Enhanced H-mode pedestals with lithium injection in DIII-D

TH Osborne, GL Jackson, Z Yan, R Maingi… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Periods of edge localized mode (ELM)-free H-mode with increased pedestal pressure and
width were observed in the DIII-D tokamak when density fluctuations localized to the region …

Temporal evolution of H-mode pedestal in DIII-D

RJ Groebner, TH Osborne, AW Leonard… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The temporal evolution of pedestal parameters is examined in the initial edge localized
mode (ELM)-free phase and inter-ELM phases of H-mode discharges in the DIII-D tokamak …

Investigations of H-mode plasmas triggered directly by pellet injection in the DIII-D tokamak

P Gohil, LR Baylor, TC Jernigan, KH Burrell… - Physical Review Letters, 2001 - APS
The transition from low-confinement (L-mode) to high-confinement (H-mode) plasmas has
been directly produced by injecting frozen deuterium pellets in the DIII-D tokamak. H-mode …

Modifications in turbulence and edge electric fields at the L–H transition in the DIII‐D tokamak

EJ Doyle, RJ Groebner, KH Burrell, P Gohil… - Physics of Fluids B …, 1991 - pubs.aip.org
The L to H transition in the DIII‐D tokamak [P lasma P hysics and C ontrolled N uclear F
usion R esearch, 1986 (IAEA, Vienna, 1987), Vol. I, p. 159] is associated with two clear …

High frequency pacing of edge localized modes by injection of lithium granules in DIII-D H-mode discharges

A Bortolon, R Maingi, DK Mansfield, A Nagy… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A newly installed Lithium Granule Injector (LGI) was used to pace edge localized modes
(ELM) in DIII-D. ELM pacing efficiency was studied injecting lithium granules of nominal …

Confinement physics of H-mode discharges in DIII-D

KH Burrell, SL Allen, G Bramson… - Plasma Physics and …, 1989 - iopscience.iop.org
The authors' data indicate that the L-mode to H-mode transition in the DIII-D tokamak is
associated with the sudden reduction in anomalous, fluctuation-connected transport across …

Energy confinement properties of H-mode discharges in the DIII-D tokamak

DP Schissel, KH Burrell, JC DeBoo, RJ Groebner… - Nuclear …, 1989 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutral beam heated DIII-D expanded boundary divertor discharges have exhibited ASDEX-
like H-mode behaviour over a wide parameter range. The deuterium H-mode energy …

Limits to the H-mode pedestal pressure gradient in DIII-D

RJ Groebner, PB Snyder, TH Osborne… - Nuclear …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The spatial and temporal evolution of the total pedestal pressure profile has been measured
during the pedestal evolution between successive edge localized modes (ELMs) of type-I …

Reduction of Edge-Localized Mode Intensity Using High-Repetition-Rate <?format ?>Pellet Injection in Tokamak -Mode Plasmas

LR Baylor, N Commaux, TC Jernigan, NH Brooks… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
High repetition rate injection of deuterium pellets from the low-field side (LFS) of the DIII-D
tokamak is shown to trigger high-frequency edge-localized modes (ELMs) at up to 12× the …

Edge radial electric field structure in quiescent H-mode plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak

KH Burrell, WP West, EJ Doyle, ME Austin… - Plasma physics and …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
H-mode operation is the choice for next step tokamak devices based on either conventional
or advanced tokamak physics. This choice, however, comes at a significant cost for both the …