Comparison of MHD stability properties between QH-mode and ELMy H-mode plasmas by considering plasma rotation and ion diamagnetic drift effects

Aiba, N.; Chen, X.; Osborne, T. H.; Burrell, K. H.

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/acbc35

Title: Comparison of MHD stability properties between QH-mode and ELMy H-mode plasmas by considering plasma rotation and ion diamagnetic drift effects

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/acbc35· OSTI ID:1992687

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^[2]; Osborne, T. H. ^[2]; Burrell, K. H. ^[2]

National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Ibaraki (Japan)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability at tokamak edge pedestal in a quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) and type-I ELMy H-mode plasmas in DIII-D experiment was analyzed by considering plasma rotation and ion diamagnetic drift effects. QH-mode plasma is marginally stable to kink/peeling mode (K/PM), but ELMy H-mode one is almost unstable to peeling-ballooning mode (PBM). It was identified that there are three physics features responsible for the difference in the MHD stability properties between QH-mode plasma and ELMy H-mode one. These are the distance of pedestal foot from the last closed flux surface (LCFS), the amount of the ion diamagnetic drift frequency at pedestal, and impact of coupled rotation and ion diamagnetic drift effects. These features were confirmed through the numerical experiments that the stability properties of the QH-mode plasma can be changed to that of the ELMy H-mode one by shifting the plasma profiles inward in the radial direction and halving the ion diamagnetic drift frequency. The reasons of the change in the stability properties are thought as that K/PM is stabilized due to the inward shift of the bootstrap current profile, and PBM is destabilized due to the reduction of the coupled rotation and ion diamagnetic drift stabilizing effect. Importance of these features was validated through numerical experiments with experimental data of other QH-mode plasmas in DIII-D. All the results show that MHD stability properties of QH-mode plasma can be obtained in case that pedestal foot is close to LCFS, ion diamagnetic drift frequency is large due to high ion temperature, and strong rotation shear exists near pedestal.

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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; FG02-95ER54309

OSTI ID:: 1992687

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 63, Issue 4; ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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