Role of edge magnetic shear on the limiterH-mode transition of the JIPP T-IIU tokamak
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- 16 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 64 (16) , 1895-1898
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.1895
Abstract
In a circular cross-section plasma bounded by a limiter, the H-mode transition is triggered by a rapid rampdown in plasma current during auxiliary heating, even in the case when the edge electron temperature gradually decreases prior to the transition. This result suggests that the transition is governed by the enhancement of the magnetic shear near the plasma edge, associated with the radial modification of the edge current-density profile.Keywords
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