Experimental investigation of marfes and the density limit in the ASDEX upgrade

Authors :: V Mertens
W Junker
M Laux
M Schittenhelm
K Buchl
F Mast
A Carlsont
A Field
C Fuchs
O Gehre
O Gruber
A Hermann
G Haas
A Kallenbach
M Kaufmann
W Koppendorfer
K Lackner
G Lieder
S Pitcher
J Neuhauser
F Ryter
H Salzmann
W Sandmann
K -H Steuer
M Weinlich
U Wenzel
H Zohm
Asdex Upgrade Team
Source :: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 36:1307-1325
Publication Year :: 1994
Publisher :: IOP Publishing, 1994.
Abstract: In the ASDEX Upgrade, X-point marfe formation and its behaviour up to the density limit is investigated in gas-fuelled ohmically-heated single-null discharges over a wide range of parameters: Ip=0.6-1.2 MA, BTF=1.35-2.4 T, a plasma elongation of 1.6 and Zeff