Energy Confinement in Self-Organized Tokamak Plasma (without Transport Barriers)

K. A. Razumova, M. M. Dremin, N. V. Kasyanova, N. A. Kirneva, L. A. Klyuchnikov, V. A. Krupin, S. V. Krylov, S. E. Lysenko, G. E. Notkin, D. V. Sarychev, N. A. Soloviev, M. V. Chukanov, J. Ongena, A. M. Messiaen

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)337-348
Number of pages12
JournalPlasma Physics Reports
Volume46
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2020

Keywords

  • impurity radiation
  • tokamak
  • transport

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