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PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
卷 63, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ac04bb
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sawtooth collapse; neoclassical tearing mode; dynamo model; JT-60U; tokamak
The study investigated the suppression of sawtooth collapse in JT-60U through the stabilization of the m/n = 2/1 NTM without ELMs. It was observed that during the stabilization of the m/n = 2/1 NTM, there was modulation in the toroidal rotation velocity with the frequency of the n = 1 HC.
We have investigated the role of the m/n = 2/1 neoclassical tearing mode (NTM) for suppression of the sawtooth collapse in JT-60U from the viewpoint of the anomalous transport of the current diffusion, namely flux pumping. In the stabilization experiments of m/n = 2/1 NTMs by electron cyclotron current drive of JT-60U, it has been clarified that the sawtooth collapses occur during or after the stabilization of m/n = 2/1 NTMs. It is also confirmed that the minimum safety factor, q (min), is nearly unity before and after the stabilization of an m/n = 2/1 NTM. While the flux pumping by ELM-NTM coupling was reported in DIII-D, the suppression of the sawtooth collapse is observed without ELMs in this study. On the other hand, it is observed that the sawtooth precursor appears during the stabilization of the m/n = 2/1 NTM accompanying the disappearance of the fluctuation of the n = 1 helical core (HC), which is induced by the m/n = 2/1 NTM. In addition, the modulation of the toroidal rotation velocity having the frequency of the n = 1 HC is observed in the core region. Because the helical flow with HCs is a possible source of the dynamo loop voltage in tokamaks, these observations suggest that the suppression of the sawtooth collapse in JT-60U is realized by the dynamo loop voltage due to the n = 1 HC induced by the m/n = 2/1 NTM. Our result indicates that n = 1 HCs induced by other MHD modes also may induce anomalous current transport in tokamaks.
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