Resistive Interchange Modes Destabilized by Helically Trapped Energetic Ions in a Helical Plasma
Physical Review Letters2015Vol. 114(15), pp. 155003–155003
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Xiaodi Du, K. Toi, M. Osakabe, S. Ohdachi, T. Ido, K. Tanaka, M. Yokoyama, M. Yoshinuma, K. Ogawa, K.Y. Watanabe, M. Isobe, K. Nagaoka, T. Ozaki, S. Sakakibara, R. Seki, A. Shimizu, Y. Suzuki, H. Tsuchiya, LHD Experiment Group
Abstract
A new bursting m=1/n=1 instability (m,n: poloidal and toroidal mode numbers) with rapid frequency chirping down has been observed for the first time in a helical plasma with intense perpendicular neutral beam injection. This is destabilized in the plasma peripheral region by resonant interaction between helically trapped energetic ions and the resistive interchange mode. A large radial electric field is induced near the edge due to enhanced radial transport of the trapped energetic ions by the mode, and leads to clear change in toroidal plasma flow, suppression of microturbulence, and triggering an improvement of bulk plasma confinement.
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