Abstract
Strong toroidal flow () and poloidal flow () have been observed in D- plasmas with ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) mode-conversion (MC) heating on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak. The toroidal flow scales with the rf power (up to per MW), and is significantly larger than that in ICRF minority heated plasmas at the same rf power or stored energy. The central responds to faster than the outer regions, and the profile is broadly peaked for . Localized () appears when and increases with power (up to per MW). The experimental evidence together with numerical wave modeling suggests a local flow drive source due to the interaction between the MC ion cyclotron wave and ions.
- Received 30 June 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.235002
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