Classical impurity ion confinement in a toroidal magnetized fusion plasma.

نویسندگان

  • S T A Kumar
  • D J Den Hartog
  • K J Caspary
  • R M Magee
  • V V Mirnov
  • B E Chapman
  • D Craig
  • G Fiksel
  • J S Sarff
چکیده

High-resolution measurements of impurity ion dynamics provide first-time evidence of classical ion confinement in a toroidal, magnetically confined plasma. The density profile evolution of fully stripped carbon is measured in MST reversed-field pinch plasmas with reduced magnetic turbulence to assess Coulomb-collisional transport without the neoclassical enhancement from particle drift effects. The impurity density profile evolves to a hollow shape, consistent with the temperature screening mechanism of classical transport. Corroborating methane pellet injection experiments expose the sensitivity of the impurity particle confinement time to the residual magnetic fluctuation amplitude.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 108 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012