Bifurcation physics of magnetic islands and stochasticity explored by heat pulse propagation studies in toroidal plasmas
Abstract
Bifurcation physics of the magnetic island was investigated using the heat pulse propagation technique produced by the modulation of electron cyclotron heating. There are two types of bifurcation phenomena observed in LHD and DIII-D. One is a bifurcation of the magnetic topology between nested and stochastic fields. The nested state is characterized by the bi-directional (inward and outward) propagation of the heat pulse with slow propagation speed. The stochastic state is characterized by the fast propagation of the heat pulse with electron temperature flattening. The other bifurcation is between magnetic island with larger thermal diffusivity and that with smaller thermal diffusivity. The damping of toroidal flow is observed at the O-point of the magnetic island both in helical plasmas and in tokamak plasmas during a mode locking phase with strong flow shears at the boundary of the magnetic island. Associated with the stochastization of the magnetic field, the abrupt damping of toroidal flow is observed in LHD. The toroidal flow shear shows a linear decay, while the ion temperature gradient shows an exponential decay. Lastly, this observation suggests that this flow damping is due to the change in the non-diffusive term of momentum transport.
- Authors:
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- National Inst. for Fusion Science, Toki (Japan); Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies, Toki (Japan)
- National Inst. for Fusion Science, Toki (Japan)
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Kyushu Univ., Kasuga (Japan). Research Inst. for Applied Mechanics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS-NINS)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1375943
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FC02-04ER54698; FG03-97ER54415; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Fusion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
- Publisher:
- IOP Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; stochasticity; magnetic island; bifurcation; heat pulse propagation
Citation Formats
Ida, K., Kobayashi, T., Yoshinuma, M., Suzuki, Y., Narushima, Y., Evans, T. E., Ohdachi, S., Tsuchiya, H., Inagaki, S., and Itoh, K. Bifurcation physics of magnetic islands and stochasticity explored by heat pulse propagation studies in toroidal plasmas. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/56/9/092001.
Ida, K., Kobayashi, T., Yoshinuma, M., Suzuki, Y., Narushima, Y., Evans, T. E., Ohdachi, S., Tsuchiya, H., Inagaki, S., & Itoh, K. Bifurcation physics of magnetic islands and stochasticity explored by heat pulse propagation studies in toroidal plasmas. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/56/9/092001
Ida, K., Kobayashi, T., Yoshinuma, M., Suzuki, Y., Narushima, Y., Evans, T. E., Ohdachi, S., Tsuchiya, H., Inagaki, S., and Itoh, K. Fri .
"Bifurcation physics of magnetic islands and stochasticity explored by heat pulse propagation studies in toroidal plasmas". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/56/9/092001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1375943.
@article{osti_1375943,
title = {Bifurcation physics of magnetic islands and stochasticity explored by heat pulse propagation studies in toroidal plasmas},
author = {Ida, K. and Kobayashi, T. and Yoshinuma, M. and Suzuki, Y. and Narushima, Y. and Evans, T. E. and Ohdachi, S. and Tsuchiya, H. and Inagaki, S. and Itoh, K.},
abstractNote = {Bifurcation physics of the magnetic island was investigated using the heat pulse propagation technique produced by the modulation of electron cyclotron heating. There are two types of bifurcation phenomena observed in LHD and DIII-D. One is a bifurcation of the magnetic topology between nested and stochastic fields. The nested state is characterized by the bi-directional (inward and outward) propagation of the heat pulse with slow propagation speed. The stochastic state is characterized by the fast propagation of the heat pulse with electron temperature flattening. The other bifurcation is between magnetic island with larger thermal diffusivity and that with smaller thermal diffusivity. The damping of toroidal flow is observed at the O-point of the magnetic island both in helical plasmas and in tokamak plasmas during a mode locking phase with strong flow shears at the boundary of the magnetic island. Associated with the stochastization of the magnetic field, the abrupt damping of toroidal flow is observed in LHD. The toroidal flow shear shows a linear decay, while the ion temperature gradient shows an exponential decay. Lastly, this observation suggests that this flow damping is due to the change in the non-diffusive term of momentum transport.},
doi = {10.1088/0029-5515/56/9/092001},
journal = {Nuclear Fusion},
number = 9,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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