M.S. Anastopoulos-Tzanis B.D. Dudson C.J. Ham C.C. Hegna P.B. Snyder H.R. Wilson
A linear perturbation theory is used to model the MHD stability of tokamak equilibria under the application of external 3D magnetic perturbations [C.C. Hegna, Physics of Plasmas 21 :072502, 2014]. The symmetry breaking produces the coupling of toroidal n modes. We use ELITE [H.R. Wilson et al., Physics of Plasmas 9 :1277, 2002] to produ…
Preprint PublishedM. Willensdorfer T.B. Cote M. Griener D.A. Ryan E. Strumberger W. Suttrop N. Wang M. Cavedon S.S. Denk M. Dunne R. Fischer J. Galdon-Quiroga C.J. Ham C.C. Hegna M. Hoelzl A. Kirk M. Maraschek F. Mink N. Leuthold F. Orain E. P. Seliunin H. Zohm the ASDEX Upgrade Team and the MST1 Team
The impact of the three-dimensional (3D) tokamak geometry from external magnetic perturbations (MPs) on the local edge stability has been examined in high confinement mode (H-mode) plasmas with edge localised modes (ELMs) in ASDEX Upgrade. The 3D geometry has been probed using rigidly rotating MP fields. The measured distortions of the plasma bound…
Preprint PublishedJW Connor RJ Hastie C Marchetto CM Roach
Starting from expressions in Connor et al. (1988), we derive a one-dimensional tearing equation similar to the approximate equation obtained by Hegna & Callen (1994); Nishimura et al. (1998), but for more realistic toroidal equilibria. The intention is to use this approximation to explore the role of steep H-mode pedestals, bootstrap currents a…
Preprint PublishedH. R. Wilson J. W. Connor R. J. Hastie C. C. Hegna
A kinetic theory for magnetic islands in a low collision frequency tokamak plasma is presented. Self-consistent equations for the islands’ width, w , and propagation frequency, w , are derived. These include contributions from the perturbed bootstrap current and the toroidally enhanced ion polarization drift. The bootstrap current is ind…
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