Abstract
Experiments in the JET tokamak with additional heating power (ion cyclotron resonance heating and/or neutral beam injection) above 5 MW show that the plasma can undergo a transition to a new regime. In this regime, the sawtooth instability is suppressed for periods up to 1.6 s and the level of long-wavelength, coherent MHD activity is very low. An improvement in the global energy confinement time of up to 20% is observed. Possible mechanisms for the stabilization of the m=1 instability and the implications for the near-ignition regime are discussed.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 2148-2151 |
Seitenumfang | 4 |
Fachzeitschrift | Physical Review Letters |
Jahrgang | 60 |
Ausgabenummer | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 1988 |