Open AccessNonlinear Frequency Oscillation of Alfvén Eigenmodes in Fusion Plasmas
Author(s) -
H. S. Zhang,
Zhihong Lin,
I. Holod
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.109.025001
Subject(s) - physics , plasma , nonlinear system , toroid , oscillation (cell signaling) , plasma oscillation , amplitude , chirp , phase space , phase (matter) , excited state , computational physics , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , atomic physics , laser , quantum mechanics , genetics , biology
A nonlinear oscillation of frequency and amplitude is found by massively parallel gyrokinetic simulations of Alfvén eigenmodes excited by energetic particles in toroidal plasmas. The fast and repetitive frequency chirping is induced by the evolution of coherent structures in the phase space. The dynamics of the coherent structures is controlled by the competition between the phase-space island formation due to the nonlinear particle trapping and the island destruction due to the free streaming. The chirping dynamics provides a conceptual framework for understanding nonlinear wave-particle interactions underlying the transport process in collisionless plasmas. © 2012 American Physical Society.
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