Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP
Understanding and control of electron thermal transport is a critical point of research in magnetic fusion experiments. Previous experiments have shown that operation with reversed magnetic shear (RMS) can suppress electron thermal transport, resulting in the generation of internal transport barrier...
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| author | M.E. Galante M.D. Boyer I.U. Uzun-Kaymak E.L. Foley B.P. LeBlanc F.M. Levinton |
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| description | Understanding and control of electron thermal transport is a critical point of research in magnetic fusion experiments. Previous experiments have shown that operation with reversed magnetic shear (RMS) can suppress electron thermal transport, resulting in the generation of internal transport barriers (ITBs), with the location of the ITB correlated with the location of minimum magnetic shear. The recent upgrades to NSTX—increased magnetic field up to 1 T, increased plasma current up to 2 MA, 2nd neutral beam—present an increased operating space in which to explore electron thermal transport in RMS plasmas. Utilizing TRANSP, we have developed operating scenarios by which to generate RMS in NSTX-U. The results suggest that RMS in NSTX-U can be generated through fast current ramp and early beam injection into a large plasma volume. This is very similar to the procedure that was followed in both TFTR and NSTX to generate RMS. Sustainment of RMS, disregarding non-( $q_{\mathrm{min}}$ = 1) MHD events, requires maintaining a large plasma volume, and increasing the core $T_{\mathrm{e}}$ , either via increased plasma current and/or adding heating power. Using this procedure, RMS was sustained for ∼1 s, with $q_{\mathrm{min}}$ $ \gt $ 1 for that period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a45ec47224194484b764051baa7de68e2025-01-07T12:30:16ZengIOP PublishingNuclear Fusion0029-55152025-01-0165202603510.1088/1741-4326/ad9e03Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSPM.E. Galante0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9814-9425M.D. Boyer1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-9155I.U. Uzun-Kaymak2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-1493E.L. Foley3https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1752-8397B.P. LeBlanc4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1455-0129F.M. Levinton5https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2284-7881Nova Photonics Inc. , Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08540, United States of AmericaPrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory , Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08543, United States of AmericaNova Photonics Inc. , Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08540, United States of AmericaNova Photonics Inc. , Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08540, United States of AmericaPrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory , Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08543, United States of AmericaNova Photonics Inc. , Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08540, United States of AmericaUnderstanding and control of electron thermal transport is a critical point of research in magnetic fusion experiments. Previous experiments have shown that operation with reversed magnetic shear (RMS) can suppress electron thermal transport, resulting in the generation of internal transport barriers (ITBs), with the location of the ITB correlated with the location of minimum magnetic shear. The recent upgrades to NSTX—increased magnetic field up to 1 T, increased plasma current up to 2 MA, 2nd neutral beam—present an increased operating space in which to explore electron thermal transport in RMS plasmas. Utilizing TRANSP, we have developed operating scenarios by which to generate RMS in NSTX-U. The results suggest that RMS in NSTX-U can be generated through fast current ramp and early beam injection into a large plasma volume. This is very similar to the procedure that was followed in both TFTR and NSTX to generate RMS. Sustainment of RMS, disregarding non-( $q_{\mathrm{min}}$ = 1) MHD events, requires maintaining a large plasma volume, and increasing the core $T_{\mathrm{e}}$ , either via increased plasma current and/or adding heating power. Using this procedure, RMS was sustained for ∼1 s, with $q_{\mathrm{min}}$ $ \gt $ 1 for that period.https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad9e03reversed magnetic shearspherical tokamakTRANSPMotional Stark Effect |
| spellingShingle | M.E. Galante M.D. Boyer I.U. Uzun-Kaymak E.L. Foley B.P. LeBlanc F.M. Levinton Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP Nuclear Fusion reversed magnetic shear spherical tokamak TRANSP Motional Stark Effect |
| title | Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP |
| title_full | Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP |
| title_fullStr | Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP |
| title_short | Reversed magnetic shear scenario development in NSTX-U using TRANSP |
| title_sort | reversed magnetic shear scenario development in nstx u using transp |
| topic | reversed magnetic shear spherical tokamak TRANSP Motional Stark Effect |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad9e03 |
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