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Investigation of Early Plasma Evolution Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Published on: July 2, 2012
Modification of the current profile in high-performance plasmas using off-axis electron-cyclotron-current drive in
M Murakami1, M R Wade, C M Greenfield
1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA. murakami@fusion.gat.com
Abstract:
Recent DIII-D experiments using off-axis electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) have demonstrated the ability to modify the current profile in a plasma with toroidal beta near 3%. The resulting plasma simultaneously sustains the key elements required for Advanced Tokamak operation: high bootstrap current fraction, high beta, and good confinement. More than 85% of the plasma current is driven by noninductive means. ECCD is observed to produce strong negative central magnetic shear, which in turn acts to trigger confinement improvements in all transport channels in the plasma core.
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