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The merits of ion cyclotron heating schemes for sawtooth control in tokamak plasmas

Chapman, I. T.
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Graves, J. P.
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Lennholm, M.
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2015
Journal of Plasma Physics

JET experiments have compared the efficacy of low-and high field side ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) as an actuator to deliberately minimise the sawtooth period. It is found that low-field side ICRH with low minority concentration is optimal for saw tooth control for two main reasons. Firstly, low-field side heating means that any toroidal phasing of the ICRH (-90 degrees, +90 degrees or dipole) has a destabilising effect on the sawteeth, meaning that dipole phasing can be employed, since tins is preferable due to less plasma wall interaction from Resonant Frequency (RI) sheaths. Secondly, the resonance position of the low field side ICRH does not have to be very accurately placed to achieve saw tooth control, relaxing the requirement for real-time control of the RF frequency. These empirical observations have been confirmed by hybrid kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic modelling, and suggest that the ICRH antenna design for ITER is well positioned to provide a control actuator capable of having a significant effect on the sawtooth behaviour.

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DOI
10.1017/S0022377815000987
Web of Science ID

WOS:000367574600003

Author(s)
Chapman, I. T.
Graves, J. P.
Lennholm, M.
Faustin, J.
Lerche, E.
Johnson, T.
Tholerus, S.
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

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Journal of Plasma Physics
Volume

81

Issue

6

Article Number

365810601

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http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PLA

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https://crpplocal.epfl.ch/pinboard/jpapers/1502201.pdf
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