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Title
Overview of results from the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
Authors
Gates, DAAhn, JAllain, Jnullre, RBastasz, RBell, MBell, RBelova, EBerkery, JBetti, RBialek, JBiewer, TBigelow, TBitter, MBoedo, JBonoli, PBoozer, ABrennan, DBreslau, JBrower, DBush, CCanik, JCaravelli, GCarter, MCaughman, JChang, CChoe, WCrocker, NDarrow, DDelgado-Aparicio, LDiem, SD'Ippolito, DDomier, CDorl, WEfthimion, PEjiri, AErshov, NEvans, TFeibush, EFenstermacher, MFerron, JFinkenthal, MFoley, JFrazin, RFredrickson, EFu, GFunaba, HGerhardt, SGlasser, AGorelenkov, NGrisham, LHahm, THarvey, RHassanein, AHeidbrink, WHill, KHillesheim, JHillis, DHirooka, YHosea, JHu, BHumphreys, DIdehara, TIndireshkumar, KIshida, AJaeger, FJarboe, TJardin, SJaworski, MJi, HJung, HKaita, RKallman, JKatsuro-Hopkins, OKawahata, KKawamori, EKaye, SKessel, CKim, JKimura, HKolemen, EKrasheninnikov, SKrstic, PKu, SKubota, SKugel, HLa Haye, RLao, LLeBlanc, BLee, WLee, KLeuer, JLevinton, FLiang, YLiu, DLuhmann, NMaingi, RMajeski, RManickam, JMansfield, DMaqueda, RMazzucato, EMcCune, DMcGeehan, BMcKee, GMedley, SMenard, JMenon, MMeyer, HMikkelsen, DMiloshevsky, GMitarai, OMueller, DMueller, SMunsat, TMyra, JNagayama, YNelson, BNguyen, XNishino, NNishiura, MNygren, ROno, MOsborne, TPacella, DPark, HPark, JPaul, SPeebles, WPenaflor, BPeng, MPhillips, CPigarov, APodesta, MPreinhaelter, JRam, ARaman, RRasmussen, DRedd, AReimerdes, HRewoldt, GRoss, PRowley, CRuskov, ERussell, DRuzic, DRyan, PSabbagh, SSchaffer, MSchuster, EScott, SShaing, KSharpe, PShevchenko, VShinohara, KSizyuk, VSkinner, CSmirnov, ASmith, DSmith, SSnyder, PSolomon, WSontag, ASoukhanovskii, VStoltzfus-Dueck, TStotler, DStrait, TStratton, BStutman, DTakahashi, RTakase, YTamura, NTang, XTaylor, GTaylor, CTicos, CTritz, KTsarouhas, DTurrnbull, ATynan, GUlrickson, MUmansky, MUrban, JUtergberg, EWalker, MWampler, WWang, JWang, WWeler, AWhaley, JWhite, RWilgen, JWilson, RWong, KWright, JXia, ZXu, XYouchison, DYu, GYuh, HZakharov, LZemlyanov, DZweben, S
Date Issued
2009-10
Publisher
INT ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
Abstract
The mission of the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) is the demonstration of the physics basis required to extrapolate to the next steps for the spherical torus (ST), such as a plasma facing component test facility (NHTX) or an ST based component test facility (ST-CTF), and to support ITER. Key issues for the ST are transport, and steady state high beta operation. To better understand electron transport, a new high-k scattering diagnostic was used extensively to investigate electron gyro-scale fluctuations with varying electron temperature gradient scale length. Results from n = 3 braking studies are consistent with the flow shear dependence of ion transport. New results from electron Bernstein wave emission measurements from plasmas with lithium wall coating applied indicate transmission efficiencies near 70% in H-mode as a result of reduced collisionality. Improved coupling of high harmonic fast-waves has been achieved by reducing the edge density relative to the critical density for surface wave coupling. In order to achieve high bootstrap current fraction, future ST designs envision running at very high elongation. Plasmas have been maintained on NSTX at very low internal inductance l(i) similar to 0.4 with strong shaping (kappa similar to 2.7, delta similar to 0.8) with beta(N) approaching the with-wall beta-limit for several energy confinement times. By operating at lower collisionality in this regime, NSTX has achieved record non-inductive current drive fraction f(NI) similar to 71%. Instabilities driven by super-Alfvenic ions will be an important issue for all burning plasmas, including ITER. Fast ions from NBI on NSTX are super-Alfvenic. Linear toroidal Alfven eigenmode thresholds and appreciable fast ion loss during multi-mode bursts are measured and these results are compared with theory. The impact of n > 1 error fields on stability is an important result for ITER. Resistive wall mode/resonant field amplification feedback combined with n = 3 error field control was used on NSTX to maintain plasma rotation with beta above the no-wall limit. Other highlights are results of lithium coating experiments, momentum confinement studies, scrape-off layer width scaling, demonstration of divertor heat load mitigation in strongly shaped plasmas and coupling of coaxial helicity injection plasmas to ohmic heating ramp-up. These results advance the ST towards next step fusion energy devices such as NHTX and ST-CTF.
Keywords
COAXIAL HELICITY INJECTION; NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT; PLASMAS; PHYSICS; SIMULATION; TOKAMAK; WAVES; POWER
URI
https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/26420
DOI
10.1088/0029-5515/49/10/104016
ISSN
0029-5515
Article Type
Article
Citation
NUCLEAR FUSION, vol. 49, no. 10, page. 104016, 2009-10
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