Tungsten transport in JET H-mode plasmas in hybrid scenario, experimental observations and modelling

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Angioni, C. - Mantica, P. - Pütterich, T. - Valisa, M. - Baruzzo, M. - Belli, A.E. - Belo, P. - Casson, F.J. - Challis, C. - Drewelow, P. - Giroud, C. - Hawkes, N. - Hender, T.C. - Hobirk, J. - Koskela, T. - Lauro Taroni, L. - Maggi, C.F. - Mlynář, Jan - Odstrčil, T. - Reinke, M.L. - Romanelli, M. … Total 22 authors
Tungsten transport in JET H-mode plasmas in hybrid scenario, experimental observations and modelling.
Nuclear Fusion. Roč. 54, č. 8 (2014), 083028-083028. ISSN 0029-5515. E-ISSN 1741-4326
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : heavy impurity transport * H-mode hybrid scenario * neoclassical and turbulent transport
Subject RIV: BL - Plasma and Gas Discharge Physics
Impact factor: 3.062, year: 2014
http://iopscience.iop.org/0029-5515/54/8/083028/pdf/0029-5515_54_8_083028.pdf

The behaviour of tungsten in the core of hybrid scenario plasmas in JET with the ITER-like wall is analysed and modelled with a combination of neoclassical and gyrokinetic codes. In these discharges, good confinement conditions can be maintained only for the first 2–3 s of the high power phase. Later W accumulation is regularly observed, often accompanied by the onset of magneto-hydrodynamical activity, in particular neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs), both of which have detrimental effects on the global energy confinement. The dynamics of the accumulation process is examined, taking into consideration the concurrent evolution of the background plasma profiles, and the possible onset of NTMs. Two time slices of a representative discharge, before and during the accumulation process, are analysed with two independent methods, in order to reconstruct the W density distribution over the poloidal cross-section
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