The effect of an anisotropic pressure of thermal particles on resistive wall mode stability
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623 (United States)
- Physics Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849 (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)
The effect of an anisotropic pressure of thermal particles on resistive wall mode stability in tokamak fusion plasmas is derived through kinetic theory and assessed through calculation with the MISK code [B. Hu et al., Phys. Plasmas 12, 0 57301 (2005)]. The fluid anisotropy is treated as a small perturbation on the plasma equilibrium and modeled with a bi-Maxwellian distribution function. A complete stability treatment without an assumption of high frequency mode rotation leads to anisotropic kinetic terms in the dispersion relation in addition to anisotropy corrections to the fluid terms. With the density and the average pressure kept constant, when thermal particles have a higher temperature perpendicular to the magnetic field than parallel, the fluid pressure-driven ballooning destabilization term is reduced. Additionally, the stabilizing kinetic effects of the trapped thermal ions can be enhanced. Together these two effects can lead to a modest increase in resistive wall mode stability.
- OSTI ID:
- 22403267
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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