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Core V{sub {phi}} and T{sub i} profiles and transport in TFTR DD and DT plasmas with lithium conditioning
Author(s) -
C. E. Bush,
R. E. Bell,
B. LeBlanc
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/350946
Subject(s) - atomic physics , plasma , physics , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , nuclear physics , chromatography
High performance DT plasmas have been obtained using neutral beam heating with lithium (Li) conditioned graphite walls in TFTR. Values of {tau}{sub E} > 300 ms have been obtained with neutron source rates of >10{sup 18} n/s and n{tau}T {approx} 10{sup 21}. Also, ion temperature (T{sub i}) > 40 keV and toroidal velocity (V{sub {phi}}) > 800 km/s have been obtained. The T{sub i}(R,t) and V{sub {phi}}(R,t) profiles show strong gradients near the plasma core with{gradient}V{sub {phi}} > 3.5 {times} 10{sup 6}/s and E{times}B shearing rate >2 {times} 10{sup 5}/s realized. This strong ExB flow shear is consistent with formation of a transport barrier in the plasma core. Measured V{sub {phi}}, T{sub i}, and carbon density, n{sub c}, profiles from charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy (CHERS) and neoclassical calculations of poloidal velocity, V{sub {theta}}, are used to assess the roles of the pressure and velocity contributions to E{sub r} (or ExB) with varying Li conditioning. The profiles and gradients and resulting confinement and transport are found to vary with the amount of Li applied and the Li deposition technique. Correlations between the V{sub {phi}} and T{sub i} profiles and recycling and impurity behavior as implied from edge carbon and D{sub {alpha}} light and Li deposition are also observed

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