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Park, H.K.; Luhmann, N.C. Jr.; Donne, A.J.H.; Domier, C.W.; Munsat, T.; Van de Pol, M.J.
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Science (United States)2007
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Science (United States)2007
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[en] Two dimensional (2-D) images of electron temperature fluctuations with high temporal and spatial resolution have been employed to study the sawtooth oscillation (m/n=1/1 mode) in Toroidal EXperiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR) tokamak plasmas. 2-D imaging data revealed new physics which were not available in previous studies based on the 1-D electron temperature measurement and X-ray tomography. Review of the physics of the sawtooth oscillation is given by comparative studies with prominent theoretical models suggest that a new physics paradigm is needed to describe the reconnection physics of the sawtooth oscillation. The new insights are: A pressure driven instability (not a ballooning mode) leads to the X-point reconnection process. The reconnection process is identified as a random 3-D local reconnection process with a helical structure. The reconnection time scale is similar for different types of sawtooth oscillation ('kink' and tearing type) and is significantly faster than the resistive time scale. Heat flow from the core to the outside of the inversion radius during the reconnection process is highly collective rather than stochastic.
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26 Nov 2007; 12 p; 16. International Toki Conference Advanced Imaging and Plasma Diagnostics; Ceratopia Toki, Gifu (Japan); 5-8 Dec 2006; ACO2-76CHO3073; Also available from OSTI as DE00961571; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/961571-LxKlYn/; Papers from the 16th International Toki Conference on Advanced Imaging and Plasma Diagnostics
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