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Observation of Spontaneous Toroidal Rotation Inversion in Ohmically Heated Tokamak Plasmas

Bortolon, Alessandro  
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Duval, Basil Paul  
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Pochelon, Antoine  
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2006
Physical Review Letters

Bulk plasma toroidal rotation is observed to invert spontaneously from counter to cocurrent direction in TCV (Tokamak à Configuration Variable) Ohmically heated discharges, in low confinement mode, without momentum input. The inversion occurs in high current discharges, when the plasma electron density exceeds a well-defined threshold. The transition between the two rotational regimes has been studied by means of density ramps. The results provide evidence of a change of the balance of nondiffusive momentum fluxes in the core of a plasma without an external drive.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.235003
Web of Science ID

WOS:000242708900030

Author(s)
Bortolon, Alessandro  
Duval, Basil Paul  
Pochelon, Antoine  
Scarabosio, Andrea  
Date Issued

2006

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

97

Article Number

235003

Subjects

plasma

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rotation

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momentum

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transport

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tokamak

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TCV

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REVIEWED

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March 26, 2009
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