Global simulation of ion temperature gradient instabilities in a field-reversed configuration

Bao, J.; Lau, C. K.; Lin, Z.; Wang, H. Y.; Fulton, D. P.; Dettrick, S.; Tajima, T.

doi:10.1063/1.5087079

Title: Global simulation of ion temperature gradient instabilities in a field-reversed configuration

Abstract

We investigate the global properties of drift waves in the beam driven field-reversed configuration (FRC), the C2-U device, in which the central FRC and its scrape-off layer (SOL) plasma are connected with the formation sections and divertors. The ion temperature gradient modes are globally connected and unstable across these regions, while they are linearly stable inside the FRC separatrix. The unstable global drift waves in the SOL show an axially varying structure that is less intense near the central FRC region and the mirror throat areas, while being more robust in the bad curvature formation exit areas.

Authors:

Bao, J. ^[1];

^[2];

^[3]; Wang, H. Y. ^[4]; Fulton, D. P. ^[2]; Dettrick, S. ^[2]; Tajima, T. ^[2]

Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
TAE Technologies, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Peking Univ., Beijing (China)

Publication Date:: Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1529930

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1507196

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; SCIDAC ISEP CENTER

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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                    Bao, J., Lau, C. K., Lin, Z., Wang, H. Y., Fulton, D. P., Dettrick, S., and Tajima, T. Global simulation of ion temperature gradient instabilities in a field-reversed configuration.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Bao, J., Lau, C. K., Lin, Z., Wang, H. Y., Fulton, D. P., Dettrick, S., & Tajima, T. Global simulation of ion temperature gradient instabilities in a field-reversed configuration.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5087079

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                    Bao, J., Lau, C. K., Lin, Z., Wang, H. Y., Fulton, D. P., Dettrick, S., and Tajima, T. Mon .  
"Global simulation of ion temperature gradient instabilities in a field-reversed configuration".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5087079.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1529930.

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@article{osti_1529930,

  title        = {Global simulation of ion temperature gradient instabilities in a field-reversed configuration},

  author       = {Bao, J. and Lau, C. K. and Lin, Z. and Wang, H. Y. and Fulton, D. P. and Dettrick, S. and Tajima, T.},

  abstractNote = {We investigate the global properties of drift waves in the beam driven field-reversed configuration (FRC), the C2-U device, in which the central FRC and its scrape-off layer (SOL) plasma are connected with the formation sections and divertors. The ion temperature gradient modes are globally connected and unstable across these regions, while they are linearly stable inside the FRC separatrix. The unstable global drift waves in the SOL show an axially varying structure that is less intense near the central FRC region and the mirror throat areas, while being more robust in the bad curvature formation exit areas.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.5087079},

  journal      = {Physics of Plasmas},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 26,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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