Abstract
A large, rapid change in the local plasma potential is found to be induced by off-axis hydrogen ice pellet injection into a tokamak plasma. The polarity of the change during the ablation is reversed when the pellet is injected into the upper and lower halves of the poloidal plasma cross-section. This change can be interpreted as being due to the ▽B drift of particles in the high density plasmas of the pellet cloud, before the increase of the plasma density due to the ablation becomes uniform on the magnetic surface.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1047-1052 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nuclear Fusion |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics