Observation of temperature-dependent transport in the TFTR tokamak

P. C. Efthimion, D. K. Mansfield, B. C. Stratton, E. Synakowski, A. Bhattacharjee, H. Biglari, P. H. Diamond, R. J. Goldston, C. C. Hegna, D. McCune, G. Rewoldt, S. Scott, W. M. Tang, G. Taylor, R. E. Waltz, R. M. Wieland, and M. C. Zarnstorff
Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 421 – Published 28 January 1991
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Abstract

Local particle and heat transport coefficients have been measured in a temperature scan of neutral-beam–heated plasmas with n, Ip, and Bcphi held constant. The electron transport is ascertained from a flux analysis of a small density perturbation, and the heat transport is obtained from the equilibrium power balance. The transport coefficients vary as Teα, where α=1.5–2.5. The observed temperature dependence is predicted by numerical calculations of anomalous transport due to trapped-particle drift-type microinstabilities.

  • Received 4 September 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.421

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