Temperature fluctuations and heat transport in the edge regions of a tokamak
作者:
P. C. Liewer,
J. M. McChesney,
S. J. Zweben,
R. W. Gould,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids(00319171)
(AIP Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 1
页码: 309-317
ISSN:0031-9171
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1063/1.865942
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Electron temperature fluctuations have been investigated in the edge region of the Caltech research tokamak [S. J. Zweben and R. W. Gould, Nucl. Fusion25, 171 (1985)], and an upper limit to this fluctuation level was found atT˜e/Te≲15%. This measurement, together with previous measurements of density and electric and magnetic field fluctuations, allows a unique comparison of the heat transport resulting from three basic turbulent mechanisms: (1) heat flux from the particle flux resulting from microscopic density and electric field fluctuations; (2) thermal conduction resulting from microscopic temperature and electric field fluctuations; and (3) thermal conduction resulting from microscopic magnetic field fluctuations. The measurements indicate that, in the edge regions, the electron heat transport caused by the measured turbulence‐induced particle flux is comparable to or greater than that caused by the thermal conduction associated with the electron temperature and electric field fluctuations, and is significantly greater than that resulting from the measured magnetic fluctuations. This electron heat loss caused by the plasma turbulence is found to be an important electron energy loss mechanism in the edge regions.
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