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(OV5/2) Recent Experiments with ECRH/ECCD in T-10

D. A. Kislov¹⁾, the T-10 Team^1)
 
1) RRC ``Kurchatov Institute'', Moscow, Russia

Abstract.  Experiments with ECRH performed during 1998-2000 are presented. An operating regime with an edge transport barrier, interpreted as the H-mode, has been studied with both on-axis and off-axis ECRH. Experimental data imply formation of an internal transport barrier simultaneously with the external transport barrier in the case of off-axis ECRH. Strong evolution of plasma potential in the regions of the external and internal transport barriers has been observed using Heavy Ion Beam Probe diagnostics. The mode of improved confinement with peaked density profiles and increased ion temperature has been observed after pellet injection into ECRH heated plasmas. Experimental study of q(r) profile control by ECCD has been performed. Instabilities, identified as the neoclassical tearing modes, have been found to limit beta in the regimes with a high fraction of bootstrap current. The dependence of the critical $\beta$ on the q(r) profile has been observed. A systematic study of plasma turbulence has been started using Correlation Reflectometry diagnostics.

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