Magnetohydrodynamic Vlasov simulation of the toroidal Alfvén eigenmode | Zendy

Y. Todo | Zendy; T. Sato | Zendy; Kunihiko Watanabe | Zendy; T. Watanabe | Zendy; R. Horiuchi | Zendy

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Magnetohydrodynamic Vlasov simulation of the toroidal Alfvén eigenmode

Author(s) -

Y. Todo,

T. Sato,

Kunihiko Watanabe,

T. Watanabe,

R. Horiuchi

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

physics of plasmas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75

H-Index - 160

eISSN - 1089-7674

pISSN - 1070-664X

DOI - 10.1063/1.871235

Subject(s) - physics , magnetohydrodynamic drive , magnetohydrodynamics , amplitude , saturation (graph theory) , toroid , plasma , vlasov equation , normal mode , magnetic field , atomic physics , excitation , quantum electrodynamics , mechanics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , combinatorics , vibration

A new simulation method has been developed to investigate the excitation and saturation processes of toroidal Alfv?n eigenmodes (TAE modes). The background plasma is described by a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fluid model, while the kinetic evolution of energetic alpha particles is followed by the drift kinetic equation. The magnetic fluctuation of n=2 mode develops and saturates at the level of 1.8×10?3 of the equilibrium field when the initial beta of alpha particles is 2% at the magnetic axis. After saturation, the TAE mode amplitude shows an oscillatory behavior with a frequency corresponding to the bounce frequency of the alpha particles trapped by the TAE mode. The decrease of the power transfer rate from the alpha particles to the TAE mode, which is due to the trapped particle effect of a finite-amplitude wave, causes the saturation. From the linear growth rate the saturation level can be estimated

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