Abstract

It is found that no current is driven in a central region of a tokamak plasma once the central current density becomes nearly zero (``current hole''), in spite of high electric conductivity, at the current drive by a toroidal electric field and a radio-frequency wave in experiments on the JT-60U tokamak. This is a new, stiff, self-organized structure of a magnetic field in an axisymmetric toroidal plasma.

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Reports long-lived current holes at JT-60U and their resilience against current-drive atempts

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