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J García1, G Giruzzi, J F Artaud
1Association EURATOM-CEA, CEA/DSM/IRFM, Cadarache, F-13108 St. Paul lez Durance, France.
Abstract:
Burning tokamak plasmas with internal transport barriers are investigated by means of integrated modeling simulations. The barrier sustainment in steady state, differently from the barrier formation process, is found to be characterized by a critical behavior, and the critical number of the phase transition is determined. Beyond a power threshold, alignment of self-generated and noninductively driven currents occurs and steady state becomes possible. This concept is applied to simulate a steady-state scenario within the specifications of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.
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