Published November 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of ripple loss of fast ions on toroidal rotation in JT-60U

  • 1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka Fusion Institute, Naka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-0193 (Japan)

Description

The driving mechanism of toroidal rotation and the momentum transport are studied on JT-60U in relation to the toroidal rotation in the direction antiparallel to the plasma current, i.e. counter (CTR) direction, with near-perpendicular neutral beam (PERP-NB) injection. Fast ion losses due to the toroidal field ripple induce CTR rotation in the peripheral region, and the magnitude of CTR rotation with PERP-NBs reduces by installing the ferritic steel tiles as a consequence of the reduction in the ripple losses. It is also found that toroidal rotation velocity profiles in the core region can be explained by momentum transport considering diffusivity and convective velocity estimated from transient momentum transport analysis in L-mode plasmas

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0741-3335/48/1673/ppcf6_11_008.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (ISSN 1361-6587) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1673-1681
ISSN
0741-3335
CODEN
PPCFET

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Collaborations
JT-60 Team