The first results obtained in the RFX reversed field pinch experiment after the 1995 machine modifications are reported. The confinement, for fully stationary discharges at 0.6 MA, has now reached the expected values, even in the presence of MHD wall locked modes. Studies on locked mode effects have evidenced currents flowing from the plasma into the vessel in the region of locking. Measurements on plasma rotation and radial electric field have shown a perpendicular velocity shear at the edge similar to what is found in tokamaks and stellarators. New measurements on edge superthermal electrons and some evidence of their correlation with plasma core characteristics are included.

Antoni, V., Apolloni, L., Bagatin, M., Baker, W., Bartiromo, R., Bassan, M., et al. (1997). Status of the RFX experiment. In Fusion Energy 1996, Vol. 2 : Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research (pp.711-721). Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency.

Status of the RFX experiment

Martines E;
1997

Abstract

The first results obtained in the RFX reversed field pinch experiment after the 1995 machine modifications are reported. The confinement, for fully stationary discharges at 0.6 MA, has now reached the expected values, even in the presence of MHD wall locked modes. Studies on locked mode effects have evidenced currents flowing from the plasma into the vessel in the region of locking. Measurements on plasma rotation and radial electric field have shown a perpendicular velocity shear at the edge similar to what is found in tokamaks and stellarators. New measurements on edge superthermal electrons and some evidence of their correlation with plasma core characteristics are included.
poster + paper
RFP; reversed field pinch; RFX
English
16th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research
1996
Fusion Energy 1996, Vol. 2 : Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research
92-0-102997-7
1997
2
711
721
IAEA-CN-64/DP-25
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Antoni, V., Apolloni, L., Bagatin, M., Baker, W., Bartiromo, R., Bassan, M., et al. (1997). Status of the RFX experiment. In Fusion Energy 1996, Vol. 2 : Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research (pp.711-721). Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency.
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