HT-7 Tokamak离子回旋波和低杂波等离子体逃逸电子行为研究

HT-7 Tokamak拥有离子回旋波(ICRF)和低杂波(LHW)两套加热系统.ICRF主要对加热离子有比较好的加热效果,LHW则主要是通过电子Landau阻尼加热电子.除此之外,在ICRF和LHW协同加热的条件下,可以对等离子体产生更有效的加热效果,增加等离子体的聚变反应截面,增加聚变中子产额.本文报道了LHW对改善ICRF和等离子体耦合的重要作用,ICRF和LHW加热等离子体中电子温度随时间的演化过程,计算了放电过程中电子逃逸的阈值能量,分析了逃逸电子的产生过程,以及放电过程中的中子产额.研究结果发     

Study of density fluctuation during low hybrid current drive on HT-7 tokamak

An experimental study of medium and high-k density fluctuations has been performed during low hybrid current drive (LHCD) in the HT-7 tokamak. Two series of plasma discharges in different plasma current with a limiter configuration were conducted in which the injected LHW power was gradually increased. The fluctuation level of the mode in channel kθ=12 cm−1 and kθ=20 cm−1 is related to the q profile, and the normalized frequency spectrum is found to be independent of the LHW power.     

Effects of edge-localized mode-induced neoclassical toroidal viscosity torque on the toroidal intrinsic rotation in the EAST tokamak

Intrinsic rotation has been observed in lower hybrid current-driven (LHCD) H-mode plasmas with type-III edge-localized modes (ELMs) on Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), and it is found that the edge toroidal rotation accelerated before the onset of the ELM burst. Magnetic perturbation analysis shows there is a perturbation amplitude growth below 30 kHz corresponding to the edge rotation acceleration. Using the filament model, the neoclassical toroidal viscosity (NTV) code shows there is a co-current NTV torque at the edge, which may be responsible for the edge rotation acceleration. For maximum displacement ～1 cm and toroidal mode number n=15, the calculated torque density is ～0.44 N/m², comparable with the average edge toroidal angular momentum change rate ～1.24 N/m². Here, the 1 cm maximum magnetic surface displacement estimated from the experimental observation corresponds to a maximum magnetic perturbation ～ 10^?3–10^?2 T, in accordance with magnetic perturbation measurements during ELMs. By varying n from 10 to 20, the magnitude of the edge NTV torque density is mainly ～0.1–1 N/m². This significant co-current torque indicates that the NTV theory may be important in rotation problems during ELMs in H-mode plasmas. To better illuminate the problem, magnetic surface deformation obtained from other codes is desired for a more accurate calculation.     

Ultra lowq a discharge experiments in the SINP tokamak

Operation of most tokamaks in limited byq _a, the edge safety factor, which is usually about 2–3. In the SINP tokamak we have been able to obtain discharges withq _a values as low as 0·8. In this paper we describe our results on the setting up processes and the MHD activity associated with these ultra lowq _a discharges.     

Optimized calculation of the synergy conditions between electron cyclotron current drive and lower hybrid current drive on EAST

The optimized synergy conditions between electron cyclotron current drive(ECCD) and lower hybrid current drive(LHCD) with normal parameters of the EAST tokamak are studied by using the C3PO/LUKE code based on the understanding of the synergy mechanisms so as to obtain a higher synergistic current and provide theoretical reference for the synergistic effect in the EAST experiment. The dependences of the synergistic effect on the parameters of two waves(lower hybrid wave(LHW) and electron cyclotron wave(ECW)), including the radial position of the power deposition, the power value of the LH and EC waves, and the parallel refractive indices of the LHW(N) are presented and discussed.     

Reduction of impurity confinement time by combined heating of LHW and ECRH in EAST

The core impurity confinement properties are experimentally investigated in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak(EAST) plasma heated by lower hybrid wave(LHW) and electron cyclotron resonance heating(ECRH)(LHW+ECRH).It is shown that the impurity confinement time(τ_(imp)) in the L-mode plasma jointly heated by LHW and ECRH is weakly dependent on electron density but strongly dependent on the heating power,thus it is shorter than that in LHW-only heated L-mode plasma with the similar plasma parameters.The combined heating of LHW and ECRH can reduce the collisionality and indicates a more effective heating method for core τimp reduction and normalized poloidal beta(βP) ~(im)provement.It should be emphasized that in this high β_P operation window the small ELM regime can be accessed,and an L-mode level τ_(imp)(40 ms-80 ms) and high β_N(～1.7) can be obtained simultaneously.It means that this typical small ELMy H-mode regime has an advantage in avoiding the serious tungsten accumulation,and will be competitive in future long-pulse steady-state and high-performance operation with high-Z material plasma-facing components.     

EAST低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟

应用改进后的低杂波电流驱动程序对EAST进行了低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟。通过模拟发现,波注入位置、功率谱、等离子体温度和密度对低杂波的功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布有很大影响。通过选取合适的低杂波功率谱、等离子体温度和密度,可以实现对其功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布的控制。     

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应用改进后的低杂波电流驱动程序对EAST进行了低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟。通过模拟发现,波注入位置、功率谱、等离子体温度和密度对低杂波的功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布有很大影响。通过选取合适的低杂波功率谱、等离子体温度和密度,可以实现对其功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布的控制。     

Antenna coupling study for ICWC plasma characterization in TEXTOR

Ion cyclotron wall conditioning (ICWC) discharges, in pulsed-mode operation, were carried out in the limiter tokamak TEXTOR to explore safe operational regimes for the experimental parameters for possible ICWC-discharge cleaning in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) at half field. Antenna coupling properties obtained during the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) wall conditioning experiments performed in helium–hydrogen mixture in TEXTOR were analysed in relation to the obtained ICWC-plasma characterization results. Satisfactory antenna coupling in the mode conversion scenario along with reproducible generation of ICRF plasmas for wall conditioning, were achieved by coupling radio frequency (RF) power from one or two ICRF antennas. The plasma breakdown results obtained in the TEXTOR tokamak have been compared with the predictions of a zero-dimensional RF plasma production model. The present study of ICWC emphasizes the beneficial effect of application of an additional (along with toroidal magnetic field) stationary vertical (B _V???B _T) or oscillating poloidal magnetic field (B _P???B _T) on antenna coupling and relevant plasma parameters.     

HL—1M装置1998年物理实验进展报告

报道了ＨＬ－１Ｍ装置１９９８年度物理实验的进展情况。主要包括等离子体密度极限,中性束注入加热,离子回旋共振加热,低温杂波离子加热,多发弹丸注入,超声分子束注入等实验的情况。     

Ion energy distribution in a radio frequency sheath of plasma with Kappa electron velocity distribution

A hybrid model consisting of a one-dimensional radio frequency sheath model and an equivalent circuit model is used to investigate the effect of the non-Maxwellian plasma with enhanced electron tails on ion energy distribution (IED) at the plasma–wall interface. With the assumption that electrons obey the Kappa distribution in which the parameter κ characterizes the deviation from Maxwellian distribution, the bimodal shape of the IED can always be found with the decrease of κ under the condition of current experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) discharges during the ion cyclotron range of frequency wave heating. However, the height of the low-energy peak of the IED decreases, while the high-energy peak does not change significantly. In addition, the IED shifts towards the higher-energy regime, and the width of the IED expands with the decrease of κ . It is also shown that frequency and amplitude of the disturbance current, bulk plasma density, and ion temperature are the crucial parameters for determining the shape of IED even in the presence of super-thermal electrons.     

Formation of Discharges between Glass Insulated Electrodes in Ne + 1% N2 Mixtures. II. Frequency Dependence and Discharge Modes

Discharges between glazed electrodes for p = 2.67 kPa Ne + 1% N₂ and pd = 1.3 kPa cm (p = gas pressure, d = electrode distance) are investigated. They are sustained by a sine wave voltage of variable frequency f. Measurements of the space time structure of the radiation emission provide information of the build up and quenching of discharges and of the structure of the fully developed ac-discharge. It is shown that the discharge types for the different values of frequency and amplitude of the sine wave sustaining voltage are dynamically developed Townsend and glow discharges. For f ≦ 4 kHz the optical structure and its temporal behaviour largely depends on the increment of the sustaining voltage. For f ≧ 20 kHz the axial structure of radiation emission is modified by the influence of consecutive discharges due to residual ions (f ≌ 20 kHz) and metastable Ne(³P₂)-atoms (f > 20 kHz) existing for several periods of sine wave. The Penning effect of metastable Ne-atoms with N₂ molecules then produces start electrons for each discharge in a sequence which improve the initial conditions for the breakdown. Relations between space time structure and breakdown voltage as a function of frequency f are discussed.     

托卡马克高场侧低杂波电流驱动模拟研究

利用GENRAY/CQL3D程序研究了EAST装置双零位形下高场侧和低场侧发射低杂波的电流驱动情况。模拟发现,电子密度较小时,高场侧低杂波电流驱动效果不如低场侧。随着电子密度的增加,高场侧低杂波电流驱动的优势逐渐显现,从高场侧发射的低杂波可以将能量沉积在更加靠近等离子体中心的位置。提高环向磁场强度有利于低杂波在高密度条件下传播。增大电子密度时,同比例增大磁平衡位形中的等离子体压强,高场侧低杂波电流驱动效果好于低场侧。     

The influence of free quintessence on gravitational frequency shift and deflection of light with 4D momentum

On the basis of the 4D momentum, the influence of quintessence on the gravitational frequency shift and the deflection of light are examined in modified Schwarzschild space. We find that the frequency of a photon depends on the state parameter of the quintessence w _q: the frequency increases for −1<w _q<−1/3 and decreases for −1/3<w _q<0. Meanwhile, we adopt an integral power number a (a=3ω _q+2) to solve the orbital equation of photon. The photon’s potentials become higher with the decrease of ω _q. The behavior of the bending light sensitively depends on the state parameter ω _q. In particular, for the case of ω _q=−1, there is no influence on the deflection of light by quintessence. Furthermore, according to the H-masers of the GP-A redshift experiment and long-baseline interferometry, the constraints on the quintessence field in the solar system are presented here.     

Study of Electron Heat Pulse Propagation and Particle Diffusion During the Synergy of LHW and IBW Heating in the HT-7

A successful experiment on lower hybrid wave (LHW) and ion Bernstein wave (IBW) synergy has been carried out in the HT-7 superconducting tokamak. With 560KW of LHW heating power and 160 KW of IBW heating power, during the synergy of the LHW and IBW experiment we achieved an improved plasma: the electron density increased and peaked, the soft X intensity increased too. A five-channel far-infrared (FIR) hydrogen cyanide (HCN) laser interferometer was used to measure the electron density profile. The particle diffusion coefficient was studied for the experiment, and the result compared with the heat diffusion coefficient. With the same injected LHW and IBW power, high electron density n_e can deduce the electron pulse propagation and the particle diffusion.     

Incommensurate cooperative tilting modes of MnF6 octahedra relatedto the structural phasetransitions in BaMnF4

The structural phase transitions of the layer compound BaMnF₄ were studied by high-resolution X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. The intensities and profiles of two kinds of superlattice reflections having incommensurate reduced wave vectors q ₁= (～ ± 1/5,0,0) _p and q ₂ =(～ ± 2/5,1/2,1/2)_p, respectively, were measured as a function of temperature from 25 K to 280 K. These temperature dependencies show that incommensurate structural phase transitions of second order occur at 234 K and 244 K. These structural phase transitions are interpreted as successive condensations of a folding-screen-like incommensurate plane-distortion mode and a commensurate anti-ferro-distortive tilting mode of the MnF₆ octahedra around the primitive a₀ - and b₀ -axes, when cooled down. It is also found that there is another structural phase transition at about 45 K related to a precursor structural distortion for the antiferromagnetic transition occurring at about 26 K.     

Impact of fast vertical and radial plasma movement on type-I ELMs in ASDEX upgrade

For the ITER project it is clear that steps have to be taken in order to avoid or mitigate type-I ELMs when operating in the standard H-mode scenario. Otherwise, divertor power loads induced by intrinsic ELMs will result in an intolerably short divertor life time. Amongst others, “magnetic triggering” based on a fast vertical movement of the plasma column has proven its ability to achieve ELM frequency control and hence mitigation by locking the ELM frequency to the imposed motion. Here, we report on an attempt to widen this approach by applying a cyclic radial plasma shift. Although motional cycle amplitudes sufficient for ELM frequency locking were achieved even easier than in the vertical case, no ELM control was established for the radial case. Analysis of this different behaviour can allow for better insight into underlying ELM release mechanisms and might potentially be a useful tool for mapping out ELM stability boundaries. Presented at the Workshop “Electric Fields, Structures and Relaxation in Edge Plasmas”, Roma, Italy, June 26–27, 2006.     

Tunneling conductance in quantum wire/insulator/dx2 -y2 + idxy mixed wave superconductor junctions

Using the extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) theory, this paper calculates the tunnelling conductance in quantum wire/insulator/dx2-y2 + idxy mixed wave superconductor (q/I/dx2-y2 + idxy) junctions. That is different from the case in d- and p-wave superconductor junctions. When the angle α between a-axis of the dx2-y2 wave superconductor and the interface normal is π/4, there follows a rather distinctive tunnelling conductance. The zero-bias conductance peak (ZBCP) may or may not appear in the tunnelling conductance. Both the interface potential z and the quasi-particle lifetime factor Γ are smaller, there is no ZBCP. Otherwise, the ZBCP will appear. The position of bias conductance peak (BCP) depends strongly on the amplitude ratio of two components for dx2-y2 + idxy mixed wave. The low and narrow ZBCP may coexist with the BCP in the tunnelling conductance. Using those features in the tunnelling conductance of q/I/dx2-y2 + idxy junctions, it can distinguish dx2-y2 + idxy mixed wave superconductor from d- and p-wave one.     

Investigation of lower hybrid current drive during H-mode in EAST tokamak

H-mode discharges with lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) alone are achieved in EAST divertor plasma over a wide parameter range. These H-mode discharges are characterized by a sudden drop in D_α emission and a spontaneous rise in main plasma density. Good lower hybrid (LH) coupling during H-mode is obtained by putting the plasma close to the antenna and by injecting D₂ gas from a pipe near the grill mouse. The analysis of lower hybrid current drive properties shows that the LH deposition profile shifts off axis during H-mode, and current drive (CD) efficiency decreases due to the increase in density. Modeling results of H-mode discharges with a general ray tracing code GENRAY are reported.