Experimental observation of a magnetic-turbulence threshold for runaway-electron generation in the TEXTOR tokamak

Magnetic turbulence is observed at the beginning of the current quench in intended TEXTOR disruptions. Runaway electron (RE) suppression has been experimentally found at magnetic turbulence larger than a certain threshold. Below this threshold, the generated RE current is inversely proportional to t...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2013-06, Vol.110 (23), p.235003-235003, Article 235003
Main Authors: Zeng, L, Koslowski, H R, Liang, Y, Lvovskiy, A, Lehnen, M, Nicolai, D, Pearson, J, Rack, M, Jaegers, H, Finken, K H, Wongrach, K, Xu, Y, Textor Team
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Summary:Magnetic turbulence is observed at the beginning of the current quench in intended TEXTOR disruptions. Runaway electron (RE) suppression has been experimentally found at magnetic turbulence larger than a certain threshold. Below this threshold, the generated RE current is inversely proportional to the level of magnetic turbulence. The magnetic turbulence originates from the background plasma and the amplitude depends strongly on the toroidal magnetic field and plasma electron density. These results explain the previously found toroidal field threshold for RE generation and have to be considered in predictions for RE generation in ITER.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.235003