Improved confinement in JET hybrid discharges

J. Hobirk; F. Imbeaux; F. Crisanti; P. Buratti; C.D. Challis; E. Joffrin; B. Alper; Y. Andrew; P. Beaumont; M. Beurskens; A. Boboc; A. Botrugno; M. Brix; G. Calabrò; I. Coffey; S. Conroy; O. Ford; D. Frigione; Joan Garcia; C. Giroud; N.C. Hawkes; D. Howell; I. Jenkins; D. Keeling; M. Kempenaars; H. Leggate; P. Lotte; E. De La Luna; G.P. Maddison; P. Mantica; C. Mazzotta; D.C. McDonald; A. Meigs; I. Nunes; E. Rachlew; F. Rimini; M. Schneider; A.C.C. Sips; J.K. Stober; W. Studholme; Tuomas Tala; M. Tsalas; I. Voitsekhovitch; P.C. de Vries; JET-EFDA contributors

doi:10.1088/0741-3335/54/9/095001

Improved confinement in JET hybrid discharges

J. Hobirk
, F. Imbeaux
, F. Crisanti
, P. Buratti
, C.D. Challis
, E. Joffrin
, B. Alper
, Y. Andrew
, P. Beaumont
, M. Beurskens
, A. Boboc
, A. Botrugno
, M. Brix
, G. Calabrò
, I. Coffey
, S. Conroy
, O. Ford
, D. Frigione
, Joan Garcia
, C. Giroud

N.C. Hawkes, D. Howell, I. Jenkins, D. Keeling, M. Kempenaars, H. Leggate, P. Lotte, E. De La Luna, G.P. Maddison, P. Mantica, C. Mazzotta, D.C. McDonald, A. Meigs, I. Nunes, E. Rachlew, F. Rimini, M. Schneider, A.C.C. Sips, J.K. Stober, W. Studholme, Tuomas Tala, M. Tsalas, I. Voitsekhovitch, P.C. de Vries, JET-EFDA contributors

Culham Science Centre
Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par Confinement Magnétique (IRFM)
ENEA Frascati Research Centre
Queen's University Belfast
Uppsala University
Institute of Plasma Physics “Pietro Caldirola” (CNR-IFP)
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)
Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

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A new technique has been developed to produce plasmas with improved confinement relative to the H_98,y2 scaling law (ITER Physics Expert Groups on Confinement and Transport and Confinement Modelling and Database ITER Physics Basics Editors and ITER EDA 1999 Nucl. Fusion 39 2175) on the JET tokamak. In the mid-size tokamaks ASDEX upgrade and DIII-D heating during the current formation is used to produce a flat q-profile with a minimum close to 1. On JET this technique leads to q-profiles with similar minimum q but opposite to the other tokamaks not to an improved confinement state. By changing the method utilizing a faster current ramp with temporary higher current than in the flattop (current overshoot) plasmas with improved confinement (H_98,y2 = 1.35) and good stability (βN ≈ 3) have been produced and extended to many confinement times only limited by technical constraints. The increase in H_98,y2-factor is stronger with more heating power as can be seen in a power scan. The q-profile development during the high power phase in JET is reproduced by current diffusion calculated by TRANSP and CRONOS. Therefore the modifications produced by the current overshoot disappear quickly from the edge but the confinement improvement lasts longer, in some cases up to the end of the heating phase.

Original language	English
Article number	095001
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	54
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/54/9/095001
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Hobirk, J., Imbeaux, F., Crisanti, F., Buratti, P., Challis, C. D., Joffrin, E., Alper, B., Andrew, Y., Beaumont, P., Beurskens, M., Boboc, A., Botrugno, A., Brix, M., Calabrò, G., Coffey, I., Conroy, S., Ford, O., Frigione, D., Garcia, J., ... JET-EFDA contributors (2012). Improved confinement in JET hybrid discharges. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 54(9), Article 095001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/54/9/095001

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Improved confinement in JET hybrid discharges

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