Structure of wave-particle resonances and Alfvén mode saturation

Wang, X.; Lauber, Ph.; Briguglio, S.; Fusco, V.; Zonca, F.

doi:10.1063/1.4940785

Title: Structure of wave-particle resonances and Alfvén mode saturation

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The dynamics of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmodes driven by anisotropic co-passing or counter-passing fast ions, in a low-shear magnetic equilibrium, is investigated by self-consistent hybrid MHD-particle simulations with the XHMGC code. Though the modes exhibit similar structure and frequency in both cases and the linear growth rate is 10% larger for counter-passing ions than for co-passing ions, the nonlinear saturation amplitude is much larger in co-passing case. Moreover, different scalings for the saturation amplitude with increasing growth rates are observed in the two cases. It is shown that these differences are caused by the different radial dependence of resonance frequencies of co-passing and counter-passing fast ions: flat in the former case, steep in the latter case, so that the resonance width is, respectively, larger (in the former case) or smaller (in the latter case) than the mode width.

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Wang, X.; Lauber, Ph. ^[1]; Briguglio, S.; Fusco, V. ^[2]; Zonca, F. ^[2]

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching (Germany)
C.R. ENEA Frascati - C.P. 65, 00044 Frascati (Italy)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016

OSTI Identifier:: 22493823

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: (c) 2016 EURATOM; 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; ALFVEN WAVES; AMPLITUDES; ANISOTROPY; IONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PLASMA SIMULATION; RESONANCE; SATURATION; SHEAR

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                    Wang, X., Lauber, Ph., Briguglio, S., Fusco, V., Zonca, F., and Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027. Structure of wave-particle resonances and Alfvén mode saturation.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Wang, X., Lauber, Ph., Briguglio, S., Fusco, V., Zonca, F., & Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027. Structure of wave-particle resonances and Alfvén mode saturation.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940785

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                    Wang, X., Lauber, Ph., Briguglio, S., Fusco, V., Zonca, F., and Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027. 2016.  
        "Structure of wave-particle resonances and Alfvén mode saturation".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940785.

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@article{osti_22493823,

  title        = {Structure of wave-particle resonances and Alfvén mode saturation},

  author       = {Wang, X. and Lauber, Ph. and Briguglio, S. and Fusco, V. and Zonca, F. and Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027},

  abstractNote = {The dynamics of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmodes driven by anisotropic co-passing or counter-passing fast ions, in a low-shear magnetic equilibrium, is investigated by self-consistent hybrid MHD-particle simulations with the XHMGC code. Though the modes exhibit similar structure and frequency in both cases and the linear growth rate is 10% larger for counter-passing ions than for co-passing ions, the nonlinear saturation amplitude is much larger in co-passing case. Moreover, different scalings for the saturation amplitude with increasing growth rates are observed in the two cases. It is shown that these differences are caused by the different radial dependence of resonance frequencies of co-passing and counter-passing fast ions: flat in the former case, steep in the latter case, so that the resonance width is, respectively, larger (in the former case) or smaller (in the latter case) than the mode width.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4940785},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22493823},
  journal      = {Physics of Plasmas},

  issn         = {1070-664X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 23,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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