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(EX/P1-04) Transient Heat Transport Studies in JET Conventional and Advanced Tokamak Plasmas

P. Mantica¹⁾, I. Coffey²⁾, R. Dux³⁾, X. Garbet⁴⁾, L. Garzotti⁵⁾, G. Gorini⁶⁾, F. Imbeaux⁴⁾, E. Joffrin⁴⁾, J. Kinsey⁷⁾, M. Mantsinen⁸⁾, R. Mooney²⁾, V. Parail²⁾, Y. Sarazin⁴⁾, C. Sozzi¹⁾, W. Suttrop³⁾, G. Tardini³⁾, D. Van Eester⁹⁾, JET EFDA Contributors
 
¹⁾ Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, EURATOM-ENEA-CNR Association, Milan, Italy
²⁾ Euratom/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, UK
³⁾ Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, Garching, Germany
⁴⁾ Association Euratom-CEA, CEA Cadarache, St Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France
⁵⁾ Istituto Gas Ionizzati, EURATOM-ENEA-CNR Association, Padova, Italy
⁶⁾ INFM, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
⁷⁾ Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US
⁸⁾ Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Association Euratom-Tekes, Finland
⁹⁾ LPP-ERM/KMS, Association Euratom-Belgium, TEC, Brussels, Belgium
^*) see Annex1, J.Pamela, OV/1-4, 19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (2002)

Abstract.  Transient transport studies have long been recognised as a valuable complement to steady-state analysis for the understanding of transport mechanisms. Recently, transient transport data have proved to be a powerful tool to test the validity of physics-based transport models. In this paper, results from transient heat transport experiments in JET and their modelling will be presented. Edge cold pulses and modulation of ICRH (in Mode Conversion scheme) and NBI power have been used to provide detectable electron (T_e) and ion (T_i) temperature perturbations. The experiments have been performed either in conventional plasma regimes or in Advanced Tokamak regimes, in the presence of an Internal Transport Barrier (ITB). In conventional plasmas issues such as stiffness, influence of T_e/T_i, non-locality have been addressed. In ITB plasmas, insight into the physics of ITBs and the ITB formation mechanisms has been gained. The use of edge perturbations for ITB triggering has been explored. Modelling of the experimental results has been performed using both empirical models and physics-based models. Results of cold pulse experiments in ITBs have also been compared with turbulence simulations.

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