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Article Dans Une Revue Nuclear Fusion Année : 2010

Particle transport in low core turbulence Tore-Supra plasmas

R. Guirlet
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A. Sirinelli
  • Fonction : Auteur
T. Parisot
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R. Sabot
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J.F. Artaud
  • Fonction : Auteur
C. Bourdelle
X. Garbet
Pascale Hennequin
G.T. Hoang
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Frédéric Imbeaux
J.-L. Segui
  • Fonction : Auteur
D. Mazon
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D. Villegas
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

Electron and impurity transport has been studied in sawtoothing plasmas in the Tore-Supra tokamak. High time and space resolution measurements of the electron density reveal the existence of a flat profile region encompassing the q = 1 surface, on which is superimposed a density peak building up between sawtooth relaxations. For the first time in this regime, we have determined the underlying transport of both nickel and electrons independently of the effect of sawteeth in the central part of the plasma. Electron transport is consistent with the neoclassical expectations only in the close vicinity of the magnetic axis. Further out, it exceeds the neoclassical values as calculated with the NCLASS code, although the turbulence level is very low in the whole central region region. In contrast, nickel transport is in good agreement with the neoclassical calculations in the same region. The neoclassical effect on trapped particles of a persisting mode due to incomplete reconnection of the magnetic surfaces is consistent with these observations.

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hal-01551013 , version 1 (29-06-2017)

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R. Guirlet, A. Sirinelli, T. Parisot, R. Sabot, J.F. Artaud, et al.. Particle transport in low core turbulence Tore-Supra plasmas. Nuclear Fusion, 2010, 50, pp.095009. ⟨10.1088/0029-5515/50/9/095009⟩. ⟨hal-01551013⟩
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