Fast ion induced shearing of 2D Alfvén eigenmodes measured by electron cyclotron emission imaging

B. J. Tobias, I. G.J. Classen, C. W. Domier, W. W. Heidbrink, N. C. Luhmann, R. Nazikian, H. K. Park, D. A. Spong, M. A. Van Zeeland

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    Abstract

    Two-dimensional images of electron temperature perturbations are obtained with electron cyclotron emission imaging (ECEI) on the DIII-D tokamak and compared to Alfvén eigenmode structures obtained by numerical modeling using both ideal MHD and hybrid MHD-gyrofluid codes. While many features of the observations are found to be in excellent agreement with simulations using an ideal MHD code (NOVA), other characteristics distinctly reveal the influence of fast ions on the mode structures. These features are found to be well described by the nonperturbative hybrid MHD-gyrofluid model TAEFL.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number075003
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume106
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Feb 16 2011

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