TJ-II:Role of isotope effect on biasing induced transitions in the TJ-II stellarator

Experimental campaign

2017 Spring

Proposal title

Role of isotope effect on biasing induced transitions in the TJ-II stellarator

Name and affiliation of proponent

S. Ohshima, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

H. Takahashi, NIFS, Japan

Ulises Losada Ciemat, Spain

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Description of the activity, including motivation/objectives and experience of the proponent (typically one-two pages)

Motivation: Experimental studies have shown a reduction of the L-H power threshold by about 50% when using Deuterium instead of Hydrogen in tokamaks . The influence of isotope mass on spontaneous L-H transition has been recently reported in DIII-D and in the TJ-II stellarator, concluding that Zonal Flows are instrumental both in H and D dominated plasmas to trigger the L-H transition .

Goals and planning: We propose to investigate the influence of isotope mass (H vs D) on TJ-II electrode biasing induced transitions with to goals:

1. Study the influence of ion mass to reach biasing improved confinement regimes. If possible, biasing induced Limit cycle oscillation will be investigated to explore the dynamics of L-H transition and the difference between H vs D plasmas. This phenomenon was observed in Heliotron J biasing plasma.
2. Study the influence of magnetic configuration (ripple / iota) on biasing induced transitions and turbulence-induced transport.

Experimental set-up: Target plasma: ECRH and NBI plasmas Configuration: comparative studies in standard configuration (e.g. 100_42) and configuration with reduced volume (e.g. 100_30). Electrode position: $\rho \simeq 0.8$ / Biasing ramp up/down up to 350 V Key diagnostics:
Dual Langmuir probe system (density, potential and LRC), HIBP (space potential, Er profiles fluctuation), Thomson scattering (Te, ne profiles), Doppler reflectometer (poloidal flow velocity, Er, fluctuations), ECE (Te profile), spectroscopy ($H_{\alpha }$)

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