Title
Tokamak turbulence at the scrape-off layer in TCABR with an ergodic magnetic limiter
Date Issued
01 June 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Heller M.
Caldas I.
Ferreira A.
Vannucci A.
University of São Paulo
Abstract
The influence of an ergodic magnetic limiter (EML) on plasma turbulence is investigated in the Tokamak Chauffage Alfvén Brésilien (TCABR), a tokamak with a peculiar natural superposition of the electrostatic and magnetic fluctuation power spectra. Experimental results show that the EML perturbation can reduce both the magnetic oscillation and the electrostatic plasma turbulence. Whenever this occurs, the turbulence-driven particle transport is also reduced. Moreover, a bis-pectral analysis shows that the nonlinear coupling between low- and high-frequency electrostatic fluctuations increases significantly with the EML application.
Start page
295
End page
306
Volume
73
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de plasmas y fluídos Física nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34248332613
Source
Journal of Plasma Physics
ISSN of the container
14697807
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