Plasma Filamentation in the Rijnhuizen Tokamak RTP
- 11 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 73 (2) , 256-259
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.73.256
Abstract
Evidence for small scale magnetic structures in the Rijnhuizen tokamak RTP is presented. These are manifest through steps and peaks in the electron temperature and pressure, measured with multiposition Thomson scattering. During central electron cyclotron heating, several filaments of high pressure are found in the power deposition region. They live hundreds of microseconds. Near the sawtooth inversion radius a "step" in the temperature profile occurs. Further out, quasiperiodic structures are observed, in both Ohmic and heated discharges.Keywords
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