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Transport of energetic ions due to sawteeth, Alfvén eigenmodes and microturbulence

  • D. C. Pace
  • , R. K. Fisher
  • , M. García-Mũoz
  • , W. W. Heidbrink
  • , G. R. McKee
  • , M. Murakami
  • , C. M. Muscatello
  • , R. Nazikian
  • , J. M. Park
  • , C. C. Petty
  • , T. L. Rhodes
  • , G. M. Staebler
  • , M. A. Van Zeeland
  • , R. E. Waltz
  • , R. B. White
  • , J. H. Yu
  • , W. Zhang
  • , Y. B. Zhu

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Abstract

Utilizing an array of new diagnostics and simulation/modelling techniques, recent DIII-D experiments have elucidated a variety of energetic ion transport behaviour in the presence of instabilities ranging from large-scale sawteeth to fine spatial scale microturbulence. Important new insights include sawteeth, such as those of the ITER baseline scenario, causing major redistribution of the energetic ion population; high levels of transport induced by low-amplitude Alfvén eigenmodes can be caused by the integrated effect of a large number of simultaneous modes; and microturbulence can contribute to the removal of alpha ash while having little effect on fusion alphas. This paper provides an overview of recent and upcoming results from the DIII-D Energetic Particles research programme.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043012
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume51
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

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