Current Profile Modification and F-Theta Pumping

BE Chapman, JK Anderson, TM Biewer, DL Brower, S Castillo, PK Chattopadhyay, C-S Chiang, DJ Den Hartog, G Fiksel, PW Fontana, CB Forest, S Gerhardt, AK Hansen, D Holly, Y Jiang, NE Lanier, SC Prager, JC Reardon, and JS Sarff, Reduced edge instability and improved confinement in the MST reversed-field pinch, PRL 87, 205001 (2001).

T Bolzonella, P Martin, S Martini, R Pasqualotto, and D Terranova, Quasistationary magnetic fluctuation control in the reversed field pinch: a proof of principle experiment, Phys. Rev. Lett 87, 195001 (2001).

Hisaya Sugimoto, Hisao Ashida, and Takasi Kurasawa, Reversed field pinch equilibria with shear flow, PoP 8, 2771 (2001).

NE Lanier, D Craig, JK Anderson, TM Biewer, BE Chapman, DJ Den Hartog, CB Forest, SC Prager, DL Brower, and Y Jiang, Control of density fluctuations and electron transport in the reversed-field pinch, PRL 85, 2120 (2000).

BE Chapman, TM Biewer, PK Chattopadhyay, C-S Chiang, DJ Craig, NA Crocker, DJ Den Hartog, G Fiksel, PW Fontana, SC Prager, and JS Sarff, Modifications to the edge current profile with auxiliary edge current drive and improved confinement in a reversed-field pinch, PoP 7, 3491 (2000).

S Xu, W Luo, KN Ostrikov, J Ahn, and S Lee, Oscillating magnetic field current drive in a spherical plasma device, PPCF 42, 807 (2000).

V Antoni, R Cavazzana, L Fattorini, E Martines, G Serianni, M Spolaore, L Tramontin, and N Vianello, Effects of pulsed poloidal current drive on the edge region of a reversed field pinch plasma, PPCF 42, 893 (2000).

R Bartiromo, P Martin, S Martini, T Bolzonella, A Canton, P Innocente, L Marelli, A Murari, and R Pasqualotto, Core transport improvement during poloidal current drive in the RFX reversed field pinch, PRL 82, 1462 (1999).

R Bartiromo, V Antoni, T Bolzonella, A Buffa, L Marrelli, P Martin, E Martines, S Martini and R Pasqualotto, Improved confinement and transport in the reversed field experiment (RFX), PoP 6, 1830 (1999).

C Litwin and SC Prager, Alpha effect of Alfven waves and current drive in reversed-field pinches, PoP 5, 553 (1998).

D Craig, AF Almagri, JK Anderson, JT Chapman, C-S Chiang, NA Crocker, DJ Den Hartog, G Fiksel, SC Prager, JS Sarff, and MR Stoneking, Enhanced confinement with plasma biasing in the MST reversed field pinch, PRL 79, 1865 (1997).

MR Stoneking, NE Lanier, SC Prager, JS Sarff, and D Sinitsyn, Fivefold confinement time increase in the Madison Symmetric Torus using inductive poloidal current drive, PoP 4, 1632 (1997).

H-E Satherblom, Dynamic control of the reversed-field pinch in numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations, PoP 4, 174 (1997).

JS Sarff, NE Lanier, SC Prager, and MR Stoneking, Increased confinement and beta by inductive poloidal current drive in the reversed field pinch, PRL 78, 62 (1997).

Y Hirano, Y Maejima, T Shimada, I Hirota, and Y Yagi, Improved confinement in a high pinch parameter region of the reversed field pinch plasma, NF 36, 721 (1996).

RA Dziubek, RW Harvey, SA Hokin, and E Uchimoto, Lower hybrid accessibility in a large, hot reversed field pinch, NF 36, 453 (1996).

JS Sarff, AF Almagri, M Cekic, C-S Chiang, D Craig, DJ Den Hartog, G Fiksel, SA Hokin, RW Harvey, H Ji, C Litwin, SC Prager, D Sinitsyn, CR Sovinec, JC Sprott, and E Uchimoto, Transport reduction by current profile control in the reversed-field pinch, PoP 2, 2440 (1995).

E Uchimoto, M Cekic, RW Harvey, C Litwin, SC Prager, JS Sarff, and CR Sovinec, Lower-hybrid poloidal current drive for fluctuation reduction in a reversed field pinch, PoP 1, 3517 (1994).

JS Sarff, SA Hokin, H Ji, SC Prager, and CR Sovinec, Fluctuation and transport reduction in a reversed field pinch by inductive poloidal current drive, PRL 72, 3670 (1994).

S Hokin, JS Sarff, C Sovinec, and E Uchimoto, Confinement improvement with RF poloidal current drive in the reversed field pinch, NF 34, 1447 (1994).

S Shiina, Y Kondoh, and H Ishii, Partial current drive by a fast magnetosonic wave in a reversed field pinch, NF 34, 1473 (1994).

JS Sarff, AF Almagri, JD Callen, M Cekic, BE Chapman, N Crocker, DJ Den Hartog, E Fernandez, G Fiksel, RW Harvey, CC Hegna, J Henry, YL Ho, SA Hokin, D Holly, H Ji, C Litwin, K Mirus, SC Prager, DD Schnack, D Sinitsyn, CR Sovinec, JC Sprott, M Stoneking, PW Terry, E Uchimoto, and AS Ware, Fluctuations and transport in the reversed field pinch: characterization and reduction, IAEA94 vol. 2, 431 (1994).

S Shinohara, Preliminary experiments with edge current injection in a reversed field pinch, PPCF 35, 1661 (1993).

YL Ho, Fluctuation suppression via dc-helicity injection in a reversed field pinch, NF 31, 341 (1991).

KF Schoenberg, JC Ingraham, CP Munson, PG Weber, DA Baker, RF Gribble, RB Howell, G Miller, WA Reass, AE Schofield, S Shinohara, and GA Wurden, Oscillating field current drive experiments in a reversed field pinch, PF 31, 2285 (1988).

DS Harned, DD Schnack, HR Strauss, and RA Nebel, 3D simulation of oscillating field current drive in the reversed field pinch, PF 31, 1979 (1988).

JM Finn, Relaxation model for helicity injection in ohmic and oscillating current-driven reversed field pinch discharges, PF 29, 2630 (1986).

RA Nebel, KA Werley, RA Scardovelli, GH Miley, DS Harned, HR Strauss, DD Schnack, and Z Mikic, Modelling and transport simulations of oscillating field current drive (F-Theta pumping) in a reversed field pinch, IAEA86, vol. 2, 701 (1986).

MK Bevir, CG Gimblett, and G Miller, Quasi-steady-state toroidal discharges, PF 28, 1826 (1985).

KF Schoenberg, RF Gribble, and DA Baker, Oscillating field current drive for reversed field pinch discharges, J. Applied Physics 56, 2519 (1984).

KF Schoenberg, CJ Buchenauer, RS Massey, JG Melton, RW Moses, RA Nebel, and JA Phillips, F-THETA pumping and field modulation experiments on a reversed field pinch discharge, PF 27, 548 (1984).

T Jensen and MS Chu Current drive and helicity injection, PF 27, 2881 (1984).