Collisional dependence of Alfvén mode saturation in tokamaks
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (People's Republic of China)
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab.
Saturation of Alfvén modes driven unstable by a distribution of high energy particles as a function of collisionality is investigated with a guiding center code, using numerical eigenfunctions produced by linear theory and numerical high energy particle distributions. The most important resonance is found and it is shown that when the resonance domain is bounded, not allowing particles to collisionlessly escape, the saturation amplitude is given by the balance of the resonance mixing time with the time for nearby particles to collisionally diffuse across the resonance width. Finally, saturation amplitudes are in agreement with theoretical predictions as long as the mode amplitude is not so large that it produces stochastic loss from the resonance domain.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-09CH11466
- OSTI ID:
- 1352910
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1330109
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-5256; TRN: US1701331
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 58, Issue 12; ISSN 0741-3335
- Publisher:
- IOP ScienceCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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