In this paper we present the results of transient transport experiments in a reversed-field pinch device. Measurements have been made in the Madison Symmetric Torus experiment using a novel soft x-ray diagnostic. Spontaneous transient transport events are observed in enhanced confinement shots obtained using the pulsed parallel current drive technique, as a consequence of bursts of magnetic fluctuations triggered by an edge resonant m = 0 instability. The perturbed electron heat diffusivity, chi(e), is estimated through a numerical transient heat transport model, and the values thus obtained are compared with those measured in similar unperturbed enhanced confinement and standard plasmas using the power balance technique.
Perturbative transport studies in the reversed-field pinch
M Gobbin;L Marrelli;P Piovesan;
2005
Abstract
In this paper we present the results of transient transport experiments in a reversed-field pinch device. Measurements have been made in the Madison Symmetric Torus experiment using a novel soft x-ray diagnostic. Spontaneous transient transport events are observed in enhanced confinement shots obtained using the pulsed parallel current drive technique, as a consequence of bursts of magnetic fluctuations triggered by an edge resonant m = 0 instability. The perturbed electron heat diffusivity, chi(e), is estimated through a numerical transient heat transport model, and the values thus obtained are compared with those measured in similar unperturbed enhanced confinement and standard plasmas using the power balance technique.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.