Published July 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurements of the toroidal plasma rotation velocity in TFTR major-radius compression experiments with auxiliary neutral beam heating

  • 1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (USA)

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The time history of the central toroidal plasma rotation velocity in Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) experiments [Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 2587 (1985)] with auxiliary heating by neutral deuterium beam injection and major-radius compression has been measured from the Doppler shift of the emitted Ti XXI Kα line radiation. The experiments were conducted for neutral beam powers in the range 2.1--3.8 MW and line-averaged densities in the range 1.8--3.0x1019 m-2. The observed rotation velocity increase during compression is consistent with theoretical estimates

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Journal Title
Physics of Fluids B
Journal Volume
2
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Fluids B.
Journal Page Range
1503-1506
ISSN
0899-8221
CODEN
PFBPE