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Solitary perturbations in the steep boundary of magnetized toroidal plasma.

ABSTRACT: Solitary perturbations (SPs) localized both poloidally and radially are detected within ~100??s before the partial collapse of the high pressure gradient boundary region (called pedestal) of magnetized toroidal plasma in the KSTAR tokamak device. The SP develops with a low toroidal mode number (typically unity) in the pedestal ingrained with quasi-stable edge-localized mode (QSM) which commonly appears during the inter-collapse period. The SPs have smaller mode pitch and different (often opposite) rotation velocity compared to the QSMs. Similar solitary perturbations are also frequently observed before the onset of complete pedestal collapse, suggesting a strong connection between the SP generation and the pedestal collapse.

SUBMITTER: Lee JE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5364482 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Solitary perturbations in the steep boundary of magnetized toroidal plasma.

Lee J E JE Yun G S GS Lee W W Kim M H MH Choi M M Lee J J Kim M M Park H K HK Bak J G JG Ko W H WH Park Y S YS

Scientific reports 20170324

Solitary perturbations (SPs) localized both poloidally and radially are detected within ~100 μs before the partial collapse of the high pressure gradient boundary region (called pedestal) of magnetized toroidal plasma in the KSTAR tokamak device. The SP develops with a low toroidal mode number (typically unity) in the pedestal ingrained with quasi-stable edge-localized mode (QSM) which commonly appears during the inter-collapse period. The SPs have smaller mode pitch and different (often opposit ...[more]

PMID: 28338046

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Solitary perturbations in the steep boundary of magnetized toroidal plasma.

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Solitary perturbations in the steep boundary of magnetized toroidal plasma.

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