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<strong>IAEA</strong>-CN-SO/A-VII-S<br />

MAGNETIC TURBULENCE AND RESISTIVE<br />

MHD INSTABILITIES IN A 0.6 < q < 3 POLOIDAL<br />

DIVERTOR TOKAMAK<br />

Y.Z. AGIM, J.D. CALLEN, Z. CHANG, R.N. DEXTER, J.A. GOETZ,<br />

D.E. GRAESSLE, E. HAINES, D. KORTBAWI, M.A. LaPOINTE,<br />

R.A. MOYER 1 , Z. NING, S.C. PRAGER, T.D. REMPEL,<br />

J.C. SPROTT, I. TAN, E. UCHIMOTO 2<br />

University of Wisconsin,<br />

Madison, Wisconsin,<br />

United States of America<br />

Abstract<br />

MAGNETIC TURBULENCE AND RESISTIVE MHD INSTABILITIES IN A 0.6 < q < 3<br />

POLOIDAL DIVERTOR TOKAMAK.<br />

Detailed statistical properties of internal magnetic turbulence, <strong>and</strong> internal disruptions in<br />

magnetically <strong>and</strong> materially limited discharges, are studied in the Tokapole II poloidal divertor tokamak<br />

over the safety factor range 0.6 < qa < 3. A non-linear MHD code treats tearing modes in the<br />

divertor geometry.<br />

I. INTRODUCTION<br />

The Tokapole II poloidal divertor tokamak is operated over<br />

the range of the cylindrical edge safety factor, qa, between<br />

0.6 <strong>and</strong> 3 [1], to investigate two topics - internal tokamak<br />

turbulence <strong>and</strong> resistive MHD instabilities in the presence of a<br />

divertor separatrix <strong>and</strong> scrape-off plasma. Both magnetically<br />

limited discharges (no scrape-off plates beyond the separatrix)<br />

<strong>and</strong> materially limited discharges (scrape-off plates inserted<br />

to the separatrix) are studied. Detailed spatial correlation<br />

properties of the magnetic turbulence are measured within the<br />

plasma using magnetic probes. Although the fluctuation<br />

amplitude increases as qa decreases, qualitative changes in the<br />

turbulence properties are not observed, implying that the<br />

turbulence over the range 0.6 < qa < 3 might be due to a single<br />

underlying cause or set of instabilities. Experimental results<br />

on disruptions <strong>and</strong> tearing modes have been compared with<br />

results from a non-linear MHD code which treats both the<br />

separatrix <strong>and</strong> the scrape-off plasma. In both code <strong>and</strong><br />

experiment it is observed that the m=2, n=1 (2/1) mode <strong>and</strong> its<br />

associated disruptions are suppressed as the q=2 surface<br />

1 University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.<br />

2 Courant Institute, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA.<br />

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