Effect of energetic-ion-driven MHD instabilities on energetic-ion-transport in compact helical system and large helical device

M. Isobe, K. Ogawa, K. Toi, M. Osakabe, K. Nagaoka, A. Shimizu, D. A. Spong, S. Okamura

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Abstract

This paper describes 1) representative results on excitation of energetic-particle mode (EPM) and toroidicityinduced Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) and consequent beam-ion losses in CHS, and 2) recent results on beam-ion transport and/or losses while EPMs are destabilized in LHD. Bursting EPMs and TAEs are often excited by co-injected beam ions in the high-beam ion pressure environment and give a significant effect on co-going beam ions in both experiments. It seems that in CHS, resonant beam ions are lost within a relatively short-time scale once they are anomalously transported due to energetic-ion driven MHD modes, whereas unlike CHS, redistribution of beam ions due to energetic-ion driven MHD modes is seen in LHD, suggesting that not all anomalously transported beam ions escape from the plasma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)540-545
Number of pages6
JournalContributions to Plasma Physics
Volume50
Issue number6-7
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

Keywords

  • Compact helical system
  • Energetic ion
  • Large helical device
  • MHD instabilities

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