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Evolution of E × B shear and coherent fluctuations prior to H-L transitions in DIII-D and control strategies for H-L transitions

Author(s): Eldon, D; Boivin, RL; Chrystal, C; Groebner, RJ; McKee, GR; et al

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dc.contributor.authorEldon, D-
dc.contributor.authorBoivin, RL-
dc.contributor.authorChrystal, C-
dc.contributor.authorGroebner, RJ-
dc.contributor.authorMcKee, GR-
dc.contributor.authorSchmitz, L-
dc.contributor.authorTynan, GR-
dc.contributor.authorYan, Z-
dc.contributor.authorBoedo, JA-
dc.contributor.authorBurrell, KH-
dc.contributor.authorKing, JD-
dc.contributor.authorKolemen, Egemen-
dc.contributor.authorLuhmann, NC-
dc.contributor.authorMuscatello, CM-
dc.contributor.authorOsborne, TH-
dc.contributor.authorSnyder, PB-
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:22:34Z-
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:22:34Z-
dc.date.issued2015-11en_US
dc.identifier.citationEldon, D, Boivin, RL, Chrystal, C, Groebner, RJ, McKee, GR, Schmitz, L, Tynan, GR, Yan, Z, Boedo, JA, Burrell, KH, King, JD, Kolemen, E, Luhmann, NC, Muscatello, CM, Osborne, TH, Snyder, PB. (2015). Evolution of E × B shear and coherent fluctuations prior to H-L transitions in DIII-D and control strategies for H-L transitions. Physics of Plasmas, 22 (11), 112506 - 112506. doi:10.1063/1.4935919en_US
dc.identifier.issn1070-664X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr19r4t-
dc.description.abstractWhile operating a magnetic fusion device in H-mode has many advantages, care must be taken to understand and control the release of energy during the H-L back transition, as the extra energy stored within the H-mode transport barrier will have the potential to cause damage to material components of a large future tokamak such as ITER. Examining a scenario where the H-L back transition sequence begins before the E × B shearing layer decays on its own, we identify a long-lived precursor mode that is tied to the events of the H-L sequence and we develop a robust control strategy for ensuring gradual release of energy during the transition sequence. Back transitions in this scenario commonly begin with a rapid relaxation of the pedestal, which was previously shown to be inconsistent with ideal peeling-ballooning instability as the trigger [Eldon et al., Phys. Plasmas 22, 052109 (2015)], despite being otherwise similar to a large type-I Edge Localized Mode (ELM). This so-called transient occurs when the E × B shearing rate ωE × B is significantly larger than the turbulence decorrelation rate ωT, indicating that this is not the result of runaway turbulence recovery. The transient is always synchronous with amplitude and propagation velocity modulations of the precursor mode, which has been dubbed the Modulating Pedestal Mode (MPM). The MPM is a coherent density fluctuation, which, in our scenario at least, reliably appears in the steep gradient region with f 70 kHz, kθ 0.3 cm-1, and it exists for ∼100 ms before the onset of back transitions. The transient may be reliably eliminated by reducing toroidal rotation in the co-current direction by the application of torque from counter-injecting neutral beams. The transient in these "soft" H-L transitions is then replaced by a small type-III ELM, which is also always synchronous with the MPM, and MPM shows the same behavior in both hard and soft cases.en_US
dc.format.extent112506 - 112506en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPhysics of Plasmasen_US
dc.rightsAuthor's manuscripten_US
dc.titleEvolution of E × B shear and coherent fluctuations prior to H-L transitions in DIII-D and control strategies for H-L transitionsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1063/1.4935919-
dc.date.eissued2015-11-19en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1089-7674-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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