Stabilization of sawteeth with additional heating in the JET tokamak

  • D. J. Campbell
  • , D. F.H. Start
  • , J. A. Wesson
  • , D. V. Bartlett
  • , V. P. Bhatnagar
  • , M. Bures
  • , J. G. Cordey
  • , G. A. Cottrell
  • , P. A. Dupperex
  • , A. W. Edwards
  • , C. D. Challis
  • , C. Gormezano
  • , C. W. Gowers
  • , R. S. Granetz
  • , J. H. Hammen
  • , T. Hellsten
  • , J. Jacquinot
  • , E. Lazzaro
  • , P. J. Lomas
  • , N. Lopes Cardozo
  • P. Mantica, J. A. Snipes, D. Stork, P. E. Stott, P. R. Thomas, E. Thompson, K. Thomsen, G. Tonetti

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Abstract

Experiments in the JET tokamak with additional heating power (ion cyclotron resonance heating and/or neutral beam injection) above 5 MW show that the plasma can undergo a transition to a new regime. In this regime, the sawtooth instability is suppressed for periods up to 1.6 s and the level of long-wavelength, coherent MHD activity is very low. An improvement in the global energy confinement time of up to 20% is observed. Possible mechanisms for the stabilization of the m=1 instability and the implications for the near-ignition regime are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2148-2151
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume60
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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