Relationship of edge localized mode burst times with divertor flux loop signal phase in JET

Chapman, S. C., Dendy, R. O., Todd, T. N., Watkins, Nicholas W. ORCID: 0000-0003-4484-6588, Webster, A. J., Calderoni, Francesco and Morris, Jill (2014) Relationship of edge localized mode burst times with divertor flux loop signal phase in JET. Physics of Plasmas, 21 (062302). ISSN 1070-664X

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Abstract

A phase relationship is identified between sequential edge localized modes (ELMs) occurrence times in a set of H-mode tokamak plasmas to the voltage measured in full flux azimuthal loops in the divertor region. We focus on plasmas in the Joint European Torus where a steady H-mode is sustained over several seconds, during which ELMs are observed in the Be II emission at the divertor. The ELMs analysed arise from intrinsic ELMing, in that there is no deliberate intent to control the ELMing process by external means. We use ELM timings derived from the Be II signal to perform direct time domain analysis of the full flux loop VLD2 and VLD3 signals, which provide a high cadence global measurement proportional to the voltage induced by changes in poloidal magnetic flux. Specifically, we examine how the time interval between pairs of successive ELMs is linked to the time-evolving phase of the full flux loop signals. Each ELM produces a clear early pulse in the full flux loop signals, whose peak time is used to condition our analysis. The arrival time of the following ELM, relative to this pulse, is found to fall into one of two categories: (i) prompt ELMs, which are directly paced by the initial response seen in the flux loop signals; and (ii) all other ELMs, which occur after the initial response of the full flux loop signals has decayed in amplitude. The times at which ELMs in category (ii) occur, relative to the first ELM of the pair, are clustered at times when the instantaneous phase of the full flux loop signal is close to its value at the time of the first ELM.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pop/2...
Additional Information:	© 2014 Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2014 11:55
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2024 22:00
Projects:	EP/I501045
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), RCUK Energy Programme
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57352

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