Particle transport in the scrape-off layer and its relationship to discharge density limit in Alcator C-Mod

B LaBombard, RL Boivin, M Greenwald, J Hughes… - Physics of …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Cross-field particle transport in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of Alcator C-Mod [Phys. Plasmas
1, 1511 (1994)] can be characterized by an effective particle diffusivity (D eff) that increases …

Cross-field plasma transport and main-chamber recycling in diverted plasmas on Alcator C-Mod

B LaBombard, MV Umansky, RL Boivin, JA Goetz… - Nuclear …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
Cross-field particle transport increases sharply with distance into the SOL and plays a
dominant role in themain-chamber recycling'regime in Alcator C-Mod, a regime in which …

Evidence for electromagnetic fluid drift turbulence controlling the edge plasma state in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

B LaBombard, JW Hughes, D Mossessian… - Nuclear …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma profiles across the separatrix and scrape-off layer (SOL) in Alcator C-Mod are
examined for a range of plasma densities, currents and magnetic fields in Ohmic L-mode …

Overview of density pedestal structure: role of fueling versus transport

S Mordijck - Nuclear Fusion, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
How much of the density pedestal structure is determined by fueling versus transport is still
an open question. In most current tokamaks, the scrape-off layer is not opaque enough to …

[HTML][HTML] A 1D Lyman-alpha profile camera for plasma edge neutral studies on the DIII-D tokamak

AM Rosenthal, JW Hughes, A Bortolon… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A one dimensional, absolutely calibrated pinhole camera system was installed on the DIII-D
tokamak to measure edge Lyman-alpha (Ly-α) emission from hydrogen isotopes, which can …

X-ray emission following low-energy charge exchange collisions of highly charged ions

P Beiersdorfer, RE Olson, GV Brown, H Chen… - Physical Review Letters, 2000 - APS
K-shell x-ray emission following low-energy charge exchange collisions (≤ 11 eV/amu) has
been measured for ten bare and hydrogenic ions up to U 9 1+. The data resolve capture into …

Pedestal profiles and fluctuations in C-Mod enhanced D-alpha H-modes

AE Hubbard, RL Boivin, RS Granetz, M Greenwald… - Physics of …, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
High resolution measurements on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak [IH Hutchinson et al., Phys.
Plasmas 1, 1551 (1994)] of the transport barrier in the “Enhanced D α”(EDA) regime, which …

The role of neutrals in high-mode (H-mode) pedestal formation

RJ Groebner, MA Mahdavi, AW Leonard… - Physics of …, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
An analytic model, derived from coupled continuity equations for the electron and neutral
deuterium densities, is consistent with many features of edge electron density profiles in the …

Critical gradients and plasma flows in the edge plasma of Alcator C-Mod

B Labombard, JW Hughes, N Smick, A Graf… - Physics of …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Recent experiments have led to a fundamental shift in our view of edge transport physics;
transport near the last-closed flux surface may be more appropriately described in terms of a …

The quasi-coherent signature of enhanced Dα H-mode in Alcator C-Mod

JA Snipes, B LaBombard, M Greenwald… - Plasma physics and …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
The steady-state H-mode regime found at moderate to high density in Alcator C-Mod, known
as enhanced D α (EDA) H-mode, appears to be maintained by a continuous quasi-coherent …