Observation of internal kink instability purely driven by suprathermal electrons in the HL-1M tokamak

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作者
Ding, XT [1 ]
Liu, Y
Guo, GC
Wang, EY
Wong, KL
Yan, LW
Dong, JQ
Cao, JY
Zhou, Y
Rao, J
Yuan, Y
Xia, H
Liu, Y
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[1] SW Inst Phys, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[2] Princeton Univ, Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
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10.1088/0029-5515/42/5/301
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Strong m = 1 MHD activities are observed in the HL-1M tokamak during off-axis electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) when the cyclotron resonance location is placed just outside the q = 1 surface at the high-magnetic-field side of the magnetic surface. Addition of lower-hybrid waves to ECRH significantly enhances the MHD excitation, but lower-hybrid waves alone cannot excite or sustain the mode. This result is a clear demonstration of the suprathermal trapped electron effect on the instability because of the absence of energetic ions in the plasma.
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页数:5
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