Ballooning Modes Instabilities in Outward LHD Configurations

The aim of this 3D ballooning mode growth rates study is to point out the existence of ballooning activity in outward LHD configurations near the edge, and to find out how these instabilities are triggered in equilibria that simulate plasmas of high density core operations with internal transport ba...

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Published inPlasma and Fusion Research Vol. 6; p. 1403013
Main Authors VARELA, Jacobo, WATANABE, Kiyomasa Y., NAKAJIMA, Noriyoshi, OHDACHI, Satoshi, GARCIA, Luis, MIER, Jose A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research 2011
Subjects
ballooning
Ballooning modes
Beta
Density
Instability
LHD
MHD
nuclear fusion
Simulation
Stability
Three dimensional
Transport
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Summary:The aim of this 3D ballooning mode growth rates study is to point out the existence of ballooning activity in outward LHD configurations near the edge, and to find out how these instabilities are triggered in equilibria that simulate plasmas of high density core operations with internal transport barrier. 3D ballooning mode growth rates and Mercier stability were studied for several magnetic configurations with different beta values, and the research reveals an intense activity in outward configurations near the plasma edge, where Mercier criterion predicts stability for interchange modes and experimental data situates the density collapse events [S. Ohdachi et al., Contrib. Plasma Phys. 50, 552 (2010)].
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ISSN:1880-6821
1880-6821
DOI:10.1585/pfr.6.1403013