The fishbone instability in ASDEX upgrade

被引:33
作者
Kass, T
Bosch, HS
Hoenen, F
Lackner, K
Maraschek, M
Zohm, H
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Plasma Phys, EURATOM Assoc, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Forschungszentrum Julich, Julich, Germany
[3] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Plasmaforsch, D-7000 Stuttgart, Germany
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10.1088/0029-5515/38/6/303
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
In ASDEX Upgrade the excitation of the fishbone instability has been experimentally investigated. The initial frequency of the fishbone oscillation scales with the toroidal precession frequency of the fast trapped ions. A new feature: the coupling of the fishbone mode with the edge localized mode (ELM) instability during high-beta discharges, is found. Fishbones occur in ASDEX Upgrade only for beta(fast) = beta(tor)/(1 + tau(E)/tau(sd)) above a certain threshold. It is thus possible to calculate their destabilization regime in terms of global plasma parameters, such as plasma current, plasma density, toroidal magnetic field and central electron temperature.
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