Overview of Progress in LHD Experiments

A. Komori; T. Morisaki; T. Mutoh; S. Sakakibara; Y. Takeiri; R. Kumazawa; S. Kubo; K. Ida; S. Morita; K. Narihara; T. Shimozuma; K. Tanaka; K. Y. Watanabe; H. Yamada; M. Yoshinuma; T. Akiyama; N. Ashikawa; M. Emoto; H. Funaba; M. Goto; T. Ido; K. Ikeda; S. Inagaki; M. Isobe; H. Igami; K. Itoh; O. Kaneko; K. Kawahata; T. Kobuchi; S. Masuzaki; K. Matsuoka; T. Minami; J. Miyazawa; S. Muto; Y. Nagayama; Y. Nakamura; H. Nakanishi; Y. Narushima; K. Nishimura; M. Nishiura; A. Nishizawa; N. Noda; S. Ohdachi; Y. Oka; M. Osakabe; N. Ohyabu; T. Ozaki; B. J. Peterson; A. Sagara; K. Saito; R. Sakamoto; K. Sato; M. Sato; T. Seki; M. Shoji; S. Sudo; N. Tamura; K. Toi; T. Tokuzawa; K. Tsumori; T. Uda; T. Watari; I. Yamada; M. Yokoyama; Y. Yoshimura; O. Motojima; LHD Experimental Group; C. D. Beidler; T. Fujita; A. Isayama; Y. Sakamoto; H. Takenaga; P. Goncharov; K. Ishii; M. Sakamoto; S. Murakami; T. Notake; N. Takeuchi; S. Okajima; M. Sasao

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Overview of Progress in LHD Experiments

A. Komori, T. Morisaki, T. Mutoh, S. Sakakibara, Y. Takeiri, R. Kumazawa, S. Kubo, K. Ida, S. Morita, K. Narihara, T. Shimozuma, K. Tanaka, K. Y. Watanabe, H. Yamada, M. Yoshinuma, T. Akiyama, N. Ashikawa, M. Emoto, H. Funaba, M. Goto, T. Ido, K. Ikeda, S. Inagaki, M. Isobe, H. Igami, K. Itoh, O. Kaneko, K. Kawahata, T. Kobuchi, S. Masuzaki, K. Matsuoka, T. Minami, J. Miyazawa, S. Muto, Y. Nagayama, Y. Nakamura, H. Nakanishi, Y. Narushima, K. Nishimura, M. Nishiura, A. Nishizawa, N. Noda, S. Ohdachi, Y. Oka, M. Osakabe, N. Ohyabu, T. Ozaki, B. J. Peterson, A. Sagara, K. Saito, R. Sakamoto, K. Sato, M. Sato, T. Seki, M. Shoji, S. Sudo, N. Tamura, K. Toi, T. Tokuzawa, K. Tsumori, T. Uda, T. Watari, I. Yamada, M. Yokoyama, Y. Yoshimura, O. Motojima, LHD Experimental Group, C. D. Beidler, T. Fujita, A. Isayama, Y. Sakamoto, H. Takenaga, P. Goncharov, K. Ishii, M. Sakamoto, S. Murakami, T. Notake, N. Takeuchi, S. Okajima, M. Sasao

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 50 / Number 2 / August 2006 / Pages 136-145

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Remarkable progress to access the reactor-relevant regime has been made in a recent experiment in the Large Helical Device. Optimizing the rotational transform, the average beta value of 4.3%, which is the highest record among helical devices, was achieved. The high-performance plasma with a fusion triple product up to ~2.2 × 10¹⁹ m^-3keVs was sustained for >7 s by repetitive hydrogen pellet injection. With regard to steady-state operation, which is one of the key issues to realize a fusion reactor, discharges for >30 min were successfully sustained by ion cyclotron range of frequency heating with the aid of the magnetic axis swing technique to reduce the heat load to the plasma-facing component. In the discharge, the total input energy to the plasma reached 1.3 GJ, which also established a new record.