Confinement improvement in the high poloidal beta regime on DIII-D and application to steady-state H-mode on EAST

Ding, Siye; Garofalo, A. M.; Qian, J.; Cui, L.; McClenaghan, J. T.; Pan, C.; Chen, J.; Zhai, X.; McKee, G.; Ren, Q.; Gong, X.; Holcomb, C. T.; Guo, W.; Lao, L.; Ferron, J.; Hyatt, A.; Staebler, G.; Solomon, W.; Du, H.; Zang, Q.; Huang, J.; Wan, B.

doi:10.1063/1.4982058

Title: Confinement improvement in the high poloidal beta regime on DIII-D and application to steady-state H-mode on EAST

Journal Article · Wed May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982058· OSTI ID:1374574

^[1]; Garofalo, A. M. ^[2]; Qian, J. ^[3]; Cui, L. ^[4]; McClenaghan, J. T. ^[5]; Pan, C. ^[1]; Chen, J. ^[1]; Zhai, X. ^[1]; McKee, G. ^[6];

^[1]; Gong, X. ^[1]; Holcomb, C. T. ^[7]; Guo, W. ^[1];

^[2]; Ferron, J. ^[2]; Hyatt, A. ^[2];

^[2]; Solomon, W. ^[2]; Du, H. ^[1]; Zang, Q. ^[1] more »

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Plasma Physics
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 1126, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

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Research Organization:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698; 2015GB103001; 2015GB102004; 2015GB101000; 2015GB110001; 2015GB110005; FC02- 04ER54698; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1374574

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1361849; OSTI ID: 1502014

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-750282; PHPAEN

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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