Published August 1990 | Version v1
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Present status of impurity transport study

  • 1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Naka, Ibaraki (Japan). Naka Fusion Research Establishment

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Present status of impurity transport study in tokamaks is reviewed. Ohmically-heated and neutral-beam heated L-mode discharges exhibit anomalous impurity transport. The values of particle diffusivity range from 0.5 to 2 m2/s. With improved energy confinement such as in H-mode, impurity transport is suppressed, which results in a radiation collapse of H-mode state in the absence of edge-localized mode (ELM). With high power neutral beam heating, frequent ELMs expel particles and heat out of the separatrix surface, which results in long (∼5 seconds), quasi-stationary H-mode. (author) 73 refs

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Journal Title
Kaku Yugo Kenkyu
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
2
Series
Kaku Yugo Kenkyu.
Journal Page Range
144-166
ISSN
0451-2375
CODEN
KAKEA