Gyrokinetic particle simulations of the effects of compressional magnetic perturbations on drift-Alfvenic instabilities in tokamaks
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Saint Michael's College, Colchester, VT (United States). Dept. of Physics
The compressional component of magnetic perturbation δB-|| to can play an important role in drift-Alfvenic instabilities in tokamaks, especially as the plasma β increases (β is the ratio of kinetic pressure to magnetic pressure). In this work, we have formulated a gyrokinetic particle simulation model incorporating δB-||, and verified the model in kinetic Alfven wave simulations using the Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code in slab geometry. Simulations of drift-Alfvenic instabilities in tokamak geometry shows that the kinetic ballooning mode (KBM) growth rate decreases more than 20% when δB-|| is neglected for βe = 0.02, and that δB-|| to has stabilizing effects on the ion temperature gradient instability, but negligible effects on the collisionless trapped electron mode. Lastly, the KBM growth rate decreases about 15% when equilibrium current is neglected.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-09CH11466; FG02-07ER46372; SC0014032
- OSTI ID:
- 1398344
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1374674
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 8; ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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