THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH POLOIDAL TOKAMAK EQUILIBRIA IN VERSATOR II BY MEANS OF RF CURRENT DRIVE.
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Experiments on the Versator II device have been carried out in a regime of low plasma current with the aim of reaching high poloidal beta, β_p. Lower-Hybrid RF current drive is used to produce an energetic electron population which carries the plasma current and pressure. In this mode of operation, plasmas with εβ_p approaching unity appear attainable. Data from equilibrium magnetic analysis, hard x-ray, and density profiles display an outward magnetic axis shift in agreement with equilibrium theory, and further indicate that q(O) is in that range of 4-6. PEST code modeling of these experiments suggests that some of these plasmas may be near or beyond the transition to the second stability region for ballooning modes.
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著者
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Squire J.
Mit Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.
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Stanley C.Luckhardt.
MIT Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.
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Chen K.-I.
MIT Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.
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Kesner J.
MIT Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.
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Kirkwood R.
MIT Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.
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Lane B.
MIT Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.
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Porkolab M.
MIT Plasma Fusion Center Cambridge.