TY - JOUR
T1 - ICRH-produced H-modes in the JET tokamak
AU - Bhatnagar, V. P.
AU - Jacquinot, J.
AU - Tubbing, B. J.D.
AU - Stork, D.
AU - Tanga, A.
AU - Balet, B.
AU - Bosia, G.
AU - Bures, M.
AU - Campbell, D.
AU - Clement, S.
AU - Hatayama, A.
AU - Lawson, K.
AU - Tibone, F.
AU - Start, D. F.H.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - H-modes produced by ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) in a double-null X-point open divertor configuration in the JET Tokamak are studied, where the ICRH antennas, operated in the dipole (0, pi ) phasing, are located on the low-field side of the Tokamak. Beryllium evaporation on the nickel antenna screen and the first wall of the Tokamak played a crucial role in achieving H-modes with ICRH alone. In these discharges, all the characteristics typical of neutral-beam injection heating H-modes are found, and the global energy confinement time approaches two times the Goldston L-mode prediction. For most of their duration, ICRH H-modes are free from ELMs (edge-localized modes). In addition, the monster sawtooth (long sawtooth-free period) feature of ICRH is maintained during H-modes, leading to a central electron temperature (T c0) of 10 keV, nearly twice the value of the central ion temperature (Ti0). ICRH H-modes often occur as a two-step transition and the antenna plasma coupling resistance (Rc) also decreases in two steps. Theoretical values of Rc agree well with experimental values during the H-phase.
AB - H-modes produced by ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) in a double-null X-point open divertor configuration in the JET Tokamak are studied, where the ICRH antennas, operated in the dipole (0, pi ) phasing, are located on the low-field side of the Tokamak. Beryllium evaporation on the nickel antenna screen and the first wall of the Tokamak played a crucial role in achieving H-modes with ICRH alone. In these discharges, all the characteristics typical of neutral-beam injection heating H-modes are found, and the global energy confinement time approaches two times the Goldston L-mode prediction. For most of their duration, ICRH H-modes are free from ELMs (edge-localized modes). In addition, the monster sawtooth (long sawtooth-free period) feature of ICRH is maintained during H-modes, leading to a central electron temperature (T c0) of 10 keV, nearly twice the value of the central ion temperature (Ti0). ICRH H-modes often occur as a two-step transition and the antenna plasma coupling resistance (Rc) also decreases in two steps. Theoretical values of Rc agree well with experimental values during the H-phase.
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U2 - 10.1088/0741-3335/33/2/002
DO - 10.1088/0741-3335/33/2/002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:9644299079
SN - 0741-3335
VL - 33
SP - 99
EP - 121
JO - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
JF - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
IS - 2
M1 - 002
ER -