Overview of transport and MHD stability study: focusing on the impact of magnetic field topology in the Large Helical Device
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The progress in the understanding of the physics and the concurrent parameter extension in the large helical device since the last IAEA-FEC, in 2012 (Kaneko O et al 2013 Nucl. Fusion 53 095024), is reviewed. Plasma with high ion and electron temperatures ( T i (0) ∼ T e (0) ∼ 6 keV) with simultaneous ion and electron internal transport barriers is obtained by controlling recycling and heating deposition. A sign flip of the nondiffusive term of impurity/momentum transport (residual stress and convection flow) is observed, which is associated with the formation of a transport barrier. The impact of the topology of three-dimensional magnetic fields (stochastic magnetic fields and magnetic islands) on heat momentum, particle/impurity transport and magnetohydrodynamic stability is also discussed. In the steady state operation, a 48 min discharge with a line-averaged electron density of 1 × 10 19 m −3 and with high electron and ion temperatures ( T i (0) ∼ T e (0) ∼ 2 keV), resulting in 3.36 GJ of input energy, is achieved.
Source: Nuclear Fusion
Authors: K. Ida, K. Nagaoka, S. Inagaki, H. Kasahara, T. Evans, M. Yoshinuma, K. Kamiya, S. Ohdach, M. Osakabe, M. Kobayashi, S. Sudo, K. Itoh, T. Akiyama, M. Emoto, A. Dinklage, X. Du, K. Fujii, M. Goto, T. Goto, M. Hasuo, C. Hidalgo, K. Ichiguchi, A. Ishizawa, M. Jakubowski, G. Kawamura, D. Kato, S. Morita, K. Mukai, I. Murakami, S. Murakami, Y. Narushima, M. Nunami, N. Ohno, N. Pablant, S. Sakakibara, T. Seki, T. Shimozuma, M. Shoji, K. Tanaka, T. Tokuzawa, Y. Todo, H. Wang, M. Yokoyama, H. Yamada, Y. Takeiri, T. Mutoh, S. Imagawa, T. Mito, Y. Nagayama, K.Y. Watanabe, N. Ashikawa, H. Chikaraishi, A. Ejiri, M. Furukawa, T. Fujita, S. Hamaguchi, H. Igami, M. Isobe, S. Masuzaki, T. Morisaki, G. Motojima, K. Nagasaki, H. Nakano, Y. Oya, C. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, R. Sakamoto, M. Sakamoto, A. Sanpei, H. Takahashi, H. Tsuchiya, M. Tokitani, Y. Ueda, Y. Yoshimura, S. Yamamoto, K. Nishimura, H. Sugama, T. Yamamoto, H. Idei, A. Isayama, S. Kitajima, S. Masamune, K. Shinohara, P.S. Bawankar, E. Bernard, M. von Berkel, H. Funaba, X.L. Huang, T. Ii, T. Ido, K. Ikeda, S. Kamio, R. Kumazawa, T. Kobayashi, C. Moon, S. Muto, J. Miyazawa, T. Ming, Y. Nakamura, S. Nishimura, K. Ogawa, T. Ozaki, T. Oishi, M. Ohno, S. Pandya, A. Shimizu, R. Seki, R. Sano, K. Saito, H. Sakaue, Y. Takemura, K. Tsumori, N. Tamura, H. Tanaka, K. Toi, B. Wieland, I. Yamada, R. Yasuhara, H. Zhang, O. Kaneko, A. Komori, Collaborators
Institutions: The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, National Institute for Fusion Science, Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, General Atomics (United States), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Kyoto University, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Nagoya University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, Tottori University, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Shizuoka University, University of Tsukuba, Plasma Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Kyoto Institute of Technology, The University of Osaka, Tohoku University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2102502945