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Title: The effect of magnetic islands on Ion Temperature Gradient turbulence driven transport

Abstract

In this work, we address the question of the influence of magnetic islands on the perpendicular transport due to steady-state ITG turbulence on the energy transport time scale. We demonstrate that turbulence can cross the separatrix and enhance the perpendicular transport across magnetic islands. As the perpendicular transport in the interior of the island sets the critical island size needed for growth of neoclassical tearing modes, this increased transport leads to a critical island size larger than that predicted from considering collisional conductivities, but smaller than that using anomalous effective conductivities. We find that on Bohm time scales, the turbulence is able to re-establish the temperature gradient across the island for islands widths w ≲ λ{sub turb}, the turbulence correlation length. The reduction in the island flattening is estimated by comparison with simulations retaining only the perpendicular temperature and no turbulence. At intermediate island widths, comparable to λ{sub turb}, turbulence is able to maintain finite temperature gradients across the island.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance (France)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22408309
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ION TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; SIMULATION; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; TEARING INSTABILITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TURBULENCE

Citation Formats

Hill, P., E-mail: peter.hill@york.ac.uk, York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, Hariri, F., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and Ottaviani, M. The effect of magnetic islands on Ion Temperature Gradient turbulence driven transport. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4919031.
Hill, P., E-mail: peter.hill@york.ac.uk, York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, Hariri, F., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, & Ottaviani, M. The effect of magnetic islands on Ion Temperature Gradient turbulence driven transport. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919031
Hill, P., E-mail: peter.hill@york.ac.uk, York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, Hariri, F., École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and Ottaviani, M. 2015. "The effect of magnetic islands on Ion Temperature Gradient turbulence driven transport". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919031.
@article{osti_22408309,
title = {The effect of magnetic islands on Ion Temperature Gradient turbulence driven transport},
author = {Hill, P., E-mail: peter.hill@york.ac.uk and York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD and Hariri, F. and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ottaviani, M.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we address the question of the influence of magnetic islands on the perpendicular transport due to steady-state ITG turbulence on the energy transport time scale. We demonstrate that turbulence can cross the separatrix and enhance the perpendicular transport across magnetic islands. As the perpendicular transport in the interior of the island sets the critical island size needed for growth of neoclassical tearing modes, this increased transport leads to a critical island size larger than that predicted from considering collisional conductivities, but smaller than that using anomalous effective conductivities. We find that on Bohm time scales, the turbulence is able to re-establish the temperature gradient across the island for islands widths w ≲ λ{sub turb}, the turbulence correlation length. The reduction in the island flattening is estimated by comparison with simulations retaining only the perpendicular temperature and no turbulence. At intermediate island widths, comparable to λ{sub turb}, turbulence is able to maintain finite temperature gradients across the island.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4919031},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22408309}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 4,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}