Particle transport in low-collisionality H-mode plasmas on DIII-D

Authors

Saskia Mordijck, William & MaryFollow
X. Wang
E. J. Doyle
T. L. Rhodes
et al.

Document Type

Article

Department/Program

Computer Science

Journal Title

Nuclear Fusion

Pub Date

11-2015

Volume

55

Issue

11

Abstract

In this paper we show that changing from an ion temperature gradient (ITG) to a trapped electron mode (TEM) dominant turbulence regime (based on linear gyrokinetic simulations) results experimentally in a strong density pump-out (defined as a reduction in line-averaged density) in low collisionality, low power H-mode plasmas. We vary the turbulence drive by changing the heating from predominantly ion heated using neutral beam injection to electron heated using electron cyclotron heating, which changes the T-e/T-i ratio and the temperature gradients. Perturbed gas puff experiments show an increase in transport outside rho = 0.6, through a strong increase in the perturbed diffusion coefficient and a decrease in the inward pinch. Linear gyrokinetic simulations with TGLF show an increase in the particle flux outside the mid-radius. In conjunction an increase in intermediate-scale length density fluctuations is observed, which indicates an increase in turbulence intensity at typical TEM wavelengths. However, although the experimental changes in particle transport agree with a change from ITG to TEM turbulence regimes, we do not observe a reduction in the core rotation at mid-radius, nor a rotation reversal.

Recommended Citation

Mordijck, Saskia; Wang, X.; Doyle, E. J.; Rhodes, T. L.; and et al., Particle transport in low-collisionality H-mode plasmas on DIII-D (2015). Nuclear Fusion, 55(11).
10.1088/0029-5515/55/11/113025

DOI

10.1088/0029-5515/55/11/113025