Properties of Density Fluctuations Induced by Geodesic Acoustic Mode in the Edge of HT-7 Tokamak

• Published in: Plasma science & technology Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 262 - 267
• Main Author: 赵海林 兰涛 刘阿娣 孔德峰 谢锦林 刘万东 俞昌旋 张炜 常加峰 万宝年 李建刚
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Acoustic properties; Control; Cross sections; Density; Envelopes; Fluctuation; Modulation; Tokamak devices; Turbulence; 密度涨落; 对称结构; 托卡马克; 探针阵列; 波动特性; 理论预测; 运动模式
• ISSN: 1009-0630
• DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/12/3/05

Properties of the geodesic acoustic mode （GAM） density fluctuations are studied using two toroidally separated Langnmir triple-probe arrays on the top of HT-7 tokamak. The GAM scenario is identified in the potential fluctuations with the toroidally symmetric structure （n =0） and satisfying the temperature scaling of GAM mode frequency. Some theoretical predictions about the mode features of GAM density fluctuations are verified in our experiments： the toroidal mode number of GAM density fluctuations is n = 0; its amplitude is consistent with the theoretical prediction in a factor of 2; the density and potential fluctuations of GAM is in anti-phase at the top of plasma cross-section. Strong nonlinear interactions are found between GAM density fluctuations and ambient turbulence （AT）. The results support the conclusions that the envelope modulation of potential fluctuations is dominantly caused by the direct regulation of GAM in the generation processing, and the envelope modulation of density fluctuation is due to the GAM shear effect.