Effects of plasma nonuniformity on toroidal Alfvén eigenmode nonlinear decay

Zhiwen Cheng, Kexun Shen, Zhiyong Qiu2024年6月Nuclear FusionIF 3 出版社

The parametric decay of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) in nonuniform plasmas is investigated using nonlinear gyrokinetic equation. It is found that, the plasma nonuniformity not only significantly enhances the nonlinear coupling cross-section, but also qualitatively modifies the decay process. Specifically, the condition for spontaneous decay becomes the toroidal mode number of the sideband TAE being higher than that of the pump TAE, instead of the frequency of the sideband TAE being lower than the pump TAE in uniform plasmas. The consequences on TAE saturation and energetic particle transport are also discussed.

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プラズマの非一様性がトロイダルアルフェン固有モードの非線形崩壊に及ぼす影響

JAこの論文は、核融合プラズマの不安定性や高速粒子輸送などの物理過程に興味のある研究者や学生に役立つと考えられます。#プラズマ物理 #核融合 #不安定性 #高速粒子 #トロイダルアルフェン固有モード

この研究は、非一様なプラズマにおけるトロイダルアルフェン固有モード(TAE)の非線形崩壊過程を調べています。プラズマの非一様性はTAEの非線形結合断面積を大幅に増加させ、崩壊過程を定性的に変化させることが分かりました。特に、崩壊の条件が、サイドバンドTAEのトロイダルモード数がポンプTAEよりも高いことになり、一様プラズマの場合とは異なります。これにより、TAEの飽和や高速粒子輸送に影響が及ぶことが示唆されています。

ENThis paper should be read by fusion researchers studying plasma instabilities and their nonlinear dynamics, as it provides insights into the effects of plasma non-uniformity on TAE decay, which is an important topic in fusion plasma physics.#FusionPlasma #PlasmaInstability #ToroidalAlfvénEigenmode #NonlinearDynamics

This paper investigates how non-uniform plasma affects the decay of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode (TAE), a type of wave in fusion plasmas. It finds that non-uniformity enhances the coupling between TAE and its sidebands, and changes the decay conditions. This has implications for TAE saturation and energetic particle transport in fusion devices.