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Title: Effect of magnetic perturbations on turbulence-flow dynamics at the L-H transition on DIII-D

Abstract

Detailed 2D turbulence measurements from the DIII-D tokamak provide an explanation for how resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) raise the L-H power threshold P LH [P. Gohil et al., Nucl. Fusion 51, 103020 (2011)] in ITER-relevant, low rotation, ITER-similar-shape plasmas with favorable ion B direction. RMPs simultaneously raise the turbulence decorrelation rate Δ ω D and reduce the flow shear rate ω shear in the stationary L-mode state preceding the L-H transition, thereby disrupting the turbulence shear suppression mechanism. RMPs also reduce the Reynolds stress drive for poloidal flow, contributing to the reduction of ω shear . On the ~100 μs timescale of the L-H transition, RMPs reduce Reynolds-stress-driven energy transfer from turbulence to flows by an order of magnitude, challenging the energy depletion theory for the L-H trigger mechanism. In contrast, non-resonant magnetic perturbations, which do not significantly affect P LH , do not affect Δ ω D and only slightly reduce ω shear and Reynolds-stress-driven energy transfer.<

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1631960
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1631774
Grant/Contract Number:  
FC02-04ER54698; FG02-08ER54999; SC0001288
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 6; Conference: 61. Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Fort Lauderdale, FL (United States), 21-25 Oct 2019; 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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Kriete, David M., McKee, George R., Schmitz, Lothar, Smith, D. R., Yan, Z., Morton, L. A., and Fonck, R. J. Effect of magnetic perturbations on turbulence-flow dynamics at the L-H transition on DIII-D. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5145207.
Kriete, David M., McKee, George R., Schmitz, Lothar, Smith, D. R., Yan, Z., Morton, L. A., & Fonck, R. J. Effect of magnetic perturbations on turbulence-flow dynamics at the L-H transition on DIII-D. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5145207
Kriete, David M., McKee, George R., Schmitz, Lothar, Smith, D. R., Yan, Z., Morton, L. A., and Fonck, R. J. Wed . "Effect of magnetic perturbations on turbulence-flow dynamics at the L-H transition on DIII-D". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5145207. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1631960.
@article{osti_1631960,
title = {Effect of magnetic perturbations on turbulence-flow dynamics at the L-H transition on DIII-D},
author = {Kriete, David M. and McKee, George R. and Schmitz, Lothar and Smith, D. R. and Yan, Z. and Morton, L. A. and Fonck, R. J.},
abstractNote = {Detailed 2D turbulence measurements from the DIII-D tokamak provide an explanation for how resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) raise the L-H power threshold P LH [P. Gohil et al., Nucl. Fusion 51, 103020 (2011)] in ITER-relevant, low rotation, ITER-similar-shape plasmas with favorable ion ∇ B direction. RMPs simultaneously raise the turbulence decorrelation rate Δ ω D and reduce the flow shear rate ω shear in the stationary L-mode state preceding the L-H transition, thereby disrupting the turbulence shear suppression mechanism. RMPs also reduce the Reynolds stress drive for poloidal flow, contributing to the reduction of ω shear. On the ~100 μs timescale of the L-H transition, RMPs reduce Reynolds-stress-driven energy transfer from turbulence to flows by an order of magnitude, challenging the energy depletion theory for the L-H trigger mechanism. In contrast, non-resonant magnetic perturbations, which do not significantly affect P LH, do not affect Δ ω D and only slightly reduce ω shear and Reynolds-stress-driven energy transfer.<},
doi = {10.1063/1.5145207},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 6,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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