Destabilization of beta-induce Alfvén eigenmodes by energetic trapped ions in low-magnetic-shear plasma

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 102114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruirui Ma ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Hongda He ◽  
Liming Yu ◽  
Xuantong Ding
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 056104 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Kramer ◽  
R. Nazikian ◽  
B. Alper ◽  
M. de Baar ◽  
H. L. Berk ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Alexander Tinguely ◽  
Nicolas Fil ◽  
Paulo Puglia ◽  
Stuart Dowson ◽  
Miklos Porkolab ◽  
...  

Abstract The interaction of Alfvén Eigenmodes (AEs) and energetic particles is one of many important factors determining the success of future tokamaks. In JET, eight in-vessel antennas were installed to actively probe stable AEs with frequencies ranging 25-250 kHz and toroidal mode numbers |n| < 20. During the 2019-2020 deuterium campaign, almost 7500 resonances and their frequencies f, net damping rates γ < 0, and toroidal mode numbers were measured in almost 800 plasma discharges. From a statistical analysis of this database, continuum and radiative damping are inferred to increase with edge safety factor, edge magnetic shear, and when including non-ideal effects. Both stable AE observations and their associated damping rates are found to decrease with |n|. Active antenna excitation is also found to be ineffective in H-mode as opposed to L-mode; this is likely due to the increased edge density gradient's effect on accessibility and ELM-related noise's impact on mode identification. A novel measurement is reported of a marginally stable, edge-localized Ellipticity-induced AE probed by the antennas during high-power auxiliary heating (ICRH and NBI) up to 25 MW. NOVA-K kinetic-MHD simulations show good agreement with experimental measurements of f, γ, and n, indicating the dominance of continuum and electron Landau damping in this case. Similar experimental and computational studies are planned for the recent hydrogen and ongoing tritium campaigns, in preparation for the upcoming DT campaign.


10.2172/14674 ◽  
1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.Z. Cheng ◽  
G.Y.-Fu ◽  
N.N. Gorelenkov ◽  
R. Nazikian ◽  
R.V. Budny

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 307-313
Author(s):  
D.S. Spicer

A possible relationship between the hot prominence transition sheath, increased internal turbulent and/or helical motion prior to prominence eruption and the prominence eruption (“disparition brusque”) is discussed. The associated darkening of the filament or brightening of the prominence is interpreted as a change in the prominence’s internal pressure gradient which, if of the correct sign, can lead to short wavelength turbulent convection within the prominence. Associated with such a pressure gradient change may be the alteration of the current density gradient within the prominence. Such a change in the current density gradient may also be due to the relative motion of the neighbouring plages thereby increasing the magnetic shear within the prominence, i.e., steepening the current density gradient. Depending on the magnitude of the current density gradient, i.e., magnetic shear, disruption of the prominence can occur by either a long wavelength ideal MHD helical (“kink”) convective instability and/or a long wavelength resistive helical (“kink”) convective instability (tearing mode). The long wavelength ideal MHD helical instability will lead to helical rotation and thus unwinding due to diamagnetic effects and plasma ejections due to convection. The long wavelength resistive helical instability will lead to both unwinding and plasma ejections, but also to accelerated plasma flow, long wavelength magnetic field filamentation, accelerated particles and long wavelength heating internal to the prominence.


2021 ◽  
Vol 217 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Trattner ◽  
S. M. Petrinec ◽  
S. A. Fuselier

AbstractOne of the major questions about magnetic reconnection is how specific solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field conditions influence where reconnection occurs at the Earth’s magnetopause. There are two reconnection scenarios discussed in the literature: a) anti-parallel reconnection and b) component reconnection. Early spacecraft observations were limited to the detection of accelerated ion beams in the magnetopause boundary layer to determine the general direction of the reconnection X-line location with respect to the spacecraft. An improved view of the reconnection location at the magnetopause evolved from ionospheric emissions observed by polar-orbiting imagers. These observations and the observations of accelerated ion beams revealed that both scenarios occur at the magnetopause. Improved methodology using the time-of-flight effect of precipitating ions in the cusp regions and the cutoff velocity of the precipitating and mirroring ion populations was used to pinpoint magnetopause reconnection locations for a wide range of solar wind conditions. The results from these methodologies have been used to construct an empirical reconnection X-line model known as the Maximum Magnetic Shear model. Since this model’s inception, several tests have confirmed its validity and have resulted in modifications to the model for certain solar wind conditions. This review article summarizes the observational evidence for the location of magnetic reconnection at the Earth’s magnetopause, emphasizing the properties and efficacy of the Maximum Magnetic Shear Model.


2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryutaro Ohira ◽  
Shota Kume ◽  
Kyoichi Takayama ◽  
Silpa Muralidharan ◽  
Hiroki Takahashi ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijuan Dong ◽  
Iñigo Arrazola ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Jorge Casanova

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