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Temperature gradient driven electron transport in NSTX and Tore Supra

W. Horton1, H.V. Wong1, P.J. Morrison1, A. Wurm1, J.H. Kim1, J.C. Perez1, J. Pratt1, G.T. Hoang2, B.P. LeBlanc3 and R. Ball4

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Electron thermal fluxes are derived from the power balance for Tore Supra (TS) and NSTX discharges with centrally deposited fast wave electron heating. Measurements of the electron temperature and density profiles, combined with ray tracing computations of the power absorption profiles, allow detailed interpretation of the thermal flux versus temperature gradient. Evidence supporting the occurrence of electron temperature gradient turbulent transport in the two confinement devices is found. With control of the magnetic rotational transform profile and the heating power, internal transport barriers are created in TS and NSTX discharges. These partial transport barriers are argued to be a universal feature of transport equations in the presence of invariant tori that are intrinsic to non-monotonic rotational transforms in dynamical systems.


PACS

52.80.-s Electric discharges

52.35.Ra Plasma turbulence

52.25.Fi Transport properties

52.55.Fa Tokamaks, spherical tokamaks

52.25.Kn Thermodynamics of plasmas

Subjects

Plasma physics

Dates

Issue 8 (August 2005)

Received 10 December 2004, accepted for publication 3 June 2005

Published 9 August 2005



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