Alcator C-Mod FY2005 Level-1 OFES Science Target Completion Report: “Measure Plasma Behavior with All-Metal Walls and Input Power Greater than 3.5 MW”
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This report documents the results of experiments and analysis on the operations of Alcator C-Mod during the Fiscal Year 2005 campaign to study the effects of removing all boron-nitride protection limiters and cleaning all metal surfaces as thoroughly as possible to return the machine to conditions with all-metal plasma facing components. ICRF antenna performance, heating efficiency, disruption hardiness, plasma cleanliness, impurity and hydrogen isotope dynamics, and the effects of boronization on the cleaned surfaces were all investigated. These studies were focused on a programmatic research milestone which was completed with the submission of this report in September, 2005 to the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005