Transition from resistive- G to. eta. sub i - driven turbulence in stellarator systems

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physics of Fluids B; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859683· OSTI ID:5535033

Hong, B ^[1]; Horton, W; Hamaguchi, S ^[2]; Wakatani, M; Yagi, M; Sugama, H ^[3]

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1. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P. O. Box 7, Dae Duk Dan Ji, Tae-Jeon, Korea (KR)
2. Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (USA)
3. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611, Japan (JP)

By an electromagnetic incompressible two-fluid model describing both ion temperature gradient drift modes ({eta}{sub {ital i}} modes) and resistive interchange modes ({ital g} modes), a new type of {eta}{sub {ital i}} mode is studied in cylindrical geometry including magnetic shear and an averaged curvature of Heliotron/Torsatron. This {eta}{sub {ital i}} mode is destabilized by the coupling to the unstable {ital g} mode. Finite plasma pressure beta increases the growth rate of this mode and the radial mode width also increases with plasma pressure beta indicating large anomalous transport in the Heliotron/Torsatron configuration. The transport from {eta}{sub {ital i}} mode exceeds that from resistive {ital g} when the mean-free-path exceeds the machine circumference. For plasma beta above two to three times the Suydam limit, the {ital m}=1/{ital n}=1 growth rate increases from the {eta}{sub {ital i}} mode value to the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) value.

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-80ET53088
• OSTI ID: 5535033
• Journal Information: Physics of Fluids B; (USA), Vol. 3:7; ISSN 0899-8221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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