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Formation of the radial electric field profile in the WEST tokamak

L. Vermare, P. Hennequin, C. Honoré, M. Peret, G. Dif-Pradalier, X. Garbet, J. Gunn, C. Bourdelle, F. Clairet, J. Morales2022年被引用 13Nuclear FusionIF 3出版社

Sheared flows are known to reduce turbulent transport by decreasing the correlation length and/or intensity of turbulent structures. The transport barrier that takes place at the edge during improved regimes such as H mode, corresponds to the establishment of a large shear of the radial electric field. In this context, the radial shape of the radial electric field or more exactly of the perpendicular E × B velocity appears as a key element in accessing improved confinement regimes. In this paper, we present the radial profile of the perpendicular velocity measured using Doppler back-scattering system at the edge of the plasma, dominated by the E × B velocity, during the first campaigns of the WEST tokamak. It is found that the radial velocity profile is clearly more sheared in lower single null configuration (with the B × ∇B magnetic drift pointing toward the active X-point) than in upper single null configuration for ohmic and low current plasmas (B = 3.7 T and q95 = 4.7), consistently with the expectation comparing respectively 'favourable' versus 'unfavourable' configuration. Interestingly, this tendency is sensitive to the plasma current and to the amount of additional heating power leading to plasma conditions in which the E × B velocity exhibits a deeper well in USN configuration. For example, while the velocity profile exhibits a clear and deep well just inside the separatrix concomitant with the formation of a density pedestal during L–H transitions observed in LSN configuration, deeper Er wells are observed in USN configuration during similar transitions with less pronounced density pedestal.

日本語訳

せん断流は、乱流構造の相関長および/または強度を減少させることにより、乱流輸送を低減することが知られている。Hモードなどの改善された閉じ込め状態において周辺部で生じる輸送障壁は、径方向電場の大きなせん断の形成に対応する。この文脈において、径方向電場、より正確にはE × B速度の径方向分布は、改善された閉じ込め状態へのアクセスにおける鍵となる要素として現れる。本論文では、WESTトカマクの初期キャンペーンにおいて、ドップラー後方散乱システムを用いて周辺プラズマで測定された、E × B速度が支配的な径方向速度分布を提示する。オーミック加熱および低プラズマ電流(B = 3.7 T、q95 = 4)の条件下では、B × ∇B磁気ドリフトがアクティブなX点方向を向く下側シングルヌル配位において、径方向速度分布が上側シングルヌル配位よりも明確に強いせん断を示すことが見出された。これは、「好ましい」配位と「好ましくない」配位を比較した予想と整合する。興味深いことに、この傾向はプラズマ電流と追加加熱パワーに敏感であり、上側シングルヌル配位においてE × B速度のより深い井戸構造が形成されるプラズマ条件が存在する。例えば、下側シングルヌル配位で観測されるL-H遷移中にセパラトリクス直内側で密度ペデスタルの形成とともに明確で深いE × B速度の井戸構造が現れる一方、上側シングルヌル配位では同様の遷移中に、より浅い密度ペデスタルを伴いながらより深いE × B速度の井戸構造が観測される。

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