Overview of tokamak turbulence stabilization by fast ions

• Published in: Plasma physics and controlled fusion Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 33001 - 33025
• Main Authors: Citrin, J, Mantica, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.03.2023
• Subjects: fast ions; gyrokinetics; plasma turbulence; tokamaks

In recent years tokamak experiments and modelling have increasingly indicated that the interaction between suprathermal (fast) ions and thermal plasma can lead to a reduction of turbulence and an improvement of confinement. The regimes in which this stabilization occurs are relevant to burning plasm...