Hybrid simulations of fishbone instabilities and Alfvén eigenmodes in DIII-D tokamak
- Dalian Univ. of Technology (China). Key Lab. of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams. School of Physics
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Inst. for Fusion Theory and Simulation. Dept. of Physics
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
In DIII-D hybrid discharges, the intense Alfvén eigenmode (AE) activity driven by Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) that is typically observed can be suppressed and replaced by fishbone modes when Electron Cyclotron Current Drive (ECCD) is centrally applied. Simulations have been carried out with the kinetic/magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) hybrid code M3D-K based on DIII-D discharges #161401 and #161403 without and with ECCD, respectively. In both cases unstable modes are found – the mode frequency and mode structure indicate the instability excited in #161403 is of fishbone type, while that in #161401 is identified as the beta-induced Alfvén eigenmode (BAE)-like mode. Moreover, we find that the calculated mode frequencies of these two shots are consistent with experimental observations.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Dalian Univ. of Technology (China); Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (China); Dalian Youth Science and Technology Project Support Program (China)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FC02-04ER54698; 2017YFE0301900; 11675083; DUT18ZD101; 2015R01
- OSTI ID:
- 1490156
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1462438
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 12; ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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