Toroidal modeling of energetic passing particle drift kinetic effects on tearing mode stability

Bai, Xue; Liu, Yueqiang; Hao, Guangzhou; Zhang, Neng

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac6bb3

Toroidal modeling of energetic passing particle drift kinetic effects on tearing mode stability

Journal Article · 26 May 2022 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac6bb3· OSTI ID:1979415

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Abstract

Drift kinetic effects of the neutral beam injection induced passing energetic particles (EPs) on the linear stability of then= 1 tearing mode (TM) (with the dominant poloidal harmonic ofm= 2) are numerically investigated utilizing the MARS-K code (Liuet al2008Phys. Plasmas15112503), in a tokamak plasma with finite equilibrium pressure and anisotropic thermal transport. In the low plasma pressure regime, it is found that co- (counter-) passing EPs stabilize (destabilize) the TM, agreeing with previous studies. However, as the plasma pressure increases beyond a critical value, it is found that co-passing EPs also destabilize the mode. An in-depth analysis reveals that the net effect of co-passing EPs is a result of competition between the stabilizing contribution from the non-adiabatic drift kinetic terms and the destabilizing contribution associated with adiabatic terms, with the latter becoming more dominant at higher equilibrium pressure. Non-perturbative magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic hybrid modeling also finds that co- and counter-passing EPs modify the TM eigenfunction differently, with the counter-passing EPs enhancing the sideband harmonics. Furthermore, effects of the plasma resistivity and toroidal rotation, as well as that of the equilibrium distribution of EPs in the particle pitch angle space, are also investigated, showing asymmetric results on the TM stability between the co- and counter-passing EPs. The first order finite orbit width correction is found to be stabilizing with co-passing EPs and destabilizing with counter-passing particles. Finally, drift resonances between passing EPs and the TM induce finite frequency to the mode and generate finite net torques inside the plasma, due to the neoclassical toroidal viscosity and the Reynolds stress associated with 3D perturbations.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698; FG02-95ER54309

OSTI ID:: 1979415

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 62, Issue 7; ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP Science

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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