Kinetic-ballooning-limited pedestals in spherical tokamak plasmas

A theoretical model is presented that for the first time matches experimental measurements of the pedestal width-height Diallo scaling in the low-aspect-ratio high- β tokamak NSTX. Combining linear gyrokinetics with self-consistent pedestal equilibrium variation, kinetic-ballooning, rather than idea...

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Published in:	Nuclear Fusion
Main Authors:	J.F. Parisi, W. Guttenfelder, A.O. Nelson, R. Gaur, A. Kleiner, M. Lampert, G. Avdeeva, J.W. Berkery, C. Clauser, M. Curie, A. Diallo, W. Dorland, S.M. Kaye, J. McClenaghan, F.I. Parra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Subjects:	pedestal prediction gyrokinetics ideal MHD spherical tokamaks NSTX
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad39fb