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Measurements and modelling of electrostatic fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of ASDEX

Abstract

In the edge plasma of the ASDEX tokamak, electrostatic fluctuations were observed with Langmuir probes and in H{sub {alpha}} light with high poloidal and temporal resolution. These fluctuations contribute a significant fraction to the `anomalous` radial particle transport in the scrape-off layer (SOL). The basic properties and the dependence of the fluctuations parameters on the discharge conditions are documented. A model for an instability mechanism specific to the SOL is introduced and the experimentally observed fluctuation parameters are compared with the predictions of the linearized version of this model. For plasma temperatures above {approx} 10eV in the SOL the observed parameter dependences of the fluctuations are well reproduced by the model. By mixing length arguments the radial transport and the resulting density and pressure gradients in the SOL are estimated from the model. Their dependence on plasma temperature and density qualitatively agrees with the behaviour observed in ohmic discharges on ASDEX. (author). 54 refs, 25 figs.
Authors:
Endler, M; Niedermeyer, H; Giannone, L.; Holzhauer, E; Rudyj, A; Theimer, G; Tsois, N; [1]  ASDEX Team
  1. Association Euratom-Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Garching (Germany)
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1995
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
SCA: 700330; 700320; 700340; PA: AIX-27:012403; EDB-96:042669; SN: 96001540395
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion; Journal Volume: 35; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; ASDEX TOKAMAK; PLASMA SCRAPE-OFF LAYER; CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; FLUCTUATIONS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT THEORY; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA DRIFT; PLASMA POTENTIAL; PLASMA RADIAL PROFILES; THEORETICAL DATA; WAVE PROPAGATION
OSTI ID:
180645
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: NUFUAU; ISSN 0029-5515; TRN: XA9540681012403
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
pp. 1307-1339
Announcement Date:
Feb 20, 1996

Citation Formats

Endler, M, Niedermeyer, H, Giannone, L., Holzhauer, E, Rudyj, A, Theimer, G, Tsois, N, and ASDEX Team. Measurements and modelling of electrostatic fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of ASDEX. IAEA: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/35/11/I01.
Endler, M, Niedermeyer, H, Giannone, L., Holzhauer, E, Rudyj, A, Theimer, G, Tsois, N, & ASDEX Team. Measurements and modelling of electrostatic fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of ASDEX. IAEA. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/35/11/I01
Endler, M, Niedermeyer, H, Giannone, L., Holzhauer, E, Rudyj, A, Theimer, G, Tsois, N, and ASDEX Team. 1995. "Measurements and modelling of electrostatic fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of ASDEX." IAEA. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/35/11/I01.
@misc{etde_180645,
title = {Measurements and modelling of electrostatic fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of ASDEX}
author = {Endler, M, Niedermeyer, H, Giannone, L., Holzhauer, E, Rudyj, A, Theimer, G, Tsois, N, and ASDEX Team}
abstractNote = {In the edge plasma of the ASDEX tokamak, electrostatic fluctuations were observed with Langmuir probes and in H{sub {alpha}} light with high poloidal and temporal resolution. These fluctuations contribute a significant fraction to the `anomalous` radial particle transport in the scrape-off layer (SOL). The basic properties and the dependence of the fluctuations parameters on the discharge conditions are documented. A model for an instability mechanism specific to the SOL is introduced and the experimentally observed fluctuation parameters are compared with the predictions of the linearized version of this model. For plasma temperatures above {approx} 10eV in the SOL the observed parameter dependences of the fluctuations are well reproduced by the model. By mixing length arguments the radial transport and the resulting density and pressure gradients in the SOL are estimated from the model. Their dependence on plasma temperature and density qualitatively agrees with the behaviour observed in ohmic discharges on ASDEX. (author). 54 refs, 25 figs.}
doi = {10.1088/0029-5515/35/11/I01}
journal = []
issue = {11}
volume = {35}
journal type = {AC}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1995}
month = {Nov}
}