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Rational surfaces, flows and radial structure in the TJ-II stellarator

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Físicaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de Investigación: Física de Plasmases
dc.contributor.authorVan Milligen, B.Ph.
dc.contributor.authorVoldiner, I.
dc.contributor.authorCarreras Verdaguer, Benjamin A.
dc.contributor.authorOchando, Maria A.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Gonzalo, Luis
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commissionen
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)es
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-08T13:18:19Z
dc.date.available2023-03-08T13:18:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.description.abstractIn this work, we report on the results obtained by measuring several turbulent quantities well inside the plasma edge by means of a Langmuir probe during dynamical rotational transform scans in the TJ-II stellarator, while applying a radial electric field to the edge plasma using a biasing probe. By calculating the intermittence parameter from floating potential measurements, we are able to identify a major low order rational surface and hence relate the probe measurements to the local value of the rotational transform. Based on the former, we are able to show that the poloidal plasma velocity (and hence radial electric field) has a significant radial structure that is clearly related to the rotational transform profile and in particular the lowest order rational surfaces in the range studied. The poloidal velocity is also affected by the edge biasing. The particle flux was also found to exhibit a radial pattern, as did the flow shear suppression term wExB1, but the relation of the former to the low-order rational surfaces was less clear. We surmise that this lack of direct correspondence is due to an unknown term in the turbulence evolution equation: the instability growth rate, y. We make use of a reduced Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence model to interpret the results. Overall, a picture is obtained in which the plasma self-organizes towards a state with a clear radial pattern of the radial electric field, in line with expectations from some numerical studies describing the spontaneous formation of an E x B staircase, consisting of alternating layers with fast and slow radial transport. In this state, the radial profiles of various quantities (density, temperature, pressure) will not be smooth.en
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch sponsored in part by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain under Project Nos. PID2019-110734RB-I00 and PID2021-124883NB-I00. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No. 101052200 EUROfusion). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them. B A C gratefully acknowledges support for the research from the DOE office of Fusion Energy under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-SC0018076.en
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationvan Milligen, B., Voldiner, I., Carreras, B., García, L., & Ochando, M. (2022). Rational surfaces, flows and radial structure in the TJ-II stellarator. Nuclear Fusion, 63(1), 016027.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aca688
dc.identifier.issn0029-5515
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1
dc.identifier.publicationissue1, 016027
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage11
dc.identifier.publicationtitleNuclear Fusionen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume63
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/36779
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000032367
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIOP Scienceen
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. PID2019-110734RB-I00es
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/101052200es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. PID2021-124883NB-I00es
dc.rights© EURATOM 2022
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España*
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.ecienciaEnergía Nucleares
dc.subject.ecienciaFísicaes
dc.subject.ecienciaFusiónes
dc.subject.otherStellaratoren
dc.subject.otherTransporten
dc.subject.otherTurbulenceen
dc.subject.otherE X B staircaseen
dc.titleRational surfaces, flows and radial structure in the TJ-II stellaratoren
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