Toroidal modeling of interaction between resistive wall mode and plasma flow

Toroidal modeling of interaction between resistive wall mode and plasma flow

Toroidal modeling of interaction between resistive wall mode and plasma flow 150 150 UKAEA Opendata

Toroidal modeling of interaction between resistive wall mode and plasma flow

The non-linear interplay between the resistive wall mode (RWM) and the toroidal plasma flow is numerically investigated in a full toroidal geometry, by simultaneously solving the initial value problems for the n¼1 RW and the n¼0 toroidal force balance equation. Here, n is the toroidal mode number. The neoclassical toroidal viscous torque is identified as the major momentum sink that brakes the toroidal plasma flow during the non-linear evolution of the RWM. This holds for a mode that is initially either unstable or stable. For an initially stable RWM, the braking of the flow, and hence the eventual growth of the mode, depends critically on the initial perturbation amplitude.

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21/02/2013