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Title: Radial Structure of Alfven Eigenmodes in the DIII-D Tokamak through Electron-Cyclotron-Emission Measurements

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117 (United States)
  2. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)
  3. Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (United States)
  4. General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608 (United States)
  5. University of California, Irvine, California (United States)
  6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
  7. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
  8. University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)

The spatial structure of toroidal Alfven eigenmodes and reversed shear Alfven eigenmodes in DIII-D is obtained from electron-cyclotron-emission measurements. Peak measured temperature perturbations are of similar magnitude for both toroidal Alfven eigenmodes and reversed shear Alfven eigenmodes and found to be {delta}T{sub e}/T{sub e}{approx_equal}0.5%. Simultaneous measurements of density fluctuations using beam-emission spectroscopy indicate {delta}n{sub e}/n{sub e}{approx_equal}0.25%. Predictions of the measured temperature and density perturbation profiles as well as {delta}T{sub e}/{delta}n{sub e} from the ideal magnetohydrodynamic code NOVA are in close agreement with experiment.

OSTI ID:
20860878
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 97, Issue 13; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.135001; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English