Transition from the L-mode to the H-mode by electron cyclotron heating of a tokamak edge plasma
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- letter
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion
- Vol. 28 (2) , 301-306
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/28/2/011
Abstract
Transitions of L-mode plasmas to the H-mode have been induced by an electron cyclotron heating (ECH) pulse. The transitions occur when ECH is applied to plasmas preheated either by a neutral beam or by waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequency with power levels well below their own threshold power for the H-mode transition. The position of the electron cyclotron resonance layer has been scanned and it has been shown that edge heating rather than central heating is effective in inducing the transition to the H-mode.Keywords
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