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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…

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

Using spatio-temporal spectra we show direct evidence of excitation of magnetosonic and Alfv\'en waves in three-dimensional compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence at small Mach numbers. For the plasma pressure dominated regime, or high…

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

In this work, we use the global electromagnetic and electrostatic gyro kinetic approaches to investigate the effects of zonal flows forced-driven by Alfv\'en modes due to their excitation by energetic particles (EPs), on the dynamics of ITG…

A new mechanism for the enhanced generation of compressible fluctuations by Alfven waves is presented. A strongly nonlinear regime of Alfven wave phase-mixing is numerically simulated in a one-dimensionally inhomogeneous plasma of finite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Nakariakov , D. Tsiklauri , T. D. Arber

The solar wind is found by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) to be abundant with Alfv\'enic velocity spikes and magnetic field kinks. Temperature enhancement is another remarkable feature associated with the Alfv\'enic spikes. How the prototype of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-11 Jiansen He , Xingyu Zhu , Liping Yang , Chuanpeng Hou , Die Duan , Lei Zhang , Ying Wang

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…

Employing both nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations and theoretical analyses, we have discovered the novel result that, with energetic particle dynamics kept linear, the nonlinear suppression and eventual saturation of reversed-shear Alfv\'en…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Ruirui Ma , Pengfei Liu , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca , Zhiyong Qiu

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

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…

The global and electromagnetic gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code ORB5 is employed to investigate the self-consistent interactions between Alfv\'en modes (AM) and ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence in a magnetically confined plasma.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-12-20 A. Biancalani , A. Bottino , A. Di Siena , F. Jenko , P. Lauber , A. Mishchenko , I. Novikau , L. Villard

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

The existence of vacuum fluctuations is one of the most important predictions of modern quantum field theory. In the vacuum state, fluctuations occurring at different frequencies are uncorrelated. However, if a parameter in the Lagrangian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-20 Pasi Lähteenmäki , Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu , Juha Hassel , Pertti J. Hakonen

Zero frequency zonal flow (ZFZF) excitation by trapped energetic electron driven beta-induced Alfven eigenmode (eBAE) is investigated using nonlinear gyrokinetic theory. It is found that, during the linear growth stage of eBAE, resonant…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Zhiyong Qiu , Liu Chen , Fulvio Zonca , Ruirui Ma

The Alfven wave is analyzed in case of one quasineutral plasma propagating with some constant speed $v_0$ through another static quasineutral plasma. A dispersion equation is derived describing the Alfven wave coupled with the flow driven…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 J. Vranjes

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 dynamic evolution of coronal mass ejection (CME) in interplanetary space generates highly turbulent, compressed, and heated shock-sheath. This region furnishes a unique environment to study the turbulent fluctuations at the small scales…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-13 Anil Raghav , Zubair Shaikh , Omkar Dhamane , Kalpesh Ghag , Prathmesh Tari , Utsav Panchal

A general methodology is proposed to differentiate the likelihood of energetic-particle-driven instabilities to produce frequency chirping or fixed-frequency oscillations. The method employs numerically calculated eigenstructures and…

Following the analysis on linear spectra of shear Alfv\'en fluctuations excited by energetic particles (EPs) in the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility plasmas [T. Wang et al., Phys. Plasmas 25, 062509 (2018)], in this work, nonlinear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Tao Wang , Xin Wang , Sergio Briguglio , Zhiyong Qiu , Gregorio Vlad , Fulvio Zonca
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