The object of this review is to summarize the achievements of research on the Alcator C-Mod
tokamak [Hutchinson et al., Phys. Plasmas 1, 1511 (1994) and Marmar, Fusion Sci. Technol …

Poloidal and toroidal rotation has been recognized to play an important role in heat transport
and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability in tokamaks and helical systems. It is well known …

Experimental observations of driven and intrinsic rotation in tokamak plasmas are reviewed.
For momentum sources, there is direct drive from neutral beam injection, lower hybrid and …

Toroidal rotation is critical for fusion in tokamaks, since it stabilizes instabilities that can
otherwise cause disruptions or degrade confinement. Unlike present-day devices, ITER …

The isotope effect on intrinsic rotation was studied at the Joint European Torus (JET)
tokamak. With the unique capability of JET to operate with tritium (T), for the first time …

Tokamak plasmas rotate even without external injection of momentum. A Doppler
backscattering system installed at MAST has allowed this intrinsic rotation to be studied in …

Tearing mode stabilization by electron cyclotron waves (ECWs) has been carried out in
Experimental advanced superconductiong tokamak (EAST) experiments. The effects of the …

Abstract Changes in rotation have been observed in LHCD experiments. From these
observations, reversals in intrinsic torque have been inferred. This paper identifies the …

Application of lower hybrid (LH) current drive in tokamak plasmas can induce both co-and
countercurrent directed changes in toroidal rotation, depending on the core q profile. For …

Toroidal rotation velocity spatial profiles (r/a< 0.8) have been obtained from C-Mod over a
wide range of operational conditions, including H-mode, I-mode, ICRF-heated L-mode and …