Basic characterization of TORPEX electrostatic modes in closed field line configurations
- Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas (CRPP), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Association Euratom-Confédération Helvétique, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
Electrostatic coherent modes are studied in the TORPEX device [Fasoli et al., Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 52, 124020 (2010)], in closed flux surfaces. The accessibility to this magnetic geometry is provided by a current-carrying in-vessel toroidal conductor developed to generate a poloidal magnetic field [Avino et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 033506 (2014)]. The background plasma parameters are measured, and the ion saturation current fluctuations are characterized in terms of power spectral density to identify the dominant coherent modes and their spatial localization. A statistical approach is implemented to determine the mode spectral properties by computing the statistical dispersion relation. The poloidal wave number k{sub θ} and the toroidal wave number k{sub ϕ} are obtained, as well as the corresponding mode numbers. A three-dimensional linear code based on the drift-reduced Braginskii equations is used to investigate the nature of the instabilities. The linear analysis suggests a dominant ballooning character of the modes.
- OSTI ID:
- 22403329
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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