JET-C(98)63
High Performance with Modified Shear in JET DD and DT Plasmas
The observation of Internal Transport Barriers (ITBs) in which ion thermal diffusivity is reduced to a neo-classical level and the electron thermal diffusivity is substantially reduced has been made in JET with the optimised shear scenario with the MkII divertor both in D-D and in D-T. Central ion temperatures of 40keV and plasma pressure gradient of 106 Pa/m were observed in D-T leading to a fusion triple product niTitE=1¥10 21m3keVs and 8.2MW of fusion power. ITBs have also been produced in the new Gas Box divertor configuration with a similar behaviour. With the new divertor an L-mode edge has only been produced using edge radiation cooling. For the first time, ITBs have been triggered by radiating about 40% of the power with a krypton puff. A tentative scaling of the power needed to trigger an ITB with magnetic field is indicated.s.