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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-17 R. C. Tautz , I. Lerche , F. Kruse

Rare Alfv\'enic wave transitions between fixed-frequency and chirping phases are identified in NSTX, where Alfv\'enic waves are normally observed to exhibit either chirping or avalanching responses. For those transitions, we apply a…

Toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmodes (TAEs) can transport fusion-born energetic particles out of the plasma volume, thereby decreasing plasma self-heating efficiency and possibly damaging reactor walls. Therefore, understanding TAE destabilisation…

We report on first evidence of wave activity during neutral beam heating in KSTAR plasmas: 40 kHz magnetic fluctuations with a toroidal mode number of n=1. Our analysis suggests this a beta-induced Alfven eigenmode resonant with the q=1…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 M. J. Hole , C. M. Ryu , M. H. Woo , J. G. Bak , S E. Sharapov , M. Fitzgerald , the KSTAR team

The kinetic excitation of ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) discrete Alfven eigenmodes in the second MHD ballooning stable domain is studied in the presence of a thermal ion temperature gradient (ITG), using linear gyrokinetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-12-08 Andreas Bierwage , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca

A linear gyrokinetic eigenvalue code is developed to study the stability of toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmode (TAE) in general axisymmetric toroidal geometry, with the self-consistent treatment of energetic particle drive and core plasma Landau…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Guangyu Wei , Fulvio Zonca , Matteo Valerio Falessi , Zhiyong Qiu

Linear and nonlinear modelling of Alfv\'enic instabilities, most notably toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmodes (TAEs), obtained by using the global nonlinear electromagnetic gyrokinetic model of the code ORB5 are presented for the 15 MA scenario of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-12-11 T. Hayward-Schneider , Ph. Lauber , A. Bottino , Z. X. Lu

Toroidal Alfv\'{e}n eigenmodes (TAEs) and energetic particle modes (EPMs) can both be excited by energetic particles from auxiliary heating and fusion-born alpha particles in a tokamak. Using the hybrid kinetic-MHD model implemented in the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Shiwei Xue , Ping Zhu , Haolong Li

The aim of this study is to analyze the destabilization of Alfven Eigenmodes (AE) by multiple energetic particles (EP) species in DIII-D and LHD discharges. We use the reduced MHD equations to describe the linear evolution of the poloidal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-06-14 J. Varela , D. A. Spong , L. Garcia , Y. Todo , J. Huang , M. Murakami

The results of a comprehensive investigation into the effects of toroidicity-induced Alfv\'{e}n eigenmodes (TAE) and energetic particle modes on the NBI-generated fast-ion population in MAST plasmas are reported. Fast-ion redistribution due…

The aim of this study is to analyze the stability of Alfven Eigenmodes (AE) in the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) plasma for steady state operations. The analysis is done using the gyro-fluid code FAR3d including the effect…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 J. Varela , J. Huang , D. A. Spong , J. Chen , V. Chan , L. Garcia , A. Wingen , Y. Ghai , Y. Zou

This paper presents a study of the interaction between Alfv\'en modes and zonal structures, considering a realistic ASDEX Upgrade equilibrium. The results of gyrokinetic simulations with the global, electromagnetic, particle-in-cell code…

The aim of the present study is to analyze the effect of the electron cyclotron heating (ECH) on the linear stability of Alfven Eigenmodes (AE) and energetic particle modes (EPM) triggered by energetic ions in Heliotron J plasma. The…

Toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmodes (TAEs) are gap modes induced by the toroidicity of tokamak plasmas in absence of continuum damping. They can be excited by energetic particles (EPs) when the EP drive exceeds other dampings. A TAE benchmark…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Yawei Hou , Ping Zhu , Charlson C. Kim , Zhaoqing Hu , Zhihui Zou , Zhengxiong Wang , the NIMROD Team

In many discharges at ASDEX Upgrade fast particle losses can be observed due to Alfv\'enic gap modes, Reversed Shear Alfv\'en Eigenmodes or core-localized Beta Alfv\'en Eigenmodes. For the first time, simulations of experimental conditions…

Long range frequency chirping of Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal modes, whose existence is determined by the fast particles, is investigated in cases where these particles do not move freely and their motion is bounded to restricted orbits. An…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 H. Hezaveh , Z. S. Qu , B. Layden , M. J. Hole

Nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) via ion induced scatterings is investigated in the short-wavelength gyrokinetic regime. It is found that the nonlinear evolution depends on the thermal ion \b{eta} value. Here, \b{eta}…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Zhiyong Qiu , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca

In this paper, we report the novel experimental observation of both unstable and stable Toroidicity-induced Alfv\'en Eigenmodes (TAEs) measured simultaneously in a JET tokamak plasma. The three-ion-heating scheme (D-DNBI-3He) is employed to…

Future nuclear fusion reactors will have to confine plasma with strong kinetic gradients and small fractions of fusion-born energetic particles (EP) that are ~100 times hotter than the thermal ions. In our analysis, we assume the existence…

The effect of electrostatic microturbulence on fast particles rapidly decreases at high energy, but can be significant at moderate energy. Previous studies found that, in addition to changes in the energetic particle density, this results…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 George J. Wilkie