####################### # PUBLIC RELEASE 1998 # ####################### SHOT PREPARED BY TUONG HOANG (e-mail : hoang@cea.fr) - MAY 25 1998 HELIUM PLASMA IP=0.39MA, B=2.4T,NO SAWTOOH TWO ICRH PULSES: 3.7s - 5.7s (3.8MW) and 9.5s -11s (3.6MW ), IN FAST WAVE DIRECT ELECTRON HEATING (FWEH) SCHEME THREE LHCD PULSES: 9s - 10.7s (1.4MW), 13.5ss- 15s (0.6MW), 17.5s - 20.5 s (0.6MW) IMPROVED CONFINEMENT DURING FWEH: ELECTRON ENERGY EXCEEDS THE L-MODE RLW SCALING BY A FACTOR OF 1.6. L-MODE DURING LHCD PHASE: ELECTRON ENERGY FITTED BY RLW SCALING TRANSPORT AND CURRENT PROFILE ANALYSES SHOW A GOOD CORRELATION BETWEEN THE IMPROVED CONFINEMENT AND THE INCREASE OF MAGNETIC SHEAR IN THE GRADIENT REGION TRANSP ANALYSIS BY R. BUDNY (PPPL)