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Predictive modelling of L and H confinement modes and edge pedestal characteristics

par Kalupin, Denis;Tokar, Mikhail;Unterberg, Bernhard;Loozen, X.;Pilipenko, Denis
Référence Nuclear fusion, 45, 6, page (468-476)
Publication Publié, 2005-06

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The results of predictive self-consistent modelling of plasma parameters in low (L) and high (H) confinement modes by the one-dimensional transport code RITM, with particular emphasis on the properties of the edge transport barrier, are presented and discussed. The same transport model is used under both L- and H-mode conditions and includes contributions from ion temperature gradient (ITG), trapped electron, drift Alfvén (DA) and drift resistive ballooning instabilities described in the fluid approximation. The computations predict the formation of the edge transport barrier at a high enough heating power due to stabilization of ITG and DA modes, dominating the edge transport in the L-mode, through the effects of the density gradient and the pressure gradient at low collisionality, respectively. The calculated radial profiles and scalings for pedestal and confinement characteristics are compared with measurements on JET, DIII-D and JT-60U tokamaks. © 2005 IAEA, Vienna.