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A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak : ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic Shear

Authors :
Mantica, P.
Challis, C.
Peeters, A.G.
Strintzi, D.
Tala, T.
Tsalas, M.
deVries, P.C.
Baiocchi, B.
Baruzzo, M.
Bizarro, J.
Buratti, P.
Citrin, J.
Colyer, G.
Crisanti, F.
Garbet, X.
Giroud, C.
Hawkes, N.
Hobirk, J.
Imbeaux, F.
Joffrin, E.
Johnson, T.
Lerche, E.
Mailloux, J.
Naulin, Volker
Salmi, A.
Sozzi, C.
Staebler, G.
Van Eester, D.
Versloot, T.
Weiland, J.
Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion
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Physical Review Letters, 107(13):135004. American Physical Society, Physical review letters, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Mantica, P [ 1 ] ; Angioni, C [ 2 ] ; Challis, C [ 3 ] ; Colyer, G [ 3 ] ; Frassinetti, L [ 4 ] ; Hawkes, N [ 3 ] ; Johnson, T [ 4 ] ; Tsalas, M [ 5 ] ; deVries, PC [ 6 ] ; Weiland, J [ 7,8 ] ; Baiocchi, B [ 1,9 ] ; Beurskens, MNA [ 3 ] ; Figueiredo, ACA [ 10 ] ; Giroud, C [ 3 ] ; Hobirk, J [ 2 ] ; Joffrin, E [ 11 ] ; Lerche, E [ 12 ] ; Naulin, V [ 13 ] ; Peeters, AG [ 14 ] ; Salmi, A [ 15 ] ; Sozzi, C [ 1 ] ; Strintzi, D [ 5 ] ; Staebler, G [ 16 ] ; Tala, T [ 17 ] ; Van Eester, D [ 12 ] ; Versloot, T [ 6 ]/titolo:A Key to Improved Ion Core Confinement in the JET Tokamak: Ion Stiffness Mitigation due to Combined Plasma Rotation and Low Magnetic Shear/doi:10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.107.135004/rivista:Physical review letters (Print)/anno:2011/pagina_da:135004/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:135004/volume:107, Physical Review Letters, 107, 135004, Mantica, P, Challis, C, Peeters, A G, Strintzi, D, Tala, T, Tsalas, M, deVries, P C, Baiocchi, B, Baruzzo, M, Bizarro, J, Buratti, P, Citrin, J, Colyer, G, Crisanti, F, Garbet, X, Giroud, C, Hawkes, N, Hobirk, J, Imbeaux, F, Joffrin, E, Johnson, T, Lerche, E, Mailloux, J, Naulin, V, Salmi, A, Sozzi, C, Staebler, G, Van Eester, D, Versloot, T & Weiland, J 2011, ' A Key to Improved Ion Core Confinement in the JET Tokamak: Ion Stiffness Mitigation due to Combined Plasma Rotation and Low Magnetic Shear ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, no. 13, pp. 135004 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004, Mantica, P, Angioni, C, Challis, C, Colyer, G, Frassinetti, L, Hawkes, N, Johnson, T, Tsalas, M, Devries, P C, Weiland, J, Baiocchi, B, Beurskens, M, Figueiredo, A, Giroud, C, Hobirk, J, Joffrin, E, Lerche, E, Naulin, V, Peeters, A G, Salmi, A, Sozzi, C, Strintzi, D, Staebler, G, Tala, T, Van Eester, D & Versloot, T 2011, ' A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak : Ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic shear ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, no. 13, 135004 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004, ResearcherID
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

New transport experiments on JET indicate that ion stiffness mitigation in the core of a rotating plasma, as described by Mantica et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 175002 (2009)] results from the combined effect of high rotational shear and low magnetic shear. The observations have important implications for the understanding of improved ion core confinement in advanced tokamak scenarios. Simulations using quasilinear fluid and gyrofluid models show features of stiffness mitigation, while nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations do not. The JET experiments indicate that advanced tokamak scenarios in future devices will require sufficient rotational shear and the capability of q profile manipulation. © 2011 American Physical Society

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Language :
English
ISSN :
00319007
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review Letters, 107(13):135004. American Physical Society, Physical review letters, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Mantica, P [ 1 ] ; Angioni, C [ 2 ] ; Challis, C [ 3 ] ; Colyer, G [ 3 ] ; Frassinetti, L [ 4 ] ; Hawkes, N [ 3 ] ; Johnson, T [ 4 ] ; Tsalas, M [ 5 ] ; deVries, PC [ 6 ] ; Weiland, J [ 7,8 ] ; Baiocchi, B [ 1,9 ] ; Beurskens, MNA [ 3 ] ; Figueiredo, ACA [ 10 ] ; Giroud, C [ 3 ] ; Hobirk, J [ 2 ] ; Joffrin, E [ 11 ] ; Lerche, E [ 12 ] ; Naulin, V [ 13 ] ; Peeters, AG [ 14 ] ; Salmi, A [ 15 ] ; Sozzi, C [ 1 ] ; Strintzi, D [ 5 ] ; Staebler, G [ 16 ] ; Tala, T [ 17 ] ; Van Eester, D [ 12 ] ; Versloot, T [ 6 ]/titolo:A Key to Improved Ion Core Confinement in the JET Tokamak: Ion Stiffness Mitigation due to Combined Plasma Rotation and Low Magnetic Shear/doi:10.1103%2FPhysRevLett.107.135004/rivista:Physical review letters (Print)/anno:2011/pagina_da:135004/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:135004/volume:107, Physical Review Letters, 107, 135004, Mantica, P, Challis, C, Peeters, A G, Strintzi, D, Tala, T, Tsalas, M, deVries, P C, Baiocchi, B, Baruzzo, M, Bizarro, J, Buratti, P, Citrin, J, Colyer, G, Crisanti, F, Garbet, X, Giroud, C, Hawkes, N, Hobirk, J, Imbeaux, F, Joffrin, E, Johnson, T, Lerche, E, Mailloux, J, Naulin, V, Salmi, A, Sozzi, C, Staebler, G, Van Eester, D, Versloot, T & Weiland, J 2011, ' A Key to Improved Ion Core Confinement in the JET Tokamak: Ion Stiffness Mitigation due to Combined Plasma Rotation and Low Magnetic Shear ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, no. 13, pp. 135004 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004, Mantica, P, Angioni, C, Challis, C, Colyer, G, Frassinetti, L, Hawkes, N, Johnson, T, Tsalas, M, Devries, P C, Weiland, J, Baiocchi, B, Beurskens, M, Figueiredo, A, Giroud, C, Hobirk, J, Joffrin, E, Lerche, E, Naulin, V, Peeters, A G, Salmi, A, Sozzi, C, Strintzi, D, Staebler, G, Tala, T, Van Eester, D & Versloot, T 2011, ' A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak : Ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic shear ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, no. 13, 135004 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004, ResearcherID
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edsair.doi.dedup.....12c0f458b04b4cfab11c90c63a7eb5be
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004