HL-2A装置边缘静电湍流谱特征研究

利用具有极向和径向结构的三探针在HL-2A装置等离子体边缘最后闭合磁分界面以内5cm左右，对静电湍流的谱特征进行了实验研究。空间二级关联分析指出，静电湍流主要是由具有低频和长波长的波胞组成，波胞以内都是相关结构；波在极向的传播主要是沿电子逆磁漂移方向，偶尔也会由于多谱勒频移造成在离子逆磁漂移方向的频率分量。静电波在径向向外传播，其速度的大小与极向相速度相当，这个特征意味着径向模对横越磁场的输运有重要的影响。     

KT—5C边缘等离子体湍流性质的实验研究

利用四探针方法系统地研究了ＫＴ－５Ｃ托卡马克边缘等离子体的湍流性质。实验结果指出，在限制器内０．５ｃｍ处，有一自然产生的径向电场剪切层，由Ｅｒ×Ｂ引起的等离子体整体的极向旋转在剪切层外沿着离子逆磁漂移方向，而在剪切层内则是沿着电子逆漂移方向的。     

用可见光谱测量HL—1M等离子体的旋转速度

用ＳＫＤ高分辨光谱仪测量系统测量了ＣⅢ、ＣⅡ、ＯⅡ及Ｈａ等谱线辐射的多勒位移,给出了ＨＬ－１Ｍ托卡马克等离子体旋转速度,结果表明：环向旋转速度ｖψ右到２２ｋｍ·ｓ＾－１,角向旋转速度ｖθ在等离子体内部与电子逆磁漂移方向同向,在ｒ＝２２ｃｍ附近转变为离子逆磁漂移方向,存在极大值９．６ｋｍ·ｓ＾－１,氢弹丸注入时角向旋转反向,在接近孔栏处又变为电子逆磁漂移方向。激光吹气注入杂质时,ｖθ减小。低杂波注入     

CT-6B托卡马克等离子体角向转动的光谱测量

利用高分辨光谱测量系统，根据杂质离子谱线ＯⅡ４６４.２ｎｍ，ＣⅢ４６４.７ｎｍ和氢Ｈα谱线的多普勒位移，测量了ＣＴ-６Ｂ托卡马克等离子体角向转动速度的径向分布．结果表明：杂质离子的角向转动速度的方向在等离子体内部为电子逆磁漂移方向，其线速度在小半径约９ｃｍ处达到极大值３.５ｋｍ／ｓ；在接近孔阑ｒ＝１０ｃｍ处，反转为离子逆磁漂移方向．由此导出等离子体内部的径向电场向里，其最大值为１８Ｖ／ｃｍ．中性氢原子只存在其方向为电子逆磁漂移方向的角向转动分量，其数值较杂质离子谱线所得结果要低．最后对所得的结果作了初步的讨论 关键词：     

电子回旋波驱动的托卡马克芯部等离子体极向旋转

提出了一个驱动托卡马克芯部等离子体极向旋转的新途径：用电子回旋波产生芯部等离子体极向旋转.物理机制如下：在高功率的电子回旋波加热的托卡马克等离子体中，共振局域化现象将产生极向电场从而形成极向外高内低的离子密度分布；这个极向离子的积累可以克服来自磁泵的阻尼而使等离子体极向旋转退稳定.从流体力学方程和漂移动力学方程中，得到了等离子体旋转退稳的判别式.结果表明现有的电子回旋波加热功率水平可以驱动芯部等离子体的极向旋转. 关键词：     

偏压电极对KT-5C装置等离子体边缘的影响

通过电极偏压来控制KT 5C装置边缘区等离子体的径向电场 ,发现在正偏压作用下 ,径向电场剖面由小的负阱状变成明显的山包结构 ,从而形成一个加强的E×B剪切层。剪切层附近的等离子体参数变陡 ,不仅等离子体极向流速度大大增加 ,而且其方向也由沿电子逆磁漂移方向改变为离子的逆磁漂移方向。这些变化导致等离子体边界横向输运被抑制、整体约束得到改善     

使用基于动态程序规划的时间延迟法分析直线磁化等离子体漂移波湍流角向传播速度和带状流结构

对等离子体湍流速度场的有效探测,有助于更加深入了解磁约束等离子体湍流以及实现对某些理论预言现象和结构(如带状流)的充分辨识.本文将基于动态程序规划的时间延迟估算技术成功应用于直线磁化等离子体装置中热阴极放电条件下的漂移波湍流角向速度涨落的实验分析,并且其结果清晰再现了漂移波湍流中通过非线性能量耦合自发产生的带状流结构.通过对采用不同频段等离子体湍流涨落通过基于动态程序规划的时间延迟估算分析所再现的带状流结构特征进行比较,进一步就该算法对载波信号中非相干噪声相对水平的抗干扰能力进行了定性评估.这些工作的成功开展,对于通过采用基于动态程序规划的时间延迟估算分析技术更为深入有效探索磁约束等离子体湍流行为特征,尤其是速度涨落场的演化提供了重要的借鉴和参考价值.     

原子过程对极向CXRS测量影响的数值模拟

考虑到原子过程的影响，对极向CXRS测量过程进行了数值模拟.计算结果表明由于受辐射率 、回旋运动以及离子辐射寿命的影响，测量的结果会在离子逆磁漂移方向高估了离子的旋转 速度，而低估了离子的温度.这种偏差会随着离子温度的升高、磁场的增加而增大.相对与原 子过程的影响来说，由于等离子体非均匀性所引起的速度和温度的偏离很小，可以忽略不计 . 关键词： 原子过程 数值模拟 等离子体     

HL-2A等离子体边缘极向剩余胁强的研究

首次报导了托卡马克等离子体边缘与湍流相关的极向剩余胁强剖面的测量结果。采用外中平面往复式静电探针阵列对HL-2A托卡马克边缘的极向湍流动量输运进行研究。在没有外部动量注入的欧姆放电下,剩余胁强为有限值、且其空间剖面在等离子体边缘具有明显的径向梯度,表明托卡马克等离子体边缘存在极向动量源。由动量源产生的动量主要以扩散形式向与剩余胁强相反的方向传播,最终的结果是等离子体边缘存在有限的雷诺胁强。在最后闭合磁面以内0.5~2cm区域,剩余胁强的梯度提供自发旋转的力矩,由该力矩引起的动量产生与由速度梯度引起的动量扩散共同导致了雷诺胁强出现负梯度,造成动量沉积,从而驱动极向平衡流。     

离子温度梯度模湍流的带状流最小自由度模型

在离子温度梯度模(ITG)湍流背景中,通过最小自由度模型中模耦合方式产生带状流,对此模型做了动力学稳定性分析及数值求解.并在此基础上初步探讨了湍流中漂移波与带状流的能量转移,以及雷诺协强与带状流的关系. 关键词： 等离子体 离子温度梯度模 湍流 带状流     

Change of zonal flow spectra in the JIPP T-IIU tokamak plasmas

When Ohmically heated low-density plasmas are additionally heated by higher-harmonics ion-cyclotron-range-of frequency heating, heated by neutral beam injection, or strongly gas puffed, the intensity of zonal flows in the geodesic acoustic mode frequency range in the tokamak core plasma decreases sharply and that of low-frequency zonal flow grows drastically. This is accompanied by a damping of the drift wave propagating in the electron diamagnetic drift direction, turbulence by trapped electron mode (TEM), and the increase of the mode propagating to ion diamagnetic drift direction (ITG). In the half-radius region, TEM and high-frequency zonal flows remain intense in both OH and heated phases. ITG and low-frequency zonal flows grow in heated plasmas, suggesting a strong coupling between ITG and low-frequency zonal flow.     

Poloidal rotation of main ions in the CT-6B tokamak

The poloidal rotation velocity of neutral hydrogen atoms is measured using the Doppler shift of the Hα spectral line emitted in the CT-6B tokamak. The poloidal rotation of hydrogen atoms is generated through the collisions and charge-exchanges with main ions (protons). Therefore, the rotation direction of main ions can be deduced from that of neutral hydrogen atoms. The experimental results show that the main ions rotate in the electron diamagnetic drift direction, the same as the impurity ions, in the plasma core. The neutral hydrogen atoms rotate also in the electron diamagnetic drift direction in the edge region of the plasma. However, the rotation direction of main ions in the edge region cannot be judged from the experimental result due to the long mean free path of hydrogen atoms in the edge region. An inward diffusion flux of hydrogen atoms toward the torus inside with a velocity of the same order of magnitude as their poloidal rotation is also observed.     

Heavy particle modes and signature of the I-Regime

The recently discovered properties of the I-confinement Regime are explained as resulting from the excitation of a heavy particle mode. The theoretically predicted mode phase velocity in the direction of the electron diamagnetic velocity and the induced confinement of impurities at the edge of the plasma column have been confirmed by the experiments. The direction of the mode phase velocity is consistent with that (opposite) of the spontaneous rotation in the plasma core. The mode is of the “ion-mixing” type, in that it does not produce any electron transport across the fields and it involves significant poloidal magnetic field fluctuations.     

Laboratory Observation of a Very Low Frequency Instability in an Argon Plasma

Very low frequency (50 to 500 Hz) self-excited electrostatic waves are detected in a cylindrical argon plasma column with a weak axial magnetic field (10 to 100 G). The waves propagate azimuthally with a phase velocity in the electron diamagnetic drift direction, but with a speed at least an order of magnitude less than the ion acoustic speed. A number of known plasma instabilities are considered as possible explanations, though most of them do not seem to account for the observed characteristics of the waves.     

Influence of the static Dynamic Ergodic Divertor on edge turbulence properties in TEXTOR

Systematic measurements on the edge turbulence and turbulent transport have been made by Langmuir probe arrays on TEXTOR under various static Dynamic Ergodic Divertor (DED) configurations. Common features are observed. With the DED, in the ergodic zone the local turbulent flux reverses sign from radially outwards to inwards. The turbulence properties are profoundly modified by energy redistribution in frequency spectra and suppression of large scale eddies. The fluctuation poloidal phase velocity changes direction from electron to ion diamagnetic drift, consistent with the observed reversal of the Er x B flow. In the laminar region, the turbulence is found to react to an observed reduced flow shear.     

Experimental observation of anisotropic magnetic turbulence in a reversed field pinch plasma

In this Letter we report an experimental study of fully developed anisotropic magnetic turbulence in a laboratory plasma. The turbulence has broad (narrow) spectral power in the perpendicular (parallel) direction to the local mean magnetic field extending beyond the ion cyclotron frequency. Its k[see symbol] spectrum is asymmetric in the ion and electron diamagnetic directions. The wave number scaling for the short wavelength fluctuations shows exponential falloff indicative of dissipation. A standing wave structure is found for the turbulence in the minor radial direction of the toroidal plasma.     

Electron temperature fluctuation in the HT-7 Tokamak plasma observed by electron cyclotron emission imaging

The fluctuation of the electron temperature has been measured by using the electron cyclotron emission imaging in the Hefei Tokamak-7 (HT-7) plasma. The electron temperature fluctuation with a broadband spectrum shows that it propagates in the electron diamagnetic drift direction, and the mean poloidal wave-number $\bar{k}_{\theta}$is calculated to be about 1.58 cm^-1, or \bar{k}_θ ρ_s≈ 0.34. It indicates that the fluctuation should come from the electron drift wave turbulence. The linear global scaling of the electron temperature fluctuation with the gradient of electron temperature is consistent with the mixing length scale qualitatively. Evolution of spectrum of the fluctuation during the sawtooth oscillation phases is investigated, and the fluctuation is found to increase with the gradient of electron temperature increasing during most phases of the sawtooth oscillation. The results indicate that the electron temperature gradient is probably the driver of the fluctuation enhancement. The steady heat flux driven by electron temperature fluctuation is estimated and compared with the results from power balance estimation.     

Suppression of plasma turbulence during optimized shear configurations in JET

Correlation of density turbulence suppression and reduced plasma transport is observed in the internal transport barrier (ITB) region of JET tokamak discharges with optimized magnetic shear. The suppression occurs in two stages. First, low frequency turbulence and ion transport are reduced across the plasma core by a toroidal velocity shear generated by intense auxiliary heating. Then with the ITB formation, high frequency turbulence and electron transport are reduced locally within the steep pressure gradient region of the ITB.     

The application of homodyne spectroscopy to the study of low-frequency microturbulence in the TEXT tokamak

Summary The wave propagation direction of microturbulence in a tokamak plasma has been accurately measured by application of a new homodyne spectroscopy technique. This method has been used in conjunction with a collective far-infrared laser scattering experiment on TEXT. The low-frequency density fluctuations are observed to propagate primarily in the electron diamagnetic drift direction, however, the broadband spectra also possess an appreciable level of fluctuations traveling in the ion drift direction. Application of the homodyne spectroscopy technique represents an inexpensive and easily implemented alternative to the more technically demanding heterodyne schemes available in the far-infrared.