Radial electric field required to suppress ion temperature gradient modes in the Electric Tokamak
- University of California--Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1542 (United States)
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J1 (Canada)
- University of California--San Diego, San Diego, California 92093-0417 (United States)
The Electric Tokamak (ET), currently under construction at the University of California{endash}Los Angeles, is designed to rotate poloidally via a radial current induced by fast wave rf heating fast enough to bifurcate the plasma into a global {open_quotes}{ital H} mode{close_quotes} ({open_quotes}high confinement mode{close_quotes}). A global gyrokinetic code is used to explore and illustrate some of the effects on ion temperature gradient turbulence. The realistic radial electric field required to completely suppress these modes for ET parameters is demonstrated to be {lt}{minus}30 V/cm at its maximum near the half radius. The effects of {ital both} a poloidally supersonic bulk rotation threshold and the shear in this rotation near that supersonic threshold were shown to be important in reducing these modes. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 690721
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 6, Issue 12; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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