Observation of peak neoclassical toroidal viscous force in the DIII-D tokamak

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Jun 3;106(22):225002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.225002. Epub 2011 Jun 1.

Abstract

Observation of a theoretically predicted peak in the neoclassical toroidal viscosity (NTV) force as a function of toroidal plasma rotation rate Ω is reported. The NTV was generated by applying n=3 magnetic fields from internal coils to low Ω plasmas produced with nearly balanced neutral beam injection. Locally, the peak corresponds to a toroidal rotation rate Ω(0) where the radial electric field E(r) is near zero as determined by radial ion force balance.