Experimental studies of the physical mechanism determining the radial electric field and its radial structure in a toroidal plasma

K Ida - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental studies on radial structures of plasma rotation and radial electric field in
toroidal plasmas are reviewed. In this context, the perpendicular and parallel viscosities that …

Rotation and momentum transport in tokamaks and helical systems

K Ida, JE Rice - Nuclear Fusion, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Poloidal and toroidal rotation has been recognized to play an important role in heat transport
and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability in tokamaks and helical systems. It is well known …

Interaction of tearing modes with external structures in cylindrical geometry (plasma)

R Fitzpatrick - Nuclear Fusion, 1993 - iopscience.iop.org
A basic theoretical framework is developed for the investigation of tearing mode interactions
in cylindrical geometry. A set of equations describing the coupled evolution of the amplitude …

Bifurcated states of a rotating tokamak plasma in the presence of a static error-field

R Fitzpatrick - Physics of Plasmas, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
The bifurcated states of a rotating tokamak plasma in the presence of a static, resonant, error-
field are strongly analogous to the bifurcated states of a conventional induction motor. The …

Impurities in tokamaks

RC Isler - Nuclear Fusion, 1984 - iopscience.iop.org
Impurities continue to be a concern for future fusion devices, and ongoing efforts are made
to study their generation, confinement, and control. Techniques for analysis of …

Local measurements of correlated momentum and heat transport in the TFTR tokamak

SD Scott, PH Diamond, RJ Fonck, RJ Goldston… - Physical review …, 1990 - APS
Simultaneous profile measurements of the toroidal rotation speed and ion temperature
during unbalanced neutral beam injection in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor show that the …

Momentum and thermal transport in neutral‐beam‐heated tokamaks

N Mattor, PH Diamond - The Physics of fluids, 1988 - pubs.aip.org
The relation between momentum and thermal transport in neutral‐beam‐heated tokamaks
with subsonic toroidal rotation velocity has been investigated. A theory of diffusive …

Observations of central toroidal rotation in ICRF heated Alcator C-Mod plasmas

JE Rice, M Greenwald, IH Hutchinson… - Nuclear …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Impurity toroidal rotation has been observed in the centre of Alcator C-Mod ion cyclotron
range of frequencies (ICRF) heated plasmas, from the Doppler shifts of argon X ray lines …

Extensions to the charge exchange recombination spectroscopy diagnostic suite at ASDEX Upgrade

RM McDermott, A Lebschy, B Geiger… - Review of Scientific …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A new core charge exchange recombination spectroscopy diagnostic has been installed in
the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak that is capable of measuring the impurity ion temperature …

Local magnetohydrodynamic instabilities of cylindrical plasma with sheared equilibrium flows

A Bondeson, R Iacono, A Bhattacharjee - The Physics of fluids, 1987 - pubs.aip.org
The ideal magnetohydrodynamic stability of cylindrical equilibria with mass flows is
investigated analytically and numerically. The flows modify the local (Suydam) criterion for …