Correlation ECE diagnostic in Alcator C-Mod
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Sung, Choongki
White, Anne E.
Howard, Nathaniel Thomas
Mikkelsen, David
Irby, James Henderson
Leccacorvi, Rick
Oi, Curran
Rice, John E.
Reinke, Matthew Logan
Gao, Chi
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March 2015
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EPJ Web of Conferences
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EDP Sciences
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Sung, C., A. E. White, N. T. Howard, D. Mikkelsen, J. Irby, R. Leccacorvi, R. Vieira, et al. “Correlation ECE Diagnostic in Alcator C-Mod.” Edited by S. Kubo. EPJ Web of Conferences 87 (2015): 03007.
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Correlation ECE (CECE) is a diagnostic technique that allows measurement of small amplitude electron temperature, T[subscript e], fluctuations through standard cross-correlation analysis methods. In Alcator C-Mod, a new CECE diagnostic has been installed[Sung RSI 2012], and interesting phenomena have been observed in various plasma conditions. We find that local T[subscript e] fluctuations near the edge (ρ ~ 0:8) decrease across the linearto- saturated ohmic confinement transition, with fluctuations decreasing with increasing plasma density[Sung NF 2013], which occurs simultaneously with rotation reversals[Rice NF 2011]. T[subscript e] fluctuations are also reduced across core rotation reversals with an increase of plasma density in RF heated L-mode plasmas, which implies that the same physics related to the reduction of T[subscript e] fluctuations may be applied to both ohmic and RF heated L-mode plasmas. In I-mode plasmas, we observe the reduction of core T[subscript e] fluctuations, which indicates changes of turbulence occur not only in the pedestal region but also in the core across the L/I transition[White NF 2014]. The present CECE diagnostic system in C-Mod and these experimental results are described in this paper.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20158703007
