Energy confinement of high-density pellet-fueled plasmas in the alcator C tokamak

M. Greenwald; D. Gwinn; S. Milora; J. Parker; R. Parker; S. Wolfe; M. Besen; F. Camacho; S. Fairfax; C. Fiore; M. Foord; R. Gandy; C. Gomez; R. Granetz; B. Labombard; B. Lipschultz; B. Lloyd; E. Marmar; S. McCool; D. Pappas; R. Petrasso; P. Pribyl; J. Rice; D. Schuresko; Y. Takase; J. Terry; R. Watterson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.352

Energy confinement of high-density pellet-fueled plasmas in the alcator C tokamak

M. Greenwald^*, D. Gwinn, S. Milora, J. Parker, R. Parker, S. Wolfe, M. Besen, F. Camacho, S. Fairfax, C. Fiore, M. Foord, R. Gandy, C. Gomez, R. Granetz, B. Labombard, B. Lipschultz, B. Lloyd, E. Marmar, S. McCool, D. PappasR. Petrasso, P. Pribyl, J. Rice, D. Schuresko, Y. Takase, J. Terry, R. Watterson

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A series of pellet-fueling experiments has been carried out on the Alcator C tokamak. High-speed hydrogen pellets penetrate to within a few centimeters of the magnetic axis, raise the plasma density, and produce peaked density profiles. Energy confinement is observed to increase over similar discharges fueled only by gas puffing. In this manner record values of electron density, plasma pressure, and Lawson number (n) have been achieved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	352-355
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	53
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.352
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1984

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Greenwald, M., Gwinn, D., Milora, S., Parker, J., Parker, R., Wolfe, S., Besen, M., Camacho, F., Fairfax, S., Fiore, C., Foord, M., Gandy, R., Gomez, C., Granetz, R., Labombard, B., Lipschultz, B., Lloyd, B., Marmar, E., McCool, S., ... Watterson, R. (1984). Energy confinement of high-density pellet-fueled plasmas in the alcator C tokamak. Physical Review Letters, 53(4), 352-355. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.352

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