Published June 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

MHD relaxation phenomena around q = 2 surface in tokamak plasma

  • 1. Southwest Inst. of Physics, Leshan, SC (China)

Description

A one dimensional cylindrical transport model is proposed to describe the ohmically heated tokamak plasma in which the coupled interaction of the impurity and the magnetic island evolution is included. It is found that for some set of parameters, the m/n = 2/1 island width and the corresponding electron temperature around q = 2 surface might present relaxation oscillations. The physical processes responsible for these phenomena and their implication to the tokamak confinement are discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
2
Series
Nucl. Fusion Plasma Phys.
Journal Page Range
112-119
ISSN
0254-6086
CODEN
HYDWD