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Confinement studies in the TJ-II stellarator

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ECR (electron cyclotron resonance) heated plasmas have been studied in the low magnetic shear TJ-II stellarator (R = 1.5 m, a < 0.22 m, B = 1 T, f = 53.2 GHz, P-ECRH = 300 kW, power density = 1-25 W cm(-3)). Recent experiments have explored the flexibility of the TJ-II across a wide range of plasma volumes with different rotational transforms and rational surface densities. In this paper, the main results of this campaign are presented and, in particular, the influence of iota and rational surfaces on plasma profiles is discussed.

Year of Publication
1999
Journal
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume
41
Number of Pages
B109-B117
Date Published
Dec
ISBN Number
0741-3335
DOI
10.1088/0741-3335/41/12b/307
PId
73e0cb2c2aababbc74592c64d09eb92c
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