Electron temperature fluctuations associated with the weakly coherent mode in the edge of I-mode plasmas
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Phillips, P.; White, Anne E.; Sung, Choongki; Dominguez, Arturo; Cziegler, Istvan; Whyte, Dennis G; Hubbard, Amanda E; Hughes Jr, Jerry; Terry, James L; ... Show more Show less
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New measurements of electron temperature fluctuations associated with the weakly coherent mode (WCM) during improved mode, or I-mode plasmas (Whyte et al 2010 Nucl. Fusion. 50 105005) at Alcator C-Mod (Marmar et al 2007 Fusion. Sci. Technol. 51 3261) are presented in this paper. The measurements are made with a 32-channel, high-resolution profile electron cyclotron emission radiometer. The WCM electron temperature fluctuations are localized to a 1 cm region inside the last closed flux surface. The WCM electron temperature fluctuation level is measured in several different I-mode discharges and is in the range 1% [~ over T][subscript e/T[subscript e] < 2%, which is an order of magnitude smaller than the WCM density fluctuation level. The WCM edge fluctuations observed in I-mode are believed to play a role in increasing particle transport but not energy transport in the edge of I-mode plasmas. The large difference between normalized density and electron temperature fluctuation amplitudes provides new evidence that the WCM fluctuations can separately affect energy and particle transport.
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2011-11Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion CenterJournal
Nuclear Fusion
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IOP Publishing
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White, A.E., P. Phillips, D.G. Whyte, A.E. Hubbard, C. Sung, J.W. Hughes, A. Dominguez, J. Terry, and I. Cziegler. “Electron temperature fluctuations associated with the weakly coherent mode in the edge of I-mode plasmas.” Nuclear Fusion 51, no. 11 (November 1, 2011): 113005.
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0029-5515
1741-4326