In JT-60, H-mode experiments with outer and lower divertors have been performed. In the outer divertor discharge, an H-mode similar to the modes observed in the lower/upper divertor discharges is obtained. Its threshold absorbed power and electron density are 16 MW and 1.8 × 1019 m−3. In the two schemes of combined heating with NB + ICRF and NB + LHRF, H-mode discharges are also obtained. Moreover, in the new configuration with the JT-60 lower divertor, H-mode phases with and without edge localized modes are obtained. The improvement in the energy confinement time in both divertor configurations is limited to values within 10%. The paper mainly presents the H-mode results of the outer divertor discharges. Also, typical results of the lower divertor discharges are shown for a comparison of the H-mode characteristics of the two configurations.
Overview of H-mode studies in DIII-D