Shaping Effects on Non-Ideal Ballooning Mode
Abstract
The dependence of shaping effects on the growth rate of collisionless and resistive ballooning mode (CBM/RBM) is numerically researched. Furthermore, that of the drift ballooning modes (DCBM/DRBM) is investigated by taking kinetic effects into account. Resistivity scans of linear growth rates of CBM/RBM and DCBM/DRBM in a circular geometry show that both modes have 3 branches in accordance with decreasing resistivity, fast, resistive and collisionless branch. The last two branches are in the edge relevant resistivity regime and are in the scope of this paper. For CBM/RBM, shaping effect on the growth rate becomes weak with increasing resistivity and the growth rate monotonically increases with decrease of the elongation and increase of the triangularity, on the other hand, the opposite tendency appears on the triangularity for DCBM, namely it weakly decreases with increase of the triangularity. This fact indicates that the inverted D-shaped equilibrium can be unstable against DCBM compared with the D-shaped equilibrium.
- Authors:
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- National Inst. for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) (Japan)
- Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1568031
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-744079
Journal ID: ISSN 1880-6821; 899042; TRN: US2100267
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Plasma and Fusion Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 0; Journal ID: ISSN 1880-6821
- Publisher:
- Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; resistive ballooning mode; collisionless ballooning mode; plasma shaping; electron drift wave
Citation Formats
SETO, Haruki, YAGI, Masatoshi, AIBA, Nobuyuki, MATSUYAMA, Akinobu, DUDSON, Benjamin D., and XU, Xueqiao. Shaping Effects on Non-Ideal Ballooning Mode. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1585/pfr.13.3403086.
SETO, Haruki, YAGI, Masatoshi, AIBA, Nobuyuki, MATSUYAMA, Akinobu, DUDSON, Benjamin D., & XU, Xueqiao. Shaping Effects on Non-Ideal Ballooning Mode. United States. https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.13.3403086
SETO, Haruki, YAGI, Masatoshi, AIBA, Nobuyuki, MATSUYAMA, Akinobu, DUDSON, Benjamin D., and XU, Xueqiao. Tue .
"Shaping Effects on Non-Ideal Ballooning Mode". United States. https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.13.3403086. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568031.
@article{osti_1568031,
title = {Shaping Effects on Non-Ideal Ballooning Mode},
author = {SETO, Haruki and YAGI, Masatoshi and AIBA, Nobuyuki and MATSUYAMA, Akinobu and DUDSON, Benjamin D. and XU, Xueqiao},
abstractNote = {The dependence of shaping effects on the growth rate of collisionless and resistive ballooning mode (CBM/RBM) is numerically researched. Furthermore, that of the drift ballooning modes (DCBM/DRBM) is investigated by taking kinetic effects into account. Resistivity scans of linear growth rates of CBM/RBM and DCBM/DRBM in a circular geometry show that both modes have 3 branches in accordance with decreasing resistivity, fast, resistive and collisionless branch. The last two branches are in the edge relevant resistivity regime and are in the scope of this paper. For CBM/RBM, shaping effect on the growth rate becomes weak with increasing resistivity and the growth rate monotonically increases with decrease of the elongation and increase of the triangularity, on the other hand, the opposite tendency appears on the triangularity for DCBM, namely it weakly decreases with increase of the triangularity. This fact indicates that the inverted D-shaped equilibrium can be unstable against DCBM compared with the D-shaped equilibrium.},
doi = {10.1585/pfr.13.3403086},
journal = {Plasma and Fusion Research},
number = 0,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {7}
}
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