We describe in this Letter the first measurement of multiple islands in the core of a reversed field pinch (RFP). These islands appear with current profile modification leading to magnetic fluctuation reduction in the Madison symmetric torus RFP. Magnetic island widths decrease to an unprecedented level, reducing the overlap of adjacent islands and allowing distinct islands to appear. The structures are observed in multichord measurements of soft-x-ray emissivity. The soft-x-ray data is validated with Poincare reconstructions of the magnetic field structure in the core.
Observations of multiple magnetic islands in the core of a reversed field pinch
L Marrelli;P Piovesan;I Predebon;G Spizzo;
2004
Abstract
We describe in this Letter the first measurement of multiple islands in the core of a reversed field pinch (RFP). These islands appear with current profile modification leading to magnetic fluctuation reduction in the Madison symmetric torus RFP. Magnetic island widths decrease to an unprecedented level, reducing the overlap of adjacent islands and allowing distinct islands to appear. The structures are observed in multichord measurements of soft-x-ray emissivity. The soft-x-ray data is validated with Poincare reconstructions of the magnetic field structure in the core.File in questo prodotto:
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