The global build-up to intrinsic edge localized mode bursts seen in divertor full flux loops in JET

JET contributors (2015) The global build-up to intrinsic edge localized mode bursts seen in divertor full flux loops in JET. Physics of Plasmas, 22 (7). 072506. ISSN 1070-664X

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Abstract

A global signature of the build-up to an intrinsic edge localized mode (ELM) is found in the temporal analytic phase of signals measured in full flux azimuthal loops in the divertor region of JET. Toroidally integrating, full flux loop signals provide a global measurement proportional to the voltage induced by changes in poloidal magnetic flux; they are electromagnetically induced by the dynamics of spatially integrated current density. We perform direct time-domain analysis of the high time-resolution full flux loop signals VLD2 and VLD3. We analyze plasmas where a steady H-mode is sustained over several seconds during which all the observed ELMs are intrinsic; there is no deliberate intent to pace the ELMing process by external means. ELM occurrence times are determined from the Be II emission at the divertor. We previously [Chapman et al., Phys. Plasmas 21, 062302 (2014); Chapman et al., in 41st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Europhysics Conference Abstracts (European Physical Society, 2014), Vol. 38F, ISBN 2-914771-90-8] found that the occurrence times of intrinsic ELMs correlate with specific temporal analytic phases of the VLD2 and VLD3 signals. Here, we investigate how the VLD2 and VLD3 temporal analytic phases vary with time in advance of the ELM occurrence time. We identify a build-up to the ELM in which the VLD2 and VLD3 signals progressively align to the temporal analytic phase at which ELMs preferentially occur, on a ∼2−5ms timescale. At the same time, the VLD2 and VLD3 signals become temporally phase synchronized with each other, consistent with the emergence of coherent global dynamics in the integrated current density. In a plasma that remains close to a global magnetic equilibrium, this can reflect bulk displacement or motion of the plasma. This build-up signature to an intrinsic ELM can be extracted from a time interval of data that does not extend beyond the ELM occurrence time, so that these full flux loop signals could assist in ELM prediction or mitigation.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pop;j...
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Authors © CC BY 3.0
Divisions:	Centre for Analysis of Time Series
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Date Deposited:	31 Jul 2015 14:05
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 00:55
Projects:	EP/I501045, 633053
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, RCUK Energy Programme; European Unions Horizon 2020
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62883

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