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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

Nonlinear wave-wave coupling constitutes an important route for the turbulence spectrum evolution in both space and laboratory plasmas. For example, in a reactor relevant fusion plasma, a rich spectrum of symmetry breaking shear Alfv\'en…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Zhiyong Qiu , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca

The nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) due to thermal plasma nonlinearities is investigated using gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations and theoretical analysis. In the single toroidal mode number simulations with…

Gyrokinetic theory of nonlinear mode coupling as a mechanism for toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) saturation in the fusion plasma related parameter regime is presented, including 1) para- metric decay of TAE into lower kinetic TAE (LKTAE)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-10-15 Zhiyong Qiu , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca , Wei Chen

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…

The first linear global electromagnetic gyrokinetic particle simulation on the excitation of toroidicity induced Alfven eigenmode (TAE) by energetic particles is reported. With an increase in the energetic particle pressure, the TAE…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Nishimura

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

In scenarios where a sustained energetic particle source strongly drives toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmodes (TAE), and phase-space transport is insufficient to saturate TAE, this novel theory of TAE-zonal mode (ZM)-turbulence -- self-regulated by…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 Qinghao Yan , P. H. Diamond

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

Gyrokinetic simulations conducted by Mazzi et al. reveal the suppression of turbulence in fusion plasmas through the destabilization of Toroidal Alfv\'en Eigenmodes (TAEs) by megaelectronvolt ions. Our analysis demonstrates that the…

The aim of the present study is to analyze the saturation regime of the Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes (TAE) in the LHD plasma, particularly the MHD burst. The linear and nonlinear evolution of the TAEs are simulated by the FAR3d code that uses…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 J. Varela , D. A. Spong , Y. Todo , L. Garcia , Y. Ghai , J. Ortiz , R. Seki

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

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

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 parametric decay of toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmode (TAE) in nonuniform plasmas is investigated using nonlinear gyrokinetic equation. It is found that, the plasma nonuniformity not only significantly enhances the nonlinear coupling…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-03-06 Zhiwen Cheng , Kexun Shen , Zhiyong Qiu

Generation of zonal ow (ZF) by energetic particle (EP) driven toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) is investigated using nonlinear gyrokinetic theory. It is found that, nonlinear resonant EP contri- bution dominates over the usual Reynolds and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Zhiyong Qiu , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca

Spontaneous nonlinear excitation of geodesic acoustic mode (GAM) by toroidal Alfv\'en eigenmode (TAE) is investigated using nonlinear gyrokinetic theory. It is found that, the nonlinear decay process depends on thermal ion \beta value.…

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

In the event of a tokamak disruption in a D-T plasma, fusion-born alpha particles take several milliseconds longer to thermalise than the background. As the damping rates drop drastically following the several orders of magnitudes drop of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 Andrej Lier , Gergely Papp , Philipp Lauber , Istvan Pusztai , Konsta Särkimäki , Ola Embreus

We report on a theoretical discovery of new regimes of Alfv\'en eigenmode (AE) induced fast ion transport in tokamak plasmas, where microturbulence plays the role of a mediator of fast ion relaxation. Coulomb collisional scattering alone…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Nikolai Gorelenkov , Vinicius Duarte

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
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