Resolving ECRH deposition broadening due to edge turbulence in DIII-D

Brookman, M. W.; Austin, M. E.; Petty, C. C.; La Haye, R. J.; Barada, K.; Rhodes, T. L.; Yan, Z.; Köhn, A.; Thomas, M. B.; Leddy, J.; Vann, R. L.

doi:10.1063/1.5140992

Title: Resolving ECRH deposition broadening due to edge turbulence in DIII-D

Journal Article · Wed Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5140992· OSTI ID:1779198

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)
Univ. of York (United Kingdom)

Microwave heat pulse propagation experiments have demonstrated a correlation between millimeter-scale turbulence and deposition profile broadening of electron cyclotron (EC) waves on the DIII-D tokamak. In a set of discharges in DIII-D, a variation in edge density fluctuations on the mm-scale is associated with 40%–150% broader deposition profiles, expressed in terms of normalized minor radius, as compared with equilibrium ray tracing. The 1D power profile is determined from transport analysis of the electron temperature response to EC power modulation using perturbative analysis with a square wave power modulation at 20–70 Hz, producing a series of Fourier harmonics that are fit collectively to resolve transport. Fitting an integrated heat flux expressed in the Fourier basis of the modulation to diffusive, convective, and coupled transport terms in a linear model can resolve the broadened EC deposition width from the power perturbation to resolve a broadening in each case. The best fit degree of beam broadening observed scales approximately linearly with the Doppler backscattering measured fluctuation level in the steep gradient region. Quantifying the effect of edge fluctuation broadening on EC current drive power needs of future devices will require 3D full-wave codes that can be validated on the current generation of machines. These DIII-D experiments provide a quantitative measure of fluctuation effects and a dataset to benchmark full-wave simulations that can model and eventually predict nonlinear effects neglected by 1D equilibrium beam and ray tracing.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698; FG03-97ER54415

OSTI ID:: 1779198

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1970628

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 28, Issue 4; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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