REDUCTION IN NEUTRAL BEAM DRIVEN CURRENT IN A TOKAMAK BY TEARING MODES

Authors
FOREST CB FERRON JR GIANAKON T HARVEY RW HEIDBRINK WW HYATT AW LAHAYE RJ MURAKAMI M POLITZER PA STJOHN HE
Citation
Cb. Forest et al., REDUCTION IN NEUTRAL BEAM DRIVEN CURRENT IN A TOKAMAK BY TEARING MODES, Physical review letters, 79(3), 1997, pp. 427-430
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
427 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:3<427:RINBDC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Profiles of noninductive current driven by neutral beam injection into a tokamak have been measured and compared with theory. The driven cur rent can be less than the theoretical prediction (by up to 80%) in the presence of islands driven by tearing modes.