Toroidal injection angle dependence of EC assisted plasma initiation at DIII-D

Autor: J. Yang, A.C.C. Sips, P. de Vries, J. Sinha, H.T. Kim, F. Glass, M. Austin, M. van Zeeland, J.L. Herfindal, M. Shafer, A.O. Nelson, C. Marini, M.G. Yoo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nuclear Fusion, Vol 64, Iss 12, p 126065 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1741-4326
0029-5515
DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ad8a6f
Popis: An experimental scan of the electron cyclotron waves (EC) toroidal injection angle in plasma breakdown is performed at the DIII-D tokamak. The second harmonic, extraordinary mode EC is used for the study. The dependence of n _e and T _e on the EC injection angle cannot be conclusively drawn from this study due to the large error bars in the n _e and T _e measurements. On the other hand, high T _e data points are observed in some discharges which can be explained by nonlinear heating. The D _α emission measurement shows a clear relation between the breakdown time and the injection angle. An experimental investigation of the cause of the dependence of breakdown delay on the EC injection angle suggests that when the injection angle is oblique, the EC heating after the reflection at the inboard wall may become ineffective and cause the breakdown delay even when the EC heating before and directly upon injection remains effective. A preliminary run of the heat and transport balance code DYON indicates that the obtained dataset is suitable for a quantitative validation of EC absorption models.
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