Survey of Type I ELM dynamics measurements
This report summarizes Type I edge localized mode (ELM) dynamics measurements from a number of tokamaks, including ASDEX-Upgrade, DIII-D, JET, JT-60U and MAST, with the goal of providing guidance and insight for the development of ELM simulation and modelling. Several transport mechanisms are conjectured to be responsible for ELM transport, including convective transport due to filamentary structures ejected from the pedestal, parallel transport due to edge ergodization or magnetic reconnection and turbulent transport driven by the high edge gradients when the radial electric field shear is suppressed. The experimental observations are assessed for their validation, or conflict, with these ELM transport conjectures.
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Leonard, A. W., Asakura, N., Boedo, J. A., Becoulet, M., Counsell, G. F., Eich, T., Fundamenski, W., Herrmann, A., Hortou, L. D., Kamada, Y., Kirk, A., Kurzan, B., Loarte, A., Neuhauser, J., Nunes, I., Oyama, N., Pitts, R. A., Saibene, G., Silva, C., et al. (2006). Survey of Type I ELM dynamics measurements. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48, A149–A162. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/48/5A/S14
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WOS:000238393400015
2006
48
A149
A162
Sp. Iss. SI Suppl. 5A
REVIEWED
EPFL