Multi-field/-scale interactions of turbulence with neoclassical tearing mode magnetic islands in the DIII-D tokamak

Bardoczi, Laszlo; Rhodes, Terry L.; Navarro, Alejandro Banon; Sung, Choongki; Carter, Troy A.; La Haye, Robert J.; McKee, George R.; Petty, Clinton C.; Chrystal, Colin; Jenko, F.

doi:10.1063/1.4977533

Multi-field/-scale interactions of turbulence with neoclassical tearing mode magnetic islands in the DIII-D tokamak

Journal Article · Fri Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4977533· OSTI ID:1372473

Bardoczi, Laszlo ^[1]; Rhodes, Terry L. ^[2]; ^[2]; Sung, Choongki ^[2]; Carter, Troy A. ^[2]; La Haye, Robert J. ^[3]; McKee, George R. ^[4]; Petty, Clinton C. ^[3]; ^[3]; Jenko, F. ^[2]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); General Atomics
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

We present the first localized measurements of long and intermediate wavelength turbulent density fluctuations ($$\sim\atop{n}$$) and long wavelength turbulent electron temperature fluctuations ($$\sim\atop{T}$$_e) modified by m/n = 2/1 Neoclassical Tearing Mode (NTM) islands (m and n are the poloidal and toroidal mode numbers, respectively). These long and intermediate wavelengths correspond to the expected Ion Temperature Gradient and Trapped Electron Mode scales, respectively. Two regimes have been observed when tracking $$\sim\atop{n}$$ during NTM evolution: (1) small islands are characterized by a steep T_e radial profile and turbulence levels comparable to those of the background; (2) large islands have a flat T_e profile and reduced turbulence level at the O-point. Radially outside the large island, the T_e profile is steeper and the turbulence level increased compared to the no or small island case. Reduced turbulence at the O-point compared to the X-point leads to a 15% modulation of $$\sim\atop{n}$$² across the island that is nearly in phase with the T_e modulation. Qualitative comparisons to the GENE non-linear gyrokinetic code are promising with GENE replicating the observed scaling of turbulence modification with island size. Furthermore, these results are significant as they allow the validation of gyrokinetic simulations modeling the interaction of these multi-scale phenomena.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; FC02-04ER54698; FG02-08ER54984; SC0016073

OSTI ID:: 1372473

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1348028

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 24; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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