Published July 2008 | Version v1
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Comparison of the filament behaviour observed during type I ELMs in ASDEX upgrade and MAST

Creators

  • 1. EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3DB (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Max-Planck Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, Garching (Germany)
  • 3. University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK (United Kingdom)

Description

A study of the evolution of the filaments observed during Type I ELMs on ASDEX Upgrade and MAST is presented. The filaments start off rotating toroidally/poloidally with velocities close to that of the pedestal. This velocity then decreases as the filaments propagate radially. On both devices the ion saturation current e-folding lengths of the filaments show a weak, if any, dependence on the size of the ELM (δWELM/Wped). On MAST the measured radial velocities of the filaments also show at most a weak dependence on δWELM/Wped

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/123/1/012012

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/123/1/012012;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
123
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
11. IAEA technical meeting on H-mode physics and transport barriers
Dates
26-28 Sep 2007
Place
Tsukuba (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40048775
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASDEX TOKAMAK; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EDGE LOCALIZED MODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAST TOKAMAK; PLASMA FILAMENT; RADIAL VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CURRENTS; EVALUATION; INSTABILITY; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; SPHEROMAK DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES; VELOCITY