Effect of negative triangularity on tearing mode stability in tokamak plasmas

Yang, Xu; Liu, Yueqiang; Xu, Wei; He, Yuling; Xia, Guoliang

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/acc750

Title: Effect of negative triangularity on tearing mode stability in tokamak plasmas

Journal Article · 10 April 2023 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/acc750 · OSTI ID:1968513

Yang, Xu;

; Xu, Wei;

; Xia, Guoliang

Abstract The influence of negative triangularity (NT) of the plasma shape on the n = 1 (n is the toroidal mode number) tearing mode (TM) stability has been numerically investigated, with results compared to that of the positive triangularity (PT) counterpart. By matching the safety factor profile for a series of toroidal equilibria, several important plasma parameters, including the triangularity, the plasma equilibrium pressure, the plasma resistivity as well as the toroidal rotation, have been varied. The TM localized near the plasma edge is found to be more unstable in the NT plasmas as compared to the PT counterpart. The fundamental reason for this difference is the lack of favorable average curvature stabilization in NT configurations. Direct comparison of the Mercier index corroborates this conclusion. For the core-localized mode, where the difference in the local triangularity between NT and PT becomes small and the curvature stabilization is significantly reduced, larger Shafranov shift in the plasma core associated with the NT configuration results in more stable TM. The plasma toroidal flow generally stabilizes the TM in plasmas with both NTs and PTs. The flow stabilization is however weaker in the case of negative triangularity with finite plasma pressure.

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Research Organization:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation; EPSRC; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698; FG02-95ER54309

OSTI ID:: 1968513

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 63; ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: IAEA

Language:: English

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