Session GO3: DIII-D Tokamak
9:30 AM–12:30 PM, Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Rosen Centre Hotel Room: Salon 9/10
Chair: Earl Marmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.DPP.GO3.11
Abstract: GO3.00011 : Local Turbulence Suppression and Flow Shear Dynamics During \textit{q}$_{min}$-Triggered Internal Transport Barriers
11:30 AM–11:42 AM
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Authors:
M.W. Shafer
G.R. McKee
D.J. Schlossberg
(U. Wisc.-Madison)
M.E. Austin
(U. Texas-Austin)
R.E. Waltz
J. Candy
(General Atomics)
Turbulence is observed to transiently decrease locally during the formation of internal transport barriers (ITBs) following the appearance of low-order rational $q_{min}$ surfaces in negative central shear discharges on DIII-D. Simultaneously, increased poloidal flow shear is observed. To further study this phenomenon, localized 2D density fluctuation measurements of turbulence and turbulence flow were obtained over 0.3 $<$ r/a $<$ 0.7 via the high-sensitivity beam emission spectroscopy diagnostic. Both the reduction in fluctuations and the poloidal velocity shear are found to propagate radially outward at about 1 m/s. Initial observations suggest that these effects follow the $q$=2 surface. Related GYRO simulations suggest transient zonal flows form near the $q$=2 surface to trigger these ITBs. High-frequency poloidal velocity measurements will be used to examine this mechanism.
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