Energetic Particle Effects Can Explain the Low Frequency of Alfvin Modes in the DIII-D Tokamak
Author(s) -
Н. Н. Гореленков,
W. W. Heidbrink
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/775570
Subject(s) - diii d , tokamak , physics , atomic physics , particle (ecology) , mode (computer interface) , beam (structure) , nuclear physics , ion , beta (programming language) , plasma , computational physics , optics , quantum mechanics , oceanography , computer science , programming language , geology , operating system
During beam injection in the DIII-D tokamak, modes with lower frequencies than expected for toroidicity-induced Alfvin eigenmodes (TAE) are often observed. We present the analysis of one of these ''beta-induced Alfvin eigenmodes'' (BAE) with a high-n stability code HINST that includes the effect of the energetic ions on the mode frequency. It shows that the ''BAE'' could be the theoretically predicted resonant-TAE (RTAE), which is also called an energetic-particle mode (EPM)
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