Impurity transport in Alcator C-Mod in the presence of poloidal density variation induced by ion cyclotron resonance heating
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014
Impurity particle transport in an ion cyclotron resonance heated Alcator C-Mod discharge is studied with local gyrokinetic simulations and a theoretical model including the effect of poloidal asymmetries and elongation. In spite of the strong minority temperature anisotropy in the deep core region, the poloidal asymmetries are found to have a negligible effect on the turbulent impurity transport due to low magnetic shear in this region, in agreement with the experimental observations. According to the theoretical model, in outer core regions poloidal asymmetries may contribute to the reduction of the impurity peaking, but uncertainties in atomic physics processes prevent quantitative comparison with experiments.
impurity transport
poloidal asymmetries
fusion
ion cyclotron resonance heating
Alcator C-Mod
Författare
Albert Mollén
Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik
Istvan Pusztai
Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik
M. Reinke
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of York
Yevgen Kazakov
Koninklijke Militaire School - Ecole Royale Militaire
Nathan T. Howard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E Belli
General Atomics
Tünde Fülöp
Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
0741-3335 (ISSN) 1361-6587 (eISSN)
Vol. 2014 56 124005-Drivkrafter
Hållbar utveckling
Styrkeområden
Energi
Fundament
Grundläggande vetenskaper
Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)
Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik
DOI
10.1088/0741-3335/56/12/124005