Off-axis sawteeth and double-tearing reconnection in reversed magnetic shear plasmas in TFTR
- and others
Off-axis sawteeth are often observed in reversed magnetic shear plasmas when the minimum safety factor q is near or below 2. Fluctuations with m/n = 2/1 (m and n are the poloidal and toroidal mode numbers) appear before and after the crashes. Detailed comparison has been made between the measured T{sub e} profile evolution during the crash and a nonlinear numerical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulation. The good agreement between the observation and simulation indicates that the off-axis sawteeth are due to a double-tearing magnetic reconnection process.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 266358
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL--3191; ON: DE96012069
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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