Saturation of Alfvén modes in tokamaks

White, Roscoe; Gorelenkov, Nikolai; Gorelenkova, Marina; Podesta, Mario; Ethier, Stephane; Chen, Yang

doi:10.1088/0741-3335/58/11/115007

Title: Saturation of Alfvén modes in tokamaks

Journal Article · Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/11/115007· OSTI ID:1328851

White, Roscoe ^[1]; Gorelenkov, Nikolai ^[1]; Gorelenkova, Marina ^[1]; Podesta, Mario ^[1]; Ethier, Stephane ^[1]; Chen, Yang ^[2]

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Here, the growth of Alfvén modes driven unstable by a distribution of high energy particles up to saturation is investigated with a guiding center code, using numerical eigenfunctions produced by linear theory and a numerical high energy particle distribution, in order to make detailed comparison with experiment and with models for saturation amplitudes and the modification of beam profiles. Two innovations are introduced. First, a very noise free means of obtaining the mode-particle energy and momentum transfer is introduced, and secondly, a spline representation of the actual beam particle distribution is used.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1328851

Report Number(s):: 5257

Journal Information:: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 58, Issue 11; ISSN 0741-3335

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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