High-temperature, high-beta plasma heating by weak turbulence in the TORTUR tokamak

Abstract Results with high-temperature, high-beta plasmas obtained in the TORTUR tokahak by operation in a weakly turbulent discharge regime are described and compared with normal classical discharges. In turbulent regimes axial electron and ion temperatures f more than 1000 eV are obtained together with beta poloidal values up to 4. Temperatures and densities scale proportionally to the current.