Phase locking of multi-helicity neoclassical tearing modes in tokamak plasmas

Fitzpatrick, Richard

doi:10.1063/1.4919030

Title: Phase locking of multi-helicity neoclassical tearing modes in tokamak plasmas

Authors:

Fitzpatrick, Richard ^[1]

Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA

Publication Date:: Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1228603

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-04ER-54742

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Volume: 22 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Development, physics basis and performance projections for hybrid scenario operation in ITER on DIII-D journal, May 2005

Tearing modes in toroidal geometry journal, January 1988

Nonlinear Saturation of Tearing Mode Islands journal, August 2005

Helical temperature perturbations associated with tearing modes in tokamak plasmas journal, March 1995

High beta tokamak operation in DIII-D limited at low density/collisionality by resistive tearing modes journal, March 1997

Long pulse high performance discharges in the DIII-D tokamak journal, November 2001

Reduction of the Ion Drive and ρ θ * Scaling of the Neoclassical Tearing Mode journal, February 2002

Comparison of m = 2, n = 1 neo-classical tearing mode limits in JET and DIII-D journal, June 2004

Formation and locking of the “slinky mode” in reversed-field pinches journal, April 1999

Stability of coupled tearing and twisting modes in tokamaks journal, October 1994

Nonlinear coupling of rotating magnetic island triplets journal, April 1999

Bifurcated states of a rotating tokamak plasma in the presence of a static error-field journal, September 1998

Nonlinear growth of the tearing mode journal, January 1973

Nonlinear tearing mode interactions and mode locking in reversed‐field pinches journal, December 1996

Hydromagnetic stability of tokamaks journal, January 1978

Linear and nonlinear response of a rotating tokamak plasma to a resonant error-field journal, September 2014

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Simple and rigorous solution for the nonlinear tearing mode journal, March 2004

Interactions between neoclassical tearing modes journal, December 2000

Effect of externally applied resonant magnetic perturbations on resistive tearing modes journal, July 2012

Stationary H -Mode Discharges with Internal Transport Barrier on ASDEX Upgrade journal, August 1999

Observation of a new toroidally localized kink mode and its role in reverse-field – pinch plasmas journal, September 1987

Perturbation analysis of a simple model of magnetic island structures journal, January 1981

Phase-locking of magnetic islands diagnosed by ECE-imaging journal, November 2014

Observation of neoclassical tearing modes in JET journal, November 1999

Observation of Nonlinear Neoclassical Pressure-Gradient–Driven Tearing Modes in TFTR journal, June 1995

Neoclassical tearing modes journal, December 2000

A numerical study of forced magnetic reconnection in the viscous Taylor problem journal, June 2003

Interaction of tearing modes with external structures in cylindrical geometry (plasma) journal, July 1993

Measurements of magnetic field fluctuations in the OHTE toroidal pinch journal, January 1984

Tearing mode formation and radiative edge cooling prior to density limit disruptions in ASDEX upgrade journal, January 1997

Finite-Resistivity Instabilities of a Sheet Pinch journal, January 1963

Phase-locking of tearing modes in the reversed field experiment journal, June 2002

Global energy confinement degradation due to macroscopic phenomena in tokamaks journal, February 1990

Resonant magnetohydrodynamic modes with toroidal coupling. Part I: Tearing modes journal, July 1991

Nonlinear dynamics of magnetic islands with curvature and pressure journal, January 1985

Island bootstrap current modification of the nonlinear dynamics of the tearing mode journal, January 1986

Decay of poloidal rotation in a tokamak plasma journal, January 1973

Behavior of magnetic field fluctuations during dynamo activity and its effect on energy confinement in a reversed‐field pinch
journal, November 1991

Stability of coupled tearing modes in tokamaks
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Development, physics basis and performance projections for hybrid scenario operation in ITER on DIII-D
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Nonlinear Saturation of Tearing Mode Islands
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High beta tokamak operation in DIII-D limited at low density/collisionality by resistive tearing modes
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Long pulse high performance discharges in the DIII-D tokamak
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Reduction of the Ion Drive and $ρ_{θ}^{*}$ Scaling of the Neoclassical Tearing Mode
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Comparison of m = 2, n = 1 neo-classical tearing mode limits in JET and DIII-D
journal, June 2004

Formation and locking of the “slinky mode” in reversed-field pinches
journal, April 1999

Stability of coupled tearing and twisting modes in tokamaks
journal, October 1994

Nonlinear coupling of rotating magnetic island triplets
journal, April 1999

Bifurcated states of a rotating tokamak plasma in the presence of a static error-field
journal, September 1998

Nonlinear growth of the tearing mode
journal, January 1973

Nonlinear tearing mode interactions and mode locking in reversed‐field pinches
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Hydromagnetic stability of tokamaks
journal, January 1978

Linear and nonlinear response of a rotating tokamak plasma to a resonant error-field
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The performance of improved H-modes at ASDEX Upgrade and projection to ITER
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Simple and rigorous solution for the nonlinear tearing mode
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Stationary $H$ -Mode Discharges with Internal Transport Barrier on ASDEX Upgrade
journal, August 1999

Observation of a new toroidally localized kink mode and its role in reverse-field – pinch plasmas
journal, September 1987

Perturbation analysis of a simple model of magnetic island structures
journal, January 1981

Phase-locking of magnetic islands diagnosed by ECE-imaging
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A numerical study of forced magnetic reconnection in the viscous Taylor problem
journal, June 2003

Interaction of tearing modes with external structures in cylindrical geometry (plasma)
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Measurements of magnetic field fluctuations in the OHTE toroidal pinch
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journal, January 1997

Finite-Resistivity Instabilities of a Sheet Pinch
journal, January 1963

Phase-locking of tearing modes in the reversed field experiment
journal, June 2002

Global energy confinement degradation due to macroscopic phenomena in tokamaks
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Resonant magnetohydrodynamic modes with toroidal coupling. Part I: Tearing modes
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journal, January 1986

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