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Author(s):
K. Nagaoka, K. Ida, M. Yoshinuma, Y. Takeiri, M. Yokoyama, S. Morita, K. Tanaka, T. Ido, A. Shimizu, N. Tamura, H. Funaba, S. Murakami, K. Ikeda, M. Osakabe, K. Tsumori, H. Nakano, O. Kaneko and LHD experiment group
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Title:
Heat and Momentum Transport of Ion Internal Transport Barrier Plasmas on Large Helical Device
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Date of publication:
Nov. 2010
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Key words:
22 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, EXC/P4-08
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Abstract:
The peaked ion-temperature profile with steep gradient so called ion internal transport barrier (ion ITB) was formed in the neutral beam heated plasmas on the Large Helical Device (LHD) and the high-ion-temperature regime of helical plasmas has been significantly extended. The ion thermal diffusivity in the ion ITB plasma decreases down to the neoclassical transport level. The heavy ion beam probe (HIBP) observed the smooth potential profile with negative radial electric field (ion root) in the core region where the ion thermal diffusivity decreases significantly. The large toroidal rotation was also observed in the ion ITB core and the transport of toroidal momentum was analyzed qualitatively. The decrease of momentum diffusivity with ion temperature increase was observed in the ion ITB core. The toroidal rotation driven by ion temperature gradient so called intrinsic rotation is also identified.
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