Redistribution of Suprathermal Electrons due to Fishbone Frequency Jumps
- 17 April 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 102 (15), 155005
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.102.155005
Abstract
MHD instabilities driven by fast electrons identified as fishbonelike modes have been detected on Tore Supra during lower hybrid current drive discharges. Direct experimental evidence is reported of a novel feature: the regular redistribution of suprathermal electrons toward external tokamak regions which are correlated to periodic mode frequency jumps. Sharp drops of the electron temperature time trace are factually linked to the cyclical deterioration of the fast electron confinement.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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