Magnetic shear effect on plasma transport at T e /T i ∼ 1 through electron cyclotron heating in DIII-D plasmas
The effect of magnetic shear on plasma transport for an electron to ion temperature ratio ( T e / T i ) near unity has been explored in DIII-D utilizing electron cyclotron heating (ECH). Previous reports showed that significant confinement degradation occurred at T e / T i ∼ 1 in positive shear (PS)...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Nuclear fusion 2021-01, Vol.61 (1), p.16013 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The effect of magnetic shear on plasma transport for an electron to ion temperature ratio (
T
e
/
T
i
) near unity has been explored in DIII-D utilizing electron cyclotron heating (ECH). Previous reports showed that significant confinement degradation occurred at
T
e
/
T
i
∼ 1 in positive shear (PS) plasmas in DIII-D, whereas reduced confinement degradation was observed in negative central shear (NCS) plasmas. In this study, plasma transport in weak magnetic shear (WS) plasmas with ECH is investigated and compared with that in NCS and PS plasmas. Here the magnetic shears (
s
ˆ
) are
s
ˆ
> 0.5, ∼0 and |
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| ISSN: | 0029-5515 1741-4326 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1741-4326/abbfe7 |