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(EX/C5-3) A Demonstration of Magnetic Field Optimization in LHD
S. Murakami1),
H. Yamada1),
A. Wakasa2),
M. Sasao1),
M. Isobe1),
T. Ozaki1),
P. Goncharov3),
T. Saida3),
J.F. Lyon4),
M. Osakabe1),
K. Narihara1),
K. Tanaka1),
H. Inagaki1),
S. Morita1),
K. Ida1),
J. Miyazawa1),
H. Idei1),
K. Ikeda1),
S. Kubo1),
R. Kumazawa1),
T. Mutoh1),
Y. Oka1),
K. Saito1),
T. Seki1),
Y. Takeiri1),
Y. Torii5),
K. Tumori1),
T. Watari1),
K.Y. Watanabe1),
H. Funaba1),
M. Yokoyama1),
H. Maassberg6),
C.D. Beidler6),
K. Itoh1),
O. Kaneko1),
A. Komori1),
T. Akiyama1)7),
N. Ashikawa1),
M. Emoto1),
M. Goto1),
K. Kawahata1),
H. Kawazome8),
K. Khlopenkov1),
T. Kobuchi1),
A. Kostrioukov1),
Y. Liang1),
S. Masuzaki1),
T. Minami1),
T. Morisaki1),
S. Muto1),
Y. Nagayama1),
Y. Nakamura1),
H. Nakanishi1),
Y. Narushima1),
K. Nishimura1),
N. Noda1),
T. Notake1),
H. Nozato9),
S. Ohdachi1),
N. Ohyabu1),
B.J. Peterson1),
A. Sagara1),
S. Sakakibara1),
R. Sakamoto1),
K. Sato1),
M. Sato1),
T. Shimozuma1),
M. Shoji1),
H. Suzuki1),
N. Takeuchi5),
N. Tamura1),
K. Toi1),
T. Tokuzawa1),
Y. Xu1),
I. Yamada1),
S. Yamamoto5),
T. Yamamoto5),
Y. Yoshimura1),
M. Yoshinuma1),
M.Y. Tanaka1),
S. Okamura1),
S. Yoshimura1),
K. Nagaoka1),
T. Satow1),
S. Imagawa1),
T. Mito1),
I. Ohtake1),
T. Uda1),
K. Ohkubo1),
S. Sudo1),
K. Yamazaki1),
K. Matsuoka1),
O. Motojima1),
Y. Hamada1),
M. Fujiwara1)
1) National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan
2) Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
3) Department of Fusion Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Japan
4) Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
5) Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Japan
6) Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Ass., Greifswald, Germany
7) Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
8) Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
9) Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract. The behaviors of trapped particles in helical ripples are
complicated and would enhance the radial transport of energetic particles
and thermal plasma (neoclassical transport) in heliotrons. Thus the
improvement of energetic particle confinement and the reduction of the
neoclassical transport are key issues for a future reactor based on the
helical system. On the other hand, recent LHD and CHS experimental results
have shown good plasma performances in the ``inward shifted''
configurations, in which the ideal MHD stability analysis predicts
instability. These facts suggest that the MHD stability problem is not a
severe one for plasma confinement in heliotrons and makes it reasonable to
consider shifting the magnetic axis further inwards in LHD where further
improvement of the neoclassical transport and energetic particle transport
can be expected. In this paper, we show an optimized configuration of LHD to
a level typical of so-called ``advanced stellarators'' and demonstrate
experimentally the effect of magnetic field optimization on the energetic
particle confinement and the thermal plasma transport (neoclassical
transport).
IAEA 2003