A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak: Ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic shear

P. Mantica; C. Angioni; C. Challis; G. Colyer; L. Frassinetti; N. Hawkes; T. Johnson; M. Tsalas; P. C. Devries; J. Weiland; B. Baiocchi; M. N.A. Beurskens; A. C.A. Figueiredo; C. Giroud; J. Hobirk; E. Joffrin; E. Lerche; V. Naulin; A. G. Peeters; A. Salmi; C. Sozzi; D. Strintzi; G. Staebler; T. Tala; D. Van Eester; T. Versloot

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004

A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak: Ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic shear

P. Mantica
, C. Angioni
, C. Challis
, G. Colyer
, L. Frassinetti
, N. Hawkes
, T. Johnson
, M. Tsalas
, P. C. Devries
, J. Weiland
, B. Baiocchi
, M. N.A. Beurskens
, A. C.A. Figueiredo
, C. Giroud
, J. Hobirk
, E. Joffrin
, E. Lerche
, V. Naulin
, A. G. Peeters
, A. Salmi

C. Sozzi, D. Strintzi, G. Staebler, T. Tala, D. Van Eester, T. Versloot

Laboratory for Plasma Physics

Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
EES
Association EURATOM-Hellenic Republic
FOM-Instituut voor Plasmafysica 'Rijnhuizen'
Chalmers University of Technology
Università degli Studi di Milano
Instituto Superior Técnico
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)
Technical University of Denmark
Universität Bayreuth
Aalto University
General Atomics
Helsinki University of Technology

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Abstract

New transport experiments on JET indicate that ion stiffness mitigation in the core of a rotating plasma, as described by Mantica et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 175002 (2009)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.102.175002] results from the combined effect of high rotational shear and low magnetic shear. The observations have important implications for the understanding of improved ion core confinement in advanced tokamak scenarios. Simulations using quasilinear fluid and gyrofluid models show features of stiffness mitigation, while nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations do not. The JET experiments indicate that advanced tokamak scenarios in future devices will require sufficient rotational shear and the capability of q profile manipulation.

Original language	English
Article number	135004
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	107
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2011

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Mantica, P., Angioni, C., Challis, C., Colyer, G., Frassinetti, L., Hawkes, N., Johnson, T., Tsalas, M., Devries, P. C., Weiland, J., Baiocchi, B., Beurskens, M. N. A., Figueiredo, A. C. A., Giroud, C., Hobirk, J., Joffrin, E., Lerche, E., Naulin, V., Peeters, A. G., ... Versloot, T. (2011). A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak: Ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic shear. Physical Review Letters, 107(13), Article 135004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.135004

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