A criterion of an ideal internal kink mode is derived for a shaped tokamak configuration in which q-profile is very flat in the core region. A combining criterion is obtained including the necessary criterion of Merci...A criterion of an ideal internal kink mode is derived for a shaped tokamak configuration in which q-profile is very flat in the core region. A combining criterion is obtained including the necessary criterion of Mercier and the sufficient criterion of Lortz. The new criterion makes progress compared with the necessary criterion of Mercier. In the elongated plasma, a poloidal beta can cause instability, while the triangularity has a stabilizing effect. The result is applicable for DIII-D and SUNIST.展开更多
Deeply trapped energetic ions can destabilize the internal kink mode with both high and low frequencies with a potato-orbit limit in the EAST-like tokamaks. The threshold beta value of the deeply trapped energetic ion...Deeply trapped energetic ions can destabilize the internal kink mode with both high and low frequencies with a potato-orbit limit in the EAST-like tokamaks. The threshold beta value of the deeply trapped energetic ions, the real frequency, and the growth rate of the internal kink mode are predicted in this paper.展开更多
The energetic particle driven internal kink mode is investigated in this paper for q0〉 1 tokamak plasma with weak magnetic shear. With the effect of energetic particles, the m/n = 1/1 internal mode structure in tokam...The energetic particle driven internal kink mode is investigated in this paper for q0〉 1 tokamak plasma with weak magnetic shear. With the effect of energetic particles, the m/n = 1/1 internal mode structure in tokamak plasma does not appear as a rigid step-function when safety factor passes through q = 1 rational surface. It is found that even when the rational surface is removed, the mode may be still unstable under the low magnetic shear condition if the energetic particle drive is strong enough; with the low shear region of safety factor profile widening, the mode becomes more unstable with its growth-rate increasing. Furthermore, we find that the existence of the q = 1 rational surface does not have a significant effect on the stability of the plasma if energetic particles are present, which is very different from the scenarios of the ideal-MHD modes.展开更多
基金This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China No.19885006,No.10175020 Nuclear Science Foundation of China No.Y7100C0301.
文摘A criterion of an ideal internal kink mode is derived for a shaped tokamak configuration in which q-profile is very flat in the core region. A combining criterion is obtained including the necessary criterion of Mercier and the sufficient criterion of Lortz. The new criterion makes progress compared with the necessary criterion of Mercier. In the elongated plasma, a poloidal beta can cause instability, while the triangularity has a stabilizing effect. The result is applicable for DIII-D and SUNIST.
基金supported by National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Nos.10425526, 10875122)jointly supported by Chinese Academy of Science (No.KJCX-YW-N28)the Ministry of Sci. and Tech. of China through the Special Program for ITER (No.2009GB105001)
文摘Deeply trapped energetic ions can destabilize the internal kink mode with both high and low frequencies with a potato-orbit limit in the EAST-like tokamaks. The threshold beta value of the deeply trapped energetic ions, the real frequency, and the growth rate of the internal kink mode are predicted in this paper.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11261140326)
文摘The energetic particle driven internal kink mode is investigated in this paper for q0〉 1 tokamak plasma with weak magnetic shear. With the effect of energetic particles, the m/n = 1/1 internal mode structure in tokamak plasma does not appear as a rigid step-function when safety factor passes through q = 1 rational surface. It is found that even when the rational surface is removed, the mode may be still unstable under the low magnetic shear condition if the energetic particle drive is strong enough; with the low shear region of safety factor profile widening, the mode becomes more unstable with its growth-rate increasing. Furthermore, we find that the existence of the q = 1 rational surface does not have a significant effect on the stability of the plasma if energetic particles are present, which is very different from the scenarios of the ideal-MHD modes.
