A family of off-axis, or annular, instabilities has been studied using Thomson scattering, soft X-ray emission, and two electron cyclotron emission diagnostic systems. In the Rijnhuizen tokamak (RTP) [N. J. Lopes Cardozo et al., Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1992 (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1993), Vol. 1, p. 271] these phenomena are invoked in a controlled way in discharges with specific (off-axis) deposition of electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and persist during most of the heating period, or during many current diffusion times. Based on coherent mode analysis at the crash time, the instabilities are associated with resonant surfaces near simple rational values of q 2, and 3). A parameter study shows an increase of reheat rate and a decrease of sawtooth period with increasing ECH power and — in contrast to observations in other experiments — with increASING density as well.
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October 01 1999
Steady state off-axis sawtoothing in the Rijnhuizen Tokamak project
R. F. G. Meulenbroeks;
R. F. G. Meulenbroeks
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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M. R. de Baar;
M. R. de Baar
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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M. N. A. Beurskens;
M. N. A. Beurskens
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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H. J. de Blank;
H. J. de Blank
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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B. H. Deng;
B. H. Deng
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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A. J. H. Donné;
A. J. H. Donné
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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G. M. D. Hogeweij;
G. M. D. Hogeweij
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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N. J. Lopes Cardozo;
N. J. Lopes Cardozo
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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A. Montvai;
A. Montvai
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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Th. Oyevaar
Th. Oyevaar
FOM Instituut voor Plasmafysica “Rijnhuizen”, Association EURATOM-FOM, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, P.O.Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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Phys. Plasmas 6, 3898–3905 (1999)
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Received:
April 12 1999
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June 28 1999
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R. F. G. Meulenbroeks, M. R. de Baar, M. N. A. Beurskens, H. J. de Blank, B. H. Deng, A. J. H. Donné, G. M. D. Hogeweij, N. J. Lopes Cardozo, A. Montvai, Th. Oyevaar; Steady state off-axis sawtoothing in the Rijnhuizen Tokamak project. Phys. Plasmas 1 October 1999; 6 (10): 3898–3905. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873652
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