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Stabilisation of sawtooth oscillations by lower hybrid waves in ASDEX

Description

Stabilisation of sawteeth has become a clue problem for high power additional heating in large tokamaks where the oscillations in the central electron temperature may be as high as 50%. In Lower Hybrid experiments the sawteeth of Ohmic discharges have been observed to disappear. In this paper we study the parameter range for stabilisation of sawteeth accessible with the LH-system on ASDEX. The role of the LH wave spectrum is discussed. For application to NBI heating the LH-power requirements and the benefits for the energy confinement in sawtooth-free discharges are investigated. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
ASDEX papers at the 13th European conference on controlled fusion and plasma physics
Imprint Pagination
149 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 97-100.
Report number
IPP--III/110

Conference

Title
13. European conference on controlled fusion and plasma heating.
Dates
14-18 Apr 1986.
Place
Schliersee (Germany, F.R.).

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
18011281
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASDEX TOKAMAK; JOULE HEATING; LOWER HYBRID HEATING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLASMA WAVES; STABILITY
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEATING; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING; PLASMA HEATING; RADIATIONS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES