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Equilibrium properties on the EAST superconducting tokamak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

J. P. QIAN ,
B. N. WAN ,
L. L. LAO ,
B. SHEN ,
S. A. SABBAGH ,
J. MENARD ,
Y. W. SUN ,
Y. M. DUAN ,
J. H. LI  and
B. J. XIAO
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J. P. QIAN
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
B. N. WAN
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
L. L. LAO
Affiliation:
General Atomics, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
B. SHEN
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
S. A. SABBAGH
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University10027, USA
J. MENARD
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA
Y. W. SUN
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
Y. M. DUAN
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
J. H. LI
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
B. J. XIAO
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
X. Z. GONG
Affiliation:
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China (jpqian@ipp.ac.cn)
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Abstract

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has a major radius of R0 = 1.75 m and a midplane halfwidth of 0.5 m. It has been operated with a toroidal magnetic field B0 = 2 T and Ip ≤ 500 kA. The evolution of the plasma equilibrium is analysed between discharges by Equilibrium Fitting Code (EFIT). Limiter, single-null and double-null diverted configurations have been produced. A plasma elongation in the range 1.3 ≤ κ ≤ 1.9 and a triangularity in the range 0.1 ≤ δ ≤ 0.55 have been sustained. The operation space of elongated discharges is also presented based on the EAST database.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , June 2009 , pp. 337 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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