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Title: Neoclassical transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D

Abstract

In this work, the role of neoclassical physics in the particle and energy transport during the application of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) to suppress the edge localised modes in a tokamak is analysed. The neoclassical fluxes in non-axisymmetric DIII-D equilibria with applied RMPs are calculated using the NEO code. The magnetic field provided to NEO as an input is calculated using M3D-C1 and includes the nonlinear one-fluid plasma response. Neoclassical fluxes obtained in this study are found to dramatically increase in the presence of applied resonant magnetic perturbations, and are in same range as the total radial particle fluxes calculated in comparable RMP discharges in DIII-D. This suggests that neoclassical transport plays a significant role in edge transport when RMPs are present. An increase in neoclassical fluxes during the ELM suppressed phase in DIII-D plasmas is calculated and is strongly correlated with the observation of density pump-out in the experiment.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  2. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1889243
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-09CH11466; FG02-95ER54309
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Fusion
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 62; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
Publisher:
IOP Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Sinha, Priyanjana, Ferraro, Nathaniel M., and Belli, Emily A. Neoclassical transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac948b.
Sinha, Priyanjana, Ferraro, Nathaniel M., & Belli, Emily A. Neoclassical transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac948b
Sinha, Priyanjana, Ferraro, Nathaniel M., and Belli, Emily A. Mon . "Neoclassical transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac948b. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1889243.
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title = {Neoclassical transport due to resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D},
author = {Sinha, Priyanjana and Ferraro, Nathaniel M. and Belli, Emily A.},
abstractNote = {In this work, the role of neoclassical physics in the particle and energy transport during the application of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) to suppress the edge localised modes in a tokamak is analysed. The neoclassical fluxes in non-axisymmetric DIII-D equilibria with applied RMPs are calculated using the NEO code. The magnetic field provided to NEO as an input is calculated using M3D-C1 and includes the nonlinear one-fluid plasma response. Neoclassical fluxes obtained in this study are found to dramatically increase in the presence of applied resonant magnetic perturbations, and are in same range as the total radial particle fluxes calculated in comparable RMP discharges in DIII-D. This suggests that neoclassical transport plays a significant role in edge transport when RMPs are present. An increase in neoclassical fluxes during the ELM suppressed phase in DIII-D plasmas is calculated and is strongly correlated with the observation of density pump-out in the experiment.},
doi = {10.1088/1741-4326/ac948b},
journal = {Nuclear Fusion},
number = 12,
volume = 62,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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