Open AccessTexas Experimental Tokamak: A plasma research facility. Technical progress report, November 1, 1993--October 31, 1994
Author(s) -
A. J. Wootton
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/441768
Subject(s) - tokamak , upgrade , cyclotron , nuclear physics , nuclear engineering , turbulence , physics , plasma , aerospace engineering , systems engineering , engineering , computer science , meteorology , operating system
The purpose is to operate and maintain TEXT Upgrade as a complete facility for applied tokamak physics in order to elucidate the mechanisms of working gas, impurity, and thermal transport in tokamaks and in particular to understand the role of turbulence. So that they can continue to study the physics that is most relevant to the fusion program, TEXT completed a significant device upgrade this year. The new capabilities of the device and new and innovative diagnostics were exploited in all main program areas including: (1) configuration studies; (2) electron cyclotron heating physics; (3) improved confinement modes; (4) edge physics/impurity studies; (5) central turbulence and transport; and (6) transient transport. Details of the progress in each of the research areas are described