On behalf of the Foundation of CAI Shidong (also Shih-tung Tsai) Award for plasma physics, I am grateful to the Editorial Board, Editor's Office and the Publisher of Plasma Science and Technology for suggesting the...On behalf of the Foundation of CAI Shidong (also Shih-tung Tsai) Award for plasma physics, I am grateful to the Editorial Board, Editor's Office and the Publisher of Plasma Science and Technology for suggesting the publication of this Special Section on the CAI Award. This Special Section consists of brief introductions to the late Academician Prolessor CAI and this Foundation in honour of him,展开更多
The alpha-particle effects on high-n toroidal shear Alfven mode are investigated analytically.The mode can be driven to unstable when the alpha-particles have an anisotropic distribution function due to ripple losses ...The alpha-particle effects on high-n toroidal shear Alfven mode are investigated analytically.The mode can be driven to unstable when the alpha-particles have an anisotropic distribution function due to ripple losses in tokamaks.The growth rates of the instability in both“fast”and "slow"plasma heating cases are calculated,and the conditions for the excitation of the modes are also studied.展开更多
文摘On behalf of the Foundation of CAI Shidong (also Shih-tung Tsai) Award for plasma physics, I am grateful to the Editorial Board, Editor's Office and the Publisher of Plasma Science and Technology for suggesting the publication of this Special Section on the CAI Award. This Special Section consists of brief introductions to the late Academician Prolessor CAI and this Foundation in honour of him,
基金supported by NSFC,APSC and UNESCO grant SC/RP 231322.7.
文摘The alpha-particle effects on high-n toroidal shear Alfven mode are investigated analytically.The mode can be driven to unstable when the alpha-particles have an anisotropic distribution function due to ripple losses in tokamaks.The growth rates of the instability in both“fast”and "slow"plasma heating cases are calculated,and the conditions for the excitation of the modes are also studied.