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NUCLEAR FUSION
卷 63, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/accafb
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micro-tearing modes; magnetic fluctuation; electron heat transport; pedestal
A new comprehensive set of evidence shows that Micro-Tearing Modes (MTMs) dominate electron heat transport in the pedestal of H-mode experiments in the DIII-D tokamak. By scanning pedestal collisionality, the experiment investigates the role of MTMs and observes broadband magnetic and density fluctuations that are consistent with MTMs. The results suggest that MTMs could regulate the pedestal electron heat transport.
A new, comprehensive set of evidence reveals that Micro-Tearing Modes (MTMs) dominate pedestal electron heat transport in an H-mode experiment in the DIII-D tokamak. The experiment investigates the role of MTMs by scanning pedestal collisionality, a main drive of MTM instability, from 0.43 to 0.84 on the pedestal top. Broadband (150-800 kHz) magnetic and density fluctuations originating from the pedestal gradient region and highly consistent with MTMs are observed, with amplitude increasing during the scan. The higher magnetic fluctuation amplitude correlates with a lower pedestal electron temperature gradient, implying MTMs may regulate the pedestal electron heat transport. The collisionality scan results in profile and transport changes consistent with predicted transport capability of MTMs: (1) experimentally-determined electron heat diffusivity increases similar to 40% at the location where the broadband density fluctuations peak; (2) ion heat diffusivity has less increase (<20%); and (3) a locally flattened region in the electron temperature pedestal is observed at high collisionality. A local, linear gyrokinetic simulation finds MTMs as the most unstable mode in the pedestal gradient region. In addition, local, nonlinear simulations suggest MTMs can dominate and drive experimentally-relevant, megawatt-level electron heat flux. This result establishes MTMs as an effective transport mechanism in the H-mode pedestal, in particular at high collisionality.
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