Evidence for Strong Inversed Shear of Toroidal Rotation at the Edge-Transport Barrier in the ASDEX Upgrade
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
The toroidal rotation of H-mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade is studied in the outermost 5 cm of the confined plasma. The projection of the rotation velocity along the line of sight (approximately toroidal) is measured using charge exchange recombination spectroscopy, with a radial resolution of up to 3 mm and a temporal resolution of 1.9 ms. At about 1 cm inside the separatrix the rotation exhibits a local minimum. From there, the rotation in codirection increases towards the plasma center and towards the separatrix. The latter increase is the focus of this work. It is situated in the region of the edge transport barrier and amounts to 10-20 km/s. It is observed for D{sup +}, He{sup 2+}, B{sup 5+}, and C{sup 6+}. The described rotation feature at the edge is not visible during an ELM crash and is probably connected to the occurrence of steep gradients in this plasma region.
- OSTI ID:
- 21180117
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.025001; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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