Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Mar 2012
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012aps..aprw16001b&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, APS April Meeting 2012, March 31-Apr 3, 2012, abstract #W16.001
Statistics
Computation
Scientific paper
The δf kinetic-MHD model in the 3-D extended MHD code NIMROD is used to perform a simulation study of energetic particle effects on the n=1 mode in a DIII-D hybrid discharge. The hybrid has low qmin>˜1 at high confinement, and is a candidate operational scenario for burning plasma experiments. However hybrid discharges are limited to moderate βN by the m/n=2/1 instability. Using realistic DIII-D equilibria, the stability of the n=1 mode is computed over a (qmin,βN) space. Unstable modes are driven by energetic particles far into the MHD stable region in this space. The drive is associated with the fishbone mode or BAE mode, depending on qmin. The stability boundary is found near the experimental (qmin,βN), where the unstable mode has a m/n=1/1 component localized near the axis. Experimentally, a m/n=1/1 structure is observed in agreement with the computed mode in key physical respects. At higher qmin and βN a mode with a broad m/n=2/1 structure is unstable. This suggests that the m/n=2/1 mode is triggered by energetic particles in these discharges, as βN is increased. A group of several similar discharges shows strong agreement with this computational explanation of onset.
Brennan Dylan P.
Halfmoon M. R.
Kim Chaehyun
La Haye Robert J.
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