Abstract
Abstract—: The phenomenon of improved energy confinement during radiative cooling at the plasma edge was studied experimentally in the T-10 tokamak. It was shown that the effect is independent on the kind of radiating gas. No substantial differences were observed using Ne, which radiates at two-thirds of the plasma radius, or He, which radiates at the very edge. This phenomenon is explained in frames of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. In a self-organized plasma, the energy balance is described by a Smoluchowski-type equation, where the plasma thermal conductivity and its functional dependence on the intensity of the heat flux, perturbing the pressure profile, is determined from experiment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 337-348 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Plasma Physics Reports |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2020 |
Keywords
- impurity radiation
- tokamak
- transport