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q Measurements during sawtooth oscillations in a low q tokamak

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6317021· OSTI ID:6317021
The central safety factor during a sawtooth oscillation in material-limiter tokamak discharges in the TOKAPOLE II poloidal divertor tokamak is measured to be constant at 0.7 during a sawtooth oscillation. This result is identical to that observed earlier in the same device in magnetic-limiter discharges. Thus, the presence of scrape-off plasma beyond the divertor separatrix is not responsible for the absence of total reconnection. 12 refs., 3 figs.
Research Organization:
Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-86ER53227
OSTI ID:
6317021
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/53227-135; ON: DE89010563
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English