Contribution of the Large Helical Device Plasmas to Alfvén Eigenmode Physics in Toroidal Plasmas  

作　　者：K. TOI M. ISOBE M. OSAKABE F. WATANABE K. OGAWA T. TOKUZAWA A. SHIMIZU T. IDO K. IDA, T. ITO S. MORITA K. NAGAOKA K. NARIHARA M. NISHIURA S. OHDACHI S. SAKAKIBARA K. TANAKA LHD Experiment Group 

机构地区：[1]National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan [2]Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

出　　处：《Plasma Science and Technology》2009年第4期377-380,共4页等离子体科学和技术（英文版）

基　　金：LHD project budget of Japan (NIFS08ULHH508);the Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from MEST of Japan (No.16082209);the JSPS-CAS Core-University Program in the field of Plasma and Nuclear Fusion

摘　　要：In the large helical device （LHD） having three dimensional configuration, Alfven eigenmodes （AEs） destabilized by energetic ions are widely investigated using neutral beam heated plasmas with monotonic and non-monotonic rotational transform （l/2π） profiles. In a plasma with monotonic l/2π-profile, core-localized toroidicity-induced Alfven eigenmode （TAE） as well as global one are often observed. With the increase in the averaged toroidal beta value, defined as the ratio of total plasma pressure to toroidal magnetic pressure, core-localized TAE with low toroidal mode number becomes global. In a relatively high beta plasma with monotonic l/2π-profile, two TAEs with different toroidal mode number often interact nonlinearly and generate another modes through three wave coupling. In a plasma with non-monotonic l/2π-profile generated by intense counter neutral beam current drive, reversed shear Alfven eigenmode （RSAE） and geodesic acoustic mode （CAM） excited by energetic ions were observed for the first time in a helical plasma. Nonlinear coupling was also observed between RSAE and GAM.In the large helical device （LHD） having three dimensional configuration, Alfven eigenmodes （AEs） destabilized by energetic ions are widely investigated using neutral beam heated plasmas with monotonic and non-monotonic rotational transform （l/2π） profiles. In a plasma with monotonic l/2π-profile, core-localized toroidicity-induced Alfven eigenmode （TAE） as well as global one are often observed. With the increase in the averaged toroidal beta value, defined as the ratio of total plasma pressure to toroidal magnetic pressure, core-localized TAE with low toroidal mode number becomes global. In a relatively high beta plasma with monotonic l/2π-profile, two TAEs with different toroidal mode number often interact nonlinearly and generate another modes through three wave coupling. In a plasma with non-monotonic l/2π-profile generated by intense counter neutral beam current drive, reversed shear Alfven eigenmode （RSAE） and geodesic acoustic mode （CAM） excited by energetic ions were observed for the first time in a helical plasma. Nonlinear coupling was also observed between RSAE and GAM.

关 键 词：alpha particles Alfven eigenmodes geodesic acoustic mode helical/stellarator 

分 类 号：TL612[核科学技术—核技术及应用]