Abstract
Recently, an analytical solution for plane wave scattering at density filaments in magnetized plasma was derived [A. K. Ram and K. Hizanidis, Phys. Plasmas 23, 022504 (2016)], from which conclusions were drawn regarding the possibility of resonant wave-filament interactions [W. Tierens et al., Phys. Plasmas 27, 010702 (2020)] between electromagnetic waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies and density filaments in tokamak edge plasmas. This analytical solution relies on several strongly simplified assumptions, such as a constant background density and a discontinuous density step at the filament surface. In this work, we numerically investigate to what extent conclusions based on this analytical solution remain qualitatively true in more realistic scenarios.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 052102 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - May 1 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training program 2014–2018 and 2019–2020 under Grant Agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.