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Nikkola, P.; Sauter, O.; Behn, R.; Coda, S.; Condrea, I.; Goodman, T.P.; Henderson, M.A.; TCV team; Harvey, R.W.; Peysson, Y.
Proceedings of the 12. Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Heating2003
Proceedings of the 12. Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Heating2003
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[en] Fully non-inductive plasma discharges sustained by off-axis Electron Cyclotron Current Drive (ECCD) in the TCV tokamak are reported. Steady state discharges with very good confinement properties and a large bootstrap current fraction can be created in the absence of an Ohmic field. The total current density profile is hollow owing to the bootstrap current. A steady state electron Internal Transport Barrier (eITB) is observed inside the ECCD deposition radius. Once fully formed, the eITB is efficient in that the addition of 0.45 MW central EC power causes no degradation in the confinement time. Best results are obtained with a small central counter current drive component. In this plasma HRLW = 4.5 is reported (HRLW τEe/τRLW) with bootstrap current fraction IBS/Ip = 50%. The current profile can be finely tuned at zero loop voltage, allowing operation just below the MHD instability limit. Current density profile modeling is performed with a Fokker-Planck code using a model for radial transport. The bootstrap current is calculated from Thomson profiles. (authors)
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Giruzzi, Gerardo (Association Euratom-CEA sur la Fusion, DRFC/SCCP, CEA/Cadarache, 13108 St. Paul-lez-Durance (France)); Association Euratom-CEA sur la Fusion, DRFC/SCCP, CEA/Cadarache, 13108 St. Paul-lez-Durance (France). Funding organisation: Association Euratom-CEA sur la Fusion, CEA/Cadarache, 13108 St. Paul-lez-Durance (France); Region Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur - The City of Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence (France); Communaute de l'Agglomeration du Pays d'Aix, Aix-en-Provence (France); Thales Electron Devices (France); Alstom Magnets and Superconductors (France); Spinner GMBH (Germany); 610 p; ISBN 981-238-189-9;
; 2003; p. 257-266; 12. Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Heating; Aix-en-Provence (France); 13-16 May 2002; 19 refs., 9 figs.

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