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Edge density profiles in high-performance JET plasmas

1997
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Abstract

Detailed electron density profiles of the scrape-off layer in high-performance JET plasmas (plasma current, I-p < 5 MA, neutral beam heating power, P-nbi similar to 17 MW) have been measured by means of a lithium beam diagnostic system featuring high spatial resolution [K. Kadota et al., Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 20 (1978) 1011]. Measurements were taken over a period of several seconds, allowing examination of the evolution of the edge profile at a location upstream from the divertor target. The data clearly show the effects of the H-mode transition - an increase in density near the plasma separatrix and a reduction in density scrape-off length. The profiles obtained under various plasma conditions are compared firstly with data from other diagnostics, located elsewhere in the vessel, and also with the predictions of an 'onion-skin' model (DIVIMP), which used, as initial parameters, data from an array of probes located in the divertor target.

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1997
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/6b85f63b-c1db-4549-936f-fb8379d2759f

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