Main-ion intrinsic toroidal rotation profile driven by residual stress torque from ion temperature gradient turbulence in the DIII-D tokamak

Grierson, B. A.; Wang, W. X.; Ethier, S.; Staebler, G. M.; Battaglia, D. J.; Boedo, J. A.; deGrassie, J. S.; Solomon, W. M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.015002

Title: Main-ion intrinsic toroidal rotation profile driven by residual stress torque from ion temperature gradient turbulence in the DIII-D tokamak

Journal Article · Fri Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.015002· OSTI ID:1343410

Grierson, B. A. ^[1]; Wang, W. X. ^[1]; Ethier, S. ^[1]; Staebler, G. M. ^[2]; Battaglia, D. J. ^[1]; Boedo, J. A. ^[3]; deGrassie, J. S. ^[2]; Solomon, W. M. ^[2]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Center for Energy Research

Intrinsic toroidal rotation of the deuterium main-ions in the core of the DIII-D tokamak is observed to transition from at to hollow, forming an off-axis peak, above a threshold level of direct electron heating. Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations show that the residual stress associated with electrostatic ITG turbulence possesses the correct radial location and stress structure to cause the observed hollow rotation profile. Residual stress momentum flux in the gyrokinetic simulations is balanced by turbulent momentum diffusion, with negligible contributions from turbulent pinch. Prediction of the velocity profile by integrating the momentum balance equation produces a rotation profile that qualitatively and quantitatively agrees with the measured main-ion profile, demonstrating that fluctuation-induced residual stress can drive the observed intrinsic velocity profile.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; FC02-04ER54698; FG02-07ER54917

OSTI ID:: 1343410

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1338653; OSTI ID: 1347148; OSTI ID: 1374809

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 1; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 24 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (34)

Momentum and thermal transport in neutral-beam-heated tokamaks Mattor, N.; Diamond, P. H. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 31, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.866747	journal	January 1988
Observation of Spontaneous Toroidal Rotation Inversion in Ohmically Heated Tokamak Plasmas Bortolon, A.; Duval, B. P.; Pochelon, A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 97, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.235003	journal	December 2006
Intrinsic rotation and electric field shear Gürcan, Ö. D.; Diamond, P. H.; Hahm, T. S. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2717891	journal	April 2007
Resistive Wall Mode Instability at Intermediate Plasma Rotation Berkery, J. W.; Sabbagh, S. A.; Betti, R. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.035003	journal	January 2010
Intrinsic rotation in DIII-D deGrassie, J. S.; Rice, J. E.; Burrell, K. H. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2539055	journal	May 2007
Multi-channel transport experiments at Alcator C-Mod and comparison with gyrokinetic simulations White, A. E.; Howard, N. T.; Greenwald, M. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 20, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803089	journal	May 2013
Linear gyrokinetic calculations of toroidal momentum transport in a tokamak due to the ion temperature gradient mode Peeters, A. G.; Angioni, C. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 12, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1949608	journal	July 2005
Residual parallel Reynolds stress due to turbulence intensity gradient in tokamak plasmas Gürcan, Ö. D.; Diamond, P. H.; Hennequin, P. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3503624	journal	November 2010
Measurements of the deuterium ion toroidal rotation in the DIII-D tokamak and comparison to neoclassical theory Grierson, B. A.; Burrell, K. H.; Heidbrink, W. W. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3694656	journal	May 2012
Turbulent inward pinch of plasma confined by a levitated dipole magnet Boxer, A. C.; Bergmann, R.; Ellsworth, J. L. Nature Physics, Vol. 6, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1510	journal	January 2010
Effects of q -profile structures on intrinsic torque reversals Lu, Z. X.; Wang, W. X.; Diamond, P. H. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 55, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/9/093012	journal	August 2015
Rotation Reversal Bifurcation and Energy Confinement Saturation in Tokamak Ohmic $L$ -Mode Plasmas Rice, J. E.; Cziegler, I.; Diamond, P. H. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.265001	journal	December 2011
Experimental Evidence of Momentum Transport Induced by an Up-Down Asymmetric Magnetic Equilibrium in Toroidal Plasmas Camenen, Y.; Bortolon, A.; Duval, B. P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.135003	journal	September 2010
Core intrinsic rotation behaviour in ASDEX Upgrade ohmic L-mode plasmas McDermott, R. M.; Angioni, C.; Conway, G. D. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 54, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/54/4/043009	journal	March 2014
Momentum balance and radial electric fields in axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric toroidal plasmas Sugama, H.; Watanabe, T. H.; Nunami, M. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 53, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/53/2/024004	journal	January 2011
ATMOSPHERES: The Jet-Stream Conundrum Baldwin, M. P.; Rhines, P. B.; Huang, H. -P. Science, Vol. 315, Issue 5811 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131375	journal	January 2007
Gyro-Landau fluid equations for trapped and passing particles Staebler, G. M.; Kinsey, J. E.; Waltz, R. E. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 12, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2044587	journal	October 2005
Rotation and momentum transport in tokamaks and helical systems Ida, K.; Rice, J. E. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 54, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/54/4/045001	journal	March 2014
A design retrospective of the DIII-D tokamak Luxon, J. L. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 42, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/42/5/313	journal	May 2002
Nonlinear flow generation by electrostatic turbulence in tokamaks Wang, W. X.; Diamond, P. H.; Hahm, T. S. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3459096	journal	July 2010
Gyro-kinetic simulation of global turbulent transport properties in tokamak experiments Wang, W. X.; Lin, Z.; Tang, W. M. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2338775	journal	September 2006
Anomalous momentum transport from drift wave turbulence Dominguez, R. R.; Staebler, G. M. Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics, Vol. 5, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860610	journal	November 1993
ECH effects on toroidal rotation: KSTAR experiments, intrinsic torque modelling and gyrokinetic stability analyses Shi, Y. J.; Ko, W. H.; Kwon, J. M. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 53, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/53/11/113031	journal	October 2013
Active spectroscopic measurements of the bulk deuterium properties in the DIII-D tokamak (invited) Grierson, B. A.; Burrell, K. H.; Chrystal, C. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4739239	journal	October 2012
Consequences of profile shearing on toroidal momentum transport Camenen, Y.; Idomura, Y.; Jolliet, S. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 51, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/7/073039	journal	June 2011
Production of internal transport barriers via self-generated mean flows in Alcator C-Mod Fiore, C. L.; Ernst, D. R.; Podpaly, Y. A. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3694668	journal	May 2012
Toroidal rotation in DIII-D in electron cyclotron heating and Ohmic H-mode discharges deGrassie, J. S.; Burrell, K. H.; Baylor, L. R. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 11, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1778751	journal	September 2004
Intrinsic Rotation Driven by Non-Maxwellian Equilibria in Tokamak Plasmas Barnes, M.; Parra, F. I.; Lee, J. P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.055005	journal	August 2013
Advances in understanding the generation and evolution of the toroidal rotation profile on DIII-D Solomon, W. M.; Burrell, K. H.; Garofalo, A. M. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 49, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/8/085005	journal	July 2009
Anomalous parallel momentum transport due to E×B flow shear in a tokamak plasma Casson, F. J.; Peeters, A. G.; Camenen, Y. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3227650	journal	September 2009
Physics of non-diffusive turbulent transport of momentum and the origins of spontaneous rotation in tokamaks Diamond, P. H.; McDevitt, C. J.; Gürcan, Ö. D. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 49, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/4/045002	journal	March 2009
Ohmic energy confinement saturation and core toroidal rotation reversal in Alcator C-Mod plasmas Rice, J. E.; Greenwald, M. J.; Podpaly, Y. A. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3695213	journal	May 2012
Up-down symmetry of the turbulent transport of toroidal angular momentum in tokamaks Parra, Felix I.; Barnes, Michael; Peeters, Arthur G. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 18, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3586332	journal	June 2011
Intrinsic rotation in tokamaks: theory Parra, Felix I.; Barnes, Michael Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 57, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/57/4/045002	journal	March 2015

Cited By (12)

Symmetry breaking induced by the parity change in global electromagnetic ion temperature gradient modes Kaang, Helen H.; Kim, S. S.; Jhang, Hogun Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5006981	journal	January 2018
Active spectroscopy measurements of the deuterium temperature, rotation, and density from the core to scrape off layer on the DIII-D tokamak (invited) Haskey, S. R.; Grierson, B. A.; Stagner, L. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 89, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038349	journal	October 2018
Main-ion intrinsic toroidal rotation across the ITG/TEM boundary in DIII-D discharges during ohmic and electron cyclotron heating Grierson, B. A.; Chrystal, C.; Haskey, S. R. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5090505	journal	April 2019
Main-ion temperature and plasma rotation measurements based on scattering of electron cyclotron heating waves in ASDEX Upgrade Stejner, M.; Rasmussen, J.; Nielsen, S. K. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 59, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa711a	journal	June 2017
Intrinsic rotation driven by turbulent acceleration Barnes, M.; Parra, F. I. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 61, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aaeb69	journal	November 2018
Intrinsic rotation in axisymmetric devices Stoltzfus-Dueck, T. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 61, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab4376	journal	November 2019
Dynamics of the pedestal transport during edge localized mode cycles at ASDEX Upgrade Viezzer, E.; Cavedon, M.; Cano-Megias, P. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 62, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab5b1d	journal	January 2020
Global gyrokinetic simulations of intrinsic rotation in ASDEX Upgrade Ohmic L-mode plasmas Hornsby, W. A.; Angioni, C.; Lu, Z. X. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 58, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aab22f	journal	March 2018
Studies of Reynolds stress and the turbulent generation of edge poloidal flows on the HL-2A tokamak Long, T.; Diamond, P. H.; Xu, M. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 59, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ab33cf	journal	August 2019
Observations of toroidal plasma rotation reversal in the Aditya-U tokamak Shukla, G.; Shah, K.; Chowdhuri, M. B. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 59, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ab3518	journal	September 2019
Hysteresis as a probe of turbulent bifurcation in intrinsic rotation reversals on Alcator C-Mod Cao, N. M.; Rice, J. E.; Diamond, P. H. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 59, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ab3b38	journal	August 2019
Observation and characterization of the effect of electron cyclotron waves on toroidal rotation in EAST L-mode discharges Chen, Jun; Hu, Ruiji; Lyu, Bo Plasma Science and Technology, Vol. 19, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-6272/aa7cec	journal	August 2017

Similar Records

Main-ion intrinsic toroidal rotation across the ITG/TEM boundary in DIII-D discharges during ohmic and electron cyclotron heating

Journal Article · Fri Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physics of Plasmas · OSTI ID:1343410

Grierson, B. A.; Chrystal, C.; Haskey, S. R.; +8 more

Understanding and predicting profile structure and parametric scaling of intrinsic rotation

Journal Article · Thu Aug 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas · OSTI ID:1343410

Wang, W. X.; Grierson, B. A.; Ethier, S.; +3 more

Intrinsic rotation in DIII-D

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physics of Plasmas · OSTI ID:1343410

DeGrassie, J S; Rice, J E; Burrell, K H; +2 more

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

Title: Main-ion intrinsic toroidal rotation profile driven by residual stress torque from ion temperature gradient turbulence in the DIII-D tokamak

Citation Formats

References (34)

Cited By (12)

Similar Records

Related Subjects