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The interaction of Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmodes (AEs) and energetic particles is one of many important factors determining the success of future tokamaks. In JET, eight in-vessel antennas were installed to actively probe stable AEs with…

While much about Alfven eigenmode (AE) stability has been explored in previous and current tokamaks, open questions remain for future burning plasma experiments, especially regarding exact stability threshold conditions and related isotope…

This paper presents results of extensive analysis of mode excitation observed during the operation of the Alfv\'{e}n Eigenmode Active Diagnostic (AEAD) in the JET tokamak during the 2019-2020 deuterium campaign. Six of eight toroidally…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 R. A. Tinguely , P. G. Puglia , N. Fil , S. Dowson , M. Porkolab , A. Fasoli , D. Testa , JET Contributors

Toroidal Alfven eigenmodes (TAEs) excited in purely ohmically heated plasmas without any auxiliary heating have been identified for the first time in the SUNIST spherical tokamak. The TAE modes are observed during minor disruptions and have…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-26 Yangqing Liu , Yi Tan , Zhe Gao , Yuhong Xu , Youjun Hu , Song Chai , Yanzheng Jiang , Rui Ke , Heng Zhong , Wenhao Wang

In magnetic confinement fusion devices like tokamaks, it is crucial to confine the high energy fusion-born helium nuclei ($\alpha$-particles) to maintain the energy equilibrium of the plasma. However, energetic ions can excite various…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 László Horváth

Neutral-beam-driven, sub-cyclotron compressional (CAE) and global (GAE) \Alfven eigenmodes are routinely excited in spherical tokamaks such as NSTX(-U) and MAST, have been observed on the conventional aspect ratio tokamak DIII-D, and may be…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 J. B. Lestz

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

Alfven Eigenmodes (AE) can be destabilized by energetic particles in neutral beam injection (NBI) heated plasmas through inverse Landau damping and couplings with gap modes in the shear Alfven continua. We describe the linear evolution of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-11 J. Varela , D. Spong , L. Garcia

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…

The confinement of energetic particles (EP) is crucial for an efficient heating of tokamak plasmas. Plasma instabilities such as Alfven Eigenmodes (AE) can redistribute the EP population making the plasma heating less effective, and leading…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 A. Biancalani , A. Bottino , M. Cole , C. Di Troia , Ph. Lauber , A. Mishchenko , B. Scott , F. Zonca

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 dedicated study of plasma-antenna (PA) coupling with the Alfven Eigenmode Active Diagnostic (AEAD) in JET. Stable AEs and their resonant frequencies f, damping rates $\gamma$ < 0, and toroidal mode numbers n are…

Recently-proposed tokamak concepts use magnetic fields up to 12 T, far higher than in conventional devices, to reduce size and cost. Theoretical and computational study of trends in plasma behavior with increasing field strength is critical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-02-19 E. A. Tolman , N. F. Loureiro , P. Rodrigues , J. W. Hughes , E. S. Marmar

Linear simulations of toriodal Alfv\'en eigenmodes (TAEs) driven by energetic particles (EPs) on EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak) are performed using the hybrid-kinetic MHD (HK-MHD) model implemented in NIMROD code. The…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Yawei Hou , Charlson C. Kim , Ping Zhu , Zhihui Zou , Youjun Hu , Xingting Yan , the NIMROD Team

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

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

The nonlinear dynamics of beta-induced Alfv\'en Eigenmodes (BAE) driven by energetic particles (EP) in the presence of ion-temperature-gradient (ITG) turbulence is investigated, by means of selfconsistent global gyrokinetic simulations and…

Global electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations are performed with the Particle-in-Cell code ORB5 for an ITER Pre-Fusion-Power-Operation (PFPO) plasma scenario, with half-field (2.65 T) and half-current (7.5 MA). We report on a 'multi-scale'…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 T. Hayward-Schneider , Ph. Lauber , A. Bottino , A. Mishchenko

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

Energetic particle populations in nuclear fusion experiments can destabilize Alfv\' en Eigenmodes through inverse Landau damping and couplings with gap modes in the shear Alfv\' en continua. We use the reduced MHD equations to describe the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 J. Varela , D. A. Spong , L. Garcia
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