Published November 30, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

On the ECCD current density profile with particle diffusion in eITBs and its impact on the q-profile

  • 1. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Association Euratom-Confederation Suisse, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

Description

The Fokker-Planck code CQL3D has been used to investigate the effect of radial particle diffusion on ECCD current density profiles in the TCV tokamak. For two discharges with electron internal transport barriers (eITB), the jcd and the resulting q-profile have been calculated and reconstructed. The studied eITBs are of two kinds: fully sustained non-inductive eITB with off-axis co-current ECCD, or with a large Ohmic current and on-axis counter ECCD. It is shown that different diffusion profiles do modify the ECCD current density profiles, but that the resulting q-profiles are less influenced due to the resulting necessary self-consistent inductive current contribution

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
871
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 283-291
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Joint Varenna-Lausanne international workshop on theory of fusion plasmas
Dates
28 Aug - 1 Sep 2006
Place
Varenna (Italy)

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(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics