Higher Fusion Power Gain with Current and Pressure Profile Control in Strongly Shaped DIII-D Tokamak Plasmas
Physical Review Letters1996Vol. 77(13), pp. 2714–2717
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E. A. Lazarus, G.A. Navratil, C. M. Greenfield, E. J. Strait, M. E. Austin, K.H. Burrell, T.A. Casper, D. R. Baker, J. C. DeBoo, E. J. Doyle, R. Durst, J. R. Ferron, C. B. Forest, P. Gohil, R. J. Groebner, W. W. Heidbrink, R.‐M. Hong, W. A. Houlberg, A. W. Howald, C. L. Hsieh, A.W. Hyatt, G.L. Jackson, J. Kim, L. L. Lao, C.J. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, J. Lohr, R. J. La Haye, R. Maingi, R. Miller, M. Murakami, T.H. Osborne, L.J. Perkins, C. C. Petty, C. L. Rettig, T. L. Rhodes, B. W. Rice, S.A. Sabbagh, D. P. Schissel, J. T. Scoville, R. T. Snider, G. M. Staebler, B. W. Stallard, R.D. Stambaugh, H.E. St. John, R. E. Stockdale, P.L. Taylor, D. M. Thomas, A. D. Turnbull, M. R. Wade, R. D. Wood, D.G. Whyte
Abstract
Fusion power has been increased by a factor of 3 in DIII-D by tailoring the pressure profile to avoid the kink instability in $H$-mode plasmas. The resulting plasmas are found to have neoclassical ion confinement. This reduction in transport losses in beam-heated plasmas with negative central shear is correlated with a dramatic reduction in density fluctuations. Improved magnetohydrodynamic stability is achieved by controlling the plasma pressure profile width. In deuterium plasmas the highest gain $Q$ (the ratio of fusion power to input power), was 0.0015, corresponding to an equivalent $Q$ of 0.32 in a deuterium-tritium plasma.
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