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Title: Understanding the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations on tearing mode dynamics

Abstract

Numerical understandings of the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) on 2/1 tearing mode (TM) dynamics observed on J-TEXT tokamak (Hu et al. Nucl. Fusion 52, 083011 (2012)) are presented in this paper. The non-uniform mode rotation frequency, modulated by electromagnetic force (F{sub em}) and viscous force (F{sub vs}), results in the applied RMPs contributing both net stabilizing and braking effect on TM. Numerical evaluation based on analytical theory shows the applied RMP contributes a dominant stabilizing effect, which is responsible for the suppression of TM. The dynamics of the first discovered small locked island are investigated. It is found that the island is locked at the stabilizing phase and the saturated island width is less than the linear layer width. The simulated Mirnov signal indicates the small locked island is likely to be the complete suppression case observed in experiments. Associated with the application of RMP, the shape of Mirnov signal deviates from sinusoidal before mode locking, which is explained by numerical modeling. The comparisons between the numerical and experimental results are in good agreement phenomenally.

Authors:
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074 (China)
  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM association, 85748 Garching (Germany)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22220603
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MODE LOCKING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION THEORY; PLASMA; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SIGNALS; TEARING INSTABILITY; TOKAMAK DEVICES

Citation Formats

Hu, Qiming, Rao, Bo, Ding, Yonghua, Zhuang, Ge, Jin, Wei, Hu, Xiwei, and Yu, Q. Understanding the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations on tearing mode dynamics. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4820800.
Hu, Qiming, Rao, Bo, Ding, Yonghua, Zhuang, Ge, Jin, Wei, Hu, Xiwei, & Yu, Q. Understanding the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations on tearing mode dynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4820800
Hu, Qiming, Rao, Bo, Ding, Yonghua, Zhuang, Ge, Jin, Wei, Hu, Xiwei, and Yu, Q. 2013. "Understanding the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations on tearing mode dynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4820800.
@article{osti_22220603,
title = {Understanding the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations on tearing mode dynamics},
author = {Hu, Qiming and Rao, Bo and Ding, Yonghua and Zhuang, Ge and Jin, Wei and Hu, Xiwei and Yu, Q.},
abstractNote = {Numerical understandings of the effect of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) on 2/1 tearing mode (TM) dynamics observed on J-TEXT tokamak (Hu et al. Nucl. Fusion 52, 083011 (2012)) are presented in this paper. The non-uniform mode rotation frequency, modulated by electromagnetic force (F{sub em}) and viscous force (F{sub vs}), results in the applied RMPs contributing both net stabilizing and braking effect on TM. Numerical evaluation based on analytical theory shows the applied RMP contributes a dominant stabilizing effect, which is responsible for the suppression of TM. The dynamics of the first discovered small locked island are investigated. It is found that the island is locked at the stabilizing phase and the saturated island width is less than the linear layer width. The simulated Mirnov signal indicates the small locked island is likely to be the complete suppression case observed in experiments. Associated with the application of RMP, the shape of Mirnov signal deviates from sinusoidal before mode locking, which is explained by numerical modeling. The comparisons between the numerical and experimental results are in good agreement phenomenally.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4820800},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22220603}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 9,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Sun Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}