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    Performance evaluation of the TFTR gyrotron CTS diagnostic for alpha particles : Proceedings of the 9th topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics (1992)
    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 63 (1992), S. 4644-4646 
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    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: A large-angle, 60-GHz collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostic system for localized measurements of DT alpha-particle velocity distribution and fraction is being implemented on TFTR. Calculations of expected CTS spectra, signal-to-noise ratio per receiver channel, and estimated error in determining the temperature and fraction of alpha particles are being carried out. The experimental spectra are simulated by adding noise to the theoretical calculation by a Monte Carlo technique. Error analysis is then performed by using a relative intensity calibrated nonlinear curve fitting code to calculate the desired plasma parameters (Ti, Tα, nα/ni). Simulation results indicate that expected background emission of 20 eV during Supershot in TFTR poses no problem to the experiment. Also short integration times (〈10 ms) can be used to resolve the energetic ion features, thus offering a possibility for the study of temporal evolution of energetic ion velocity distribution during a single plasma shot.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1143646
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    Characteristics of gyrotron scattering system for α particle diagnostics in TFTR (abstract) : Proceedings of the 9th topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics (1992)
    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 63 (1992), S. 4647-4647 
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    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: In D-T plasmas, the understanding of the physics of confined α particles is extremely valuable for the future fusion plasma device. Among the various proposed α diagnostics, an X-mode collective Thomson scattering system employing a high-power gyrotron source (P(approximately-equal-to)200 kW, f=60 GHz, pulse length (approximately-equal-to)0.5 s, and modulation frequency=10–25 kHz) is being designed for TFTR. The detailed description of the gyrotron source, transmission lines, optical designs, beam and viewing dump design, and receiver system will be presented in this paper. In particular, the test results of the beam and viewing dump indicate that the stray light can be reduced by 60 dB. The background emission level (∼20 eV) near 60-GHz range during high Q discharge may also be reduced with beam and viewing dump further. The optical system is designed to measure the radial profile of α particles and to orient the incident wavevector (k0) to test the electromagnetic effects of the scattered spectrum. Prior to the study of α physics in D-T plasmas, this scattering system will be used to measure not only a bulk ion temperature but also the scattered spectrum due to fast ions produced by NB and ICRF heating in TFTR. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-76-CHO-3073.
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    Abel-inversion method for interferometry data in highly noncircular plasmas with X point in TFTR (abstract) : Proceedings of the 9th topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics (1992)
    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 63 (1992), S. 4763-4763 
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    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: In TFTR plasmas, reliable and accurate time-dependent electron density profiles are routinely available via an Abel inversion of interferometry measurements [H. Park, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 31, 2035 (1989)]. This technique does not require constancy of density on a equiflux surface and mild deviations of the flux surfaces from a circular shape are accommodated through analytic approximations. However, when the flux surfaces become extremely noncircular as the plasma β is increased significantly, the inverted profiles are not consistent with the Thomson scattering measurements. In order to obtain accurate time-dependent density profiles in high-β plasmas, detailed flux surface information from magnetic measurements must be used to invert the interferometric measurements. The basic inversion process is similar but the scrape-off layer treatment is different when an X point is introduced on the high field side. In this paper, we present a comparison between the inverted profiles obtained with the flux-surface data and with the analytic method. This work supported by U. S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-76-CHO-3073.
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    Scaling of Ohmic energy confinement with major radius in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (1994)
    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Plasmas 1 (1994), S. 3996-4001 
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    ISSN: 1089-7674
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Ohmic plasma size scans have been carried out in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) [Fusion Technol. 21, 1324 (1992)] to measure the influence of the major radius upon energy confinement. The major radius, minor radius, and aspect ratio were varied over wide ranges (R=2.08–3.2 m, a=0.4–0.9 m, and R/a=2.9–8.0) at constant qc. The energy confinement determined from kinetic diagnostics varies strongly with major radius. The data set is less well suited to determine minor radius scaling, but it appears to be distinctly weaker than the major radius scaling. The anomaly in ion thermal conductivity over neoclassical predictions appears to decline with increasing aspect ratio, which is a better ordering parameter for the magnitude of the anomaly than either the minor radius or the major radius. © 1994 American Institute of Physics.
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    Helium, iron, and electron particle transport and energy transport studies on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (1993)
    New York, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Fluids 5 (1993), S. 2215-2228 
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    ISSN: 1089-7666
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Results from helium, iron, and electron transport studies on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) [Plasma Phys. Controlled Nucl. Fusion Res. 26, 11 (1984)] in L-mode and supershot deuterium plasmas with the same toroidal field, plasma current, and neutral beam heating power are presented. They are compared to results from thermal transport analysis based on power balance. Particle diffusivities and thermal conductivities are radially hollow and larger than neoclassical values, except possibly near the magnetic axis. The ion channel dominates over the electron channel in both particle and thermal diffusion. A peaked helium profile, supported by inward convection that is stronger than predicted by neoclassical theory, is measured in the supershot. The helium profile shape is consistent with predictions from quasilinear electrostatic drift-wave theory. While the perturbative particle diffusion coefficients of all three species are similar in the supershot, differences are found in the L mode. Quasilinear theory calculations of the ratios of impurity diffusivities are in good accord with measurements. Theory estimates indicate that the ion heat flux should be larger than the electron heat flux, consistent with power balance analysis. However, theoretical values of the ratio of the ion to electron heat flux can be more than a factor of 3 larger than experimental values. A correlation between helium diffusion and ion thermal transport is observed and has favorable implications for sustained ignition of a tokamak fusion reactor.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.860755
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    Dominance of convective heat transport in the core of TFTR (Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor) supershot plasmas (1993)
    New York, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Fluids 5 (1993), S. 3618-3621 
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    ISSN: 1089-7666
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Using perturbations in electron density and temperature induced by small helium gas puffs in TFTR (Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor) [Plasma Phys. Controlled Nucl. Fusion Res. 1, 51 (1986)], the dominance of convective heat transport in the core (r/a〈0.4) of supershot plasmas has been demonstrated in a new way. The transp [J. Comput. Phys. 43, 61 (1981)] transport code was used to calculate the time-dependent particle and heat fluxes. Perturbations in the calculated convective and total electron heat fluxes were compared. They demonstrate that the conductive component decreases moving into the supershot core, and the convective component dominates in the supershot core. These results suggest a different transport drive in the supershot core compared to that in the rest of the supershot plasma.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.860833
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    Investigation of global Alfvén instabilities in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (1992)
    New York, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Fluids 4 (1992), S. 2122-2126 
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    ISSN: 1089-7666
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes (TAE) were excited by the energetic neutral beam ions tangentially injected into plasmas at low magnetic field in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) [Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research (IAEA, Vienna, 1987), Vol. 1, p. 51]. The injection velocities were comparable to the Alfvén speed. The modes were identified by measurements from Mirnov coils and beam emission spectroscopy (BES). TAE modes appear in bursts whose repetition rate increases with beam power. The neutron emission rate exhibits sawtoothlike behavior and the crashes always coincide with TAE bursts. This indicates ejection of fast ions from the plasma until these modes are stabilized. The dynamics of growth and stabilization were investigated at various plasma currents and magnetic fields. The results indicate that the instability can effectively clamp the number of energetic ions in the plasmas. The observed instability threshold is discussed in light of recent theories. In addition to these TAE modes, intermittent oscillations at three times the fundamental TAE frequency were observed by Mirnov coils, but no corresponding signal was found in BES. It appears that these high-frequency oscillations do not have a direct effect on the plasma neutron source strength.
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    Experiments utilizing ion cyclotron range of frequencies heating on the TFTR tokamak (1991)
    New York, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Fluids 3 (1991), S. 2270-2276 
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    ISSN: 1089-7666
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: A variety of experiments have been performed on the TFTR tokamak [Wilson et al., Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1988 (IAEA, Vienna, 1989), Vol. 1, p. 691] utilizing ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) heating. Of special interest has been the insight into plasma performance gained by utilizing a different heating scheme other than the usual neutral beam injection (NBI). Utilizing ICRF heating allows control over the power deposition profile independent of the plasma fueling profile. In addition, by varying the minority concentration the power split between ion and electron heating can be varied. Confinement has been examined in high recycling gas fueled discharges, low recycling supershot plasmas, and peaked density pellet fueled discharges. Global confinement is found not to be affected by the method or localization of plasma heating, but the calculated local diffusivities vary with the power deposition profile to yield similar global values. In addition, sawtooth stabilization observed with ICRF heating has been investigated and found to occur in qualitative agreement with theory. ICRF sawtooth stabilized discharges exhibit peaked temperature and density profiles and have a safety factor q that appears to fall well below unity on axis.
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    Properties of dc helicity injected tokamak plasmas (1990)
    New York, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Physics of Fluids 2 (1990), S. 1415-1420 
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    ISSN: 1089-7666
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Several dc helicity injection experiments using an electron beam technique have been conducted on the Current Drive Experiment (CDX) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 2165 (1987)] and the Continuous Current Tokamak (CCT) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 2365 (1989)]. The data strongly suggest that tokamak plasmas are being formed and maintained by this method. The largest currents driven to date are 1 kA in CDX (qa =5) and 6 kA in CCT (qa =3.5). An initial comparison of discharge properties with helicity theory indicates rough agreement. Current drive energy efficiencies are 9% and 23% of Ohmic efficiency in two cases analyzed. Strong radial electric fields are observed in these plasmas that cause poloidal rotation and, possibly, improved confinement.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.859573
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    Phenomenology of intense electron cyclotron emission bursts during high power neutral beam heating on TFTR (abstract) : Proceedings of the 9th topical conference on high temperature plasma diagnostics (1992)
    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Review of Scientific Instruments 63 (1992), S. 4622-4622 
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    ISSN: 1089-7623
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics , Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
    Notes: A 20-channel grating polychromator has been used to study intense bursts of electron cyclotron emission (ECE) from TFTR deuterium plasmas predominantly heated by 90–110-keV neutral beams (Pinj/Poh(approximately-greater-than)30). The ECE bursts have a duration of 20–150 μs and are usually seen 300–500 ms after the start of neutral beam injection, when the stored energy and neutron production are collapsing or rolling over. In most cases the ECE bursts have Δf/f∼0.2–0.5, if this frequency spread is due entirely to relativistic broadening it implies an electron energy of 10–100 keV (Core electron temperatures in these plasmas are typically 7–12 keV). The ECE bursts are often correlated with ELM activity during limiter H modes and appear to occur at the beginning of the rise in the Dα signal. In some instances the spectral width of the ECE burst is narrow enough (Δf/f∼0.1) to allow identification of the origin of the emission, in these cases the source appears to be within 0.2 m of the plasma edge and the ECE burst exhibits a delay characteristic of an outwardly directed velocity of 2–3×103 m/s. This work is supported by U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-76-CHO-3073.
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