Transport experiments in Alcator-C-Mod
- Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
- ENEA-Frascati, Frascati (Italy)
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (United States)
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
A series of transport experiments has been carried out in Alcator-C-Mod. [Phys Plasmas {bold 1}, 1511 (1994)]. Data from both Ohmic and ICRF (ion cyclotron range of frequencies) heated plasmas can be fitted with an L-mode (low mode) scaling law. The Ohmic {tau}{sub {ital E}}`s show no scaling with density in any regime and can reach values of 2--3 times neo-Alcator. Impurity confinement has been studied with the laser blow-off technique with {tau}{sub {ital I}} showing nearly linear scaling with plasma current. Ohmic and ICRF H modes are obtained over a wide range of discharge parameters, extending the range in the international database for {ital nB}, by almost a factor of 10. The power threshold for ELM-free (edge localized mode) discharges is in rough agreement with the scaling {ital P}/{ital S}=0.044{ital nB}. Energy diffusivities of Ohmic and ICRF heated plasmas have been measured from local analysis of plasma profiles and power fluxes. The same analysis produces a value for plasma resistivity which lies between the Spitzer and neoclassical calculations. Analysis of plasma transients have yielded values for particle diffusivity and convection velocity.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-78ET51013
- OSTI ID:
- 55896
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 2; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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