P. Molchanov V. Rozhansky S. Voskoboynikov S. Tallents G. Counsell A. Kirk
A comparison is presented of measured and simulated parallel flows in the low field side scrape-off layer of MAST Ohmic shots. Simulations with B2SOLPS5.0 code reproduce the experimentally observed co-current rotation direction. The absolute values of the simulated Mach number are smaller than those of the measured ones; the difference might reach …
PublishedG. Counsell A. P. De Vere N. St. J. Braithwaite S. Hillier P. Bjorkman
The technology underlying a ceramic capacitive diaphragm gauge CDG manometer has been investigated for use as a microbalance for measurement of dust accumulation in next-step fusion devices such as ITER. Initial trials have confirmed in principle the use of CDG devices as dust microbalances and both the gauge head and electronics have been adapted …
PublishedA. Kirk B. Koch R. Scannell H. R. Wilson G. Counsell J. Dowling A. Herrmann
Edge-localized modes (ELMs) are repetitive instabilities that occur in the outer region of tokamak plasmas. This Letter provides new information on and the implications of the evolution of the filament structures observed during ELMs in the MAST tokamak. The filaments exist for the time over which particles are being released into the scrape off la…
PublishedG. Y. Antar G. Counsell J.-W. Ahn
This article is dedicated to the characterization of turbulent transport in the scrape-off layer of the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak [A. Sykes and et al. , Phys. Plasmas 8 , 2101 (2001)] as a function of the average density n L . The aim is to answer a renewed interest in this subject since the bursty character of turbulence in the scrape-off laye…
PublishedG. Y. Antar G. Counsell J.-W. Ahn Y. Yang M. Price A. Tabasso A. Kirk
Recently, it was shown that intermittency observed in magnetic fusion devices is caused by large-scales events with high radial velocity reaching about 1/10th of the sound speed s called avaloids or blobs [G. Antar and et al. , Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 065001 (2001)]. In the present paper, the poloidal distribution of turbulence is investigated on the M…
PublishedP. G. Carolan A. Patel N. J. Conway R. J. Akers C. A. Bunting G. F. Counsell J. Dowling M. R. Dunstan A. Kirk F. Lott M. N. Price M. R. Tournianski M. J. Walsh The Mast Team
The Mega Amp Spherical Torus ( MAST ) diagnostic needs are strongly influenced by physics goals that often require diagnostic integration and cross-mapping, especially in fine-scale investigations, such as transport barriers. Conversely, the unrivalled viewing access to the edge, scrape-off layer ( SOL ) and divertor regions, provided by the MAST o…
PublishedA. Kirk H. R.Wilson G. F. Counsell R. Akers E. Arends S. C. Cowley J. Dowling B. Lloyd M. Price M.Walsh Mast Team
This Letter provides information on the spatial and temporal structure of periodic eruptions observed in magnetically confined laboratory fusion plasmas, called edge-localized modes (ELMs), and highlights similarities with solar eruptions. Taken together, the observations presented in this Letter provide strong evidence for ELMs being associated wi…
PublishedGhassan Y. Antar Glenn Counsell Yang Yu Brian Labombard Pascal Devynck
The nature of intermittency, long observed in magnetic fusion devices, was revisited lately [G. Antar et al. , Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 , 065001 (2001)]. It was shown that intermittency is caused by large-scale events with high radial velocity reaching about 1/10th of the sound speed. These type of structures were named ‘‘avaloids.’’ In the pres…
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