\textbf{Dissimilar }$\beta $\textbf{ effect on electrostatic and electromagnetic turbulence in DIII-D H-mode plasmas}
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Abstract
The anomalous transport in existing tokamaks and stellerators is generally attributed to electrostatic turbulence. The electromagnetic turbulent transport mechanism is predicted to play an important role in future high $\beta $ (ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure) fusion plasmas. It is essential to understand the $\beta $ effect on turbulence to test turbulence theory and simulations. A $\beta_{\mathrm{N}}$ (with $\beta _{\mathrm{N}}=\beta $/(I$_{\mathrm{p}}$/aB$_{\mathrm{T}}))$ ramp experiment was performed in DIII-D H-mode plasmas. It was observed that the internal magnetic turbulence measured by millimeter wave cross-polarization scattering increased with $\beta_{\mathrm{N\thinspace }}$while low-k \~{n} decreased, and intermediate-k \~{n} remained approximately constant. A decrease in electron thermal confinement time was also observed coinciding with the $\beta_{\mathrm{N\thinspace }}$ramp. These results indicate a decoupling of the density and magnetic fluctuations as well as an effect on electron thermal confinement which might be explained by magnetic fluctuations. Comparison with turbulence simulations will be reported.
Authors
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Guiding Wang
UCLA
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Terry Rhodes
UCLA
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Neal Crocker
University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA
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Tony Peebles
UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
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Kshitish Barada
UCLA
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George McKee
University of Wisconsin, UW-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U. Wisconsin-Madison, U Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, UWisc. Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Madison
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Colin Chrystal
GA, General Atomics