. Domier
, D. A. Dlppolito
, J. R. Perron
, E. D. Fredrickson
, D. A. Gates
, K. W. Hill
, J. C. Hosea
, S. M. Kaye
, C. E. Kessel
, S. Kubota
, H. W. Kugel

B. P. LeBlanc, K. C. Lee, F. M. Levinton, N. C. Luhmann, R. Maingi, D. K. Mansfield, R. P. Majeski, R. J. Maqueda, E. Mazzucato, S. S. Medley, J. R. Myra, H. K. Park, S. F. Paul, W. A. Peebles, R. Raman, S. A. Sabbagh, C. H. Skinner, D. R. Smith, A. C. Sontag, V. A. Soukhanovskii, B. C. Stratton, D. Stutman, G. Taylor, K. Tritz, J. R. Wilson, H. Yuh, W. Zhu, S. J. Zweben

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The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) produces plasmas, with toroidal aspect ratio as low as 1.25 and plasma currents up to 1.5 MA, which can be heated by up to 6 MW High-Harmonic Fast Waves and up to 7 MW of deuterium Neutral Beam Injection. With these capabilities, NSTX has already made considerable progress in advancing the scientific understanding of high performance plasmas needed for low-aspect-ratio reactor concepts and for ITER. In transport and turbulence research on NSTX, the role of magnetic shear is being elucidated in discharges in which electron energy transport barriers are observed. Scaling studies indicate a weaker dependence on plasma current than at conventional aspect ratio and a significant dependence on toroidal field (B_T).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Current Trends in International Fusion Research - Proceedings of the 7th Symposium, Selected Presentations
Pages	11-27
Number of pages	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3204564
State	Published - 2009
Event	7th Symposium on Current Trends in International Fusion Research - Washington, DC, United States Duration: Mar 5 2007 → Mar 9 2007

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1154
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	7th Symposium on Current Trends in International Fusion Research
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	3/5/07 → 3/9/07

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Mueller, D., Menard, J. E., Bell, M. G., Bell, R. E., Bialek, J. M., Boedo, J. A., Bush, C. E., Crocker, N. A., Diem, S., Domier, C. W., Dlppolito, D. A., Perron, J. R., Fredrickson, E. D., Gates, D. A., Hill, K. W., Hosea, J. C., Kaye, S. M., Kessel, C. E., Kubota, S., ... Zweben, S. J. (2009). Review of the national spherical Torus experiment research results. In Current Trends in International Fusion Research - Proceedings of the 7th Symposium, Selected Presentations (pp. 11-27). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1154). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3204564

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