Rotational shear effects on edge harmonic oscillations in DIII-D quiescent H-mode discharges

Chen, Xi; Burrell, Keith H.; Ferraro, Nathaniel M.; Osborne, Thomas H.; Austin, Max E.; Garofalo, Andrea M.; Groebner, Richard J.; Kramer, Gerrit J.; Luhmann, Jr., Neville C.; McKee, George R.; Muscatello, C. M.; Nazikian, R.; Ren, X.; Snyder, P. B.; Solomon, W. M.; Tobias, B. J.; Yan, Z.

doi:10.1088/0029-5515/56/7/076011

Title: Rotational shear effects on edge harmonic oscillations in DIII-D quiescent H-mode discharges

Journal Article · Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/56/7/076011· OSTI ID:1351092

Chen, Xi ^[1]; Burrell, Keith H. ^[1]; Ferraro, Nathaniel M. ^[1]; Osborne, Thomas H. ^[1]; Austin, Max E. ^[2]; Garofalo, Andrea M. ^[1]; Groebner, Richard J. ^[1]; Kramer, Gerrit J. ^[3]; Luhmann, Jr., Neville C. ^[4]; McKee, George R. ^[5]; Muscatello, C. M. ^[1]; Nazikian, R. ^[3]; Ren, X. ^[4]; Snyder, P. B. ^[1]; Solomon, W. M. ^[3]; Tobias, B. J. ^[3]; Yan, Z. ^[5]

General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

In the quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) regime, edge harmonic oscillations (EHO) play an important role in avoiding transient edge localized mode (ELM) power fluxes by providing benign and continuous edge particle transport. A detailed theoretical, experimental and modeling comparison has been made of low-n (n ≤ 5) EHO in DIII-D QH-mode plasmas. The calculated linear eigenmode structure from the extended MHD code M3D-C1 matches closely the coherent EHO properties from external magnetics data and internal measurements using the ECE, BES, ECE-Imaging and microwave imaging reflectometer (MIR) diagnostics, as well as the kink/peeling mode properties found by the ideal MHD code ELITE. Numerical investigations indicate that the low-n EHO-like solutions from M3D-C1 are destabilized by the rotational shear while high-n modes are stabilized. This effect is independent of the rotation direction, suggesting that EHO can be destabilized in principle with rotation in either direction. Furthermore, the modeling results are consistent with observations of the EHO, support the proposed theory of the EHO as a rotational shear driven kink/peeling mode, and improve our understanding and confidence in creating and sustaining QH-mode in present and future devices.

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Research Organization:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698; AC02-09CH11466; FG03-97ER54415; FG02-99ER54531; FG02-08ER54999

OSTI ID:: 1351092

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1258301

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 56, Issue 7; ISSN 0029-5515

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