@article{oai:nifs-repository.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000245, author = {"YAMADA, Hiroshi and YOKOYAMA, Masayuki and MURAKAMI, Sadayoshi and WATANABE, Kiyomasa and FUNABA, Hisamichi and NARUSHIMA, Yoshiro and SAKAKIBARA, Satoru and MORISAKI, Tomohiro and NAGAYAMA, Yoshio and KUBO, Shin and SHIMOZUMA, Takashi and TANAKA, Kenji and TOKUZAWA, Tokihiko and YAMADA, Ichihiro and LHD, Experimental Group"}, journal = {Plasma and Fusion Research}, month = {Jan}, note = {"Effect of ellipticity on thermal transport was investigated in ECH plasmas in LHD. Ellipticity κ is scanned from 0.8 to 1.4 by controlling the quadrupole magnetic field. Experimental data of energy confinement time align with the scaling for all configurations; however, there exist systematic offsets. Performance τEexp /τEISS04 is summarized as 0.94 ± 0.02 for κ = 0.8, 1.41 ± 0.07 for κ = 1.0, and 0.91± 0.03 for κ = 1.4. Local transport analysis based on power balance indicates that the anomalous transport predominates the plasma transport. However, the observed anomaly shows correlation with the change in the effective helical ripple εeff. Physical background of this correlation and the dependence on the poloidal viscous damping rate Cp is discussed. The present experimental comparison suggests a negative evidence for the relevance of Cp."}, title = {Effect of Ellipticity on Thermal Transport in ECH Plasmas in LHD}, volume = {Vol.3}, year = {2008} }