Quiescent H-mode
A Quiescent H-mode is an H-mode without ELM activity. [1] [2] The absence of ELMs is positive as it reduces stresses on and damage to plasma facing components (mainly the divertor), but inconvenient from the point of view of impurity accumulation.
References
- ↑ K.H. Burrell, M.E. Austin, D.P. Brennan, et al., Quiescent H-mode plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44 (2002) A253
- ↑ K.H. Burrell, T.H. Osborne, P.B. Snyder, et al., Quiescent H-Mode Plasmas with Strong Edge Rotation in the Cocurrent Direction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 155003