中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 125202-125202.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/12/125202

• PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES • 上一篇    下一篇

Numerical simulation of the multiple reversed shear Alfvén eigenmodes associated with the triangularity Alfvén gap

Wenjia Wang(王文家), Deng Zhou(周登), Youjun Hu(胡友俊), Yue Ming(明玥), Baolong Hao(郝保龙)   

  1. 1 Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China;
    2 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    3 Center for Magnetic Fusion Theory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-06-05 修回日期:2018-08-30 出版日期:2018-12-05 发布日期:2018-12-05
  • 通讯作者: Wenjia Wang E-mail:wenjiawang@ipp.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11675222).

Numerical simulation of the multiple reversed shear Alfvén eigenmodes associated with the triangularity Alfvén gap

Wenjia Wang(王文家)1,2,3, Deng Zhou(周登)1,3, Youjun Hu(胡友俊)1,3, Yue Ming(明玥)1,2,3, Baolong Hao(郝保龙)1,2   

  1. 1 Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China;
    2 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    3 Center for Magnetic Fusion Theory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • Received:2018-06-05 Revised:2018-08-30 Online:2018-12-05 Published:2018-12-05
  • Contact: Wenjia Wang E-mail:wenjiawang@ipp.ac.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11675222).

摘要:

It was found that there are multiplicity of low shear toroidicity-induced Alfvén eigenmodes in a zero beta limit if the inverse aspect ratio is larger than the magnetic shear at the mode location (Candy 1996 Phys. Lett. A 215 299). Because the reversed shear Alfvén eigenmode (RSAE) and even the RSAE associated with the non-circular triangularity-induced Alfvén eigenmode (NAE) gap (NAE-RSAE) usually reside near the shear-reversal point, the condition that the inverse aspect ratio is larger than the magnetic shear is naturally satisfied. For this reason, we numerically investigate the existence of multiplicity of core-localized NAE-RSAEs and mode characteristics in the present work. We firstly verify the existence of the multiplicity for zero beta plasma by using a D-shaped equilibrium. It is pointed out that, for a given toroidal mode number, the Alfvén cascade spectrum accommodates down-sweeping and up-sweeping modes above and below the NAE range of frequencies. An analytical model for the existence of multiple RSAE modes is in good agreement with the simulation results. One notices that the triangularity has a greater effect on the odd-type modes than that on the even-type modes:the odd-type modes come into existence because of the plasma triangularity.

关键词: multiple Alfvén eigenmodes, negative magnetic shear, simulation

Abstract:

It was found that there are multiplicity of low shear toroidicity-induced Alfvén eigenmodes in a zero beta limit if the inverse aspect ratio is larger than the magnetic shear at the mode location (Candy 1996 Phys. Lett. A 215 299). Because the reversed shear Alfvén eigenmode (RSAE) and even the RSAE associated with the non-circular triangularity-induced Alfvén eigenmode (NAE) gap (NAE-RSAE) usually reside near the shear-reversal point, the condition that the inverse aspect ratio is larger than the magnetic shear is naturally satisfied. For this reason, we numerically investigate the existence of multiplicity of core-localized NAE-RSAEs and mode characteristics in the present work. We firstly verify the existence of the multiplicity for zero beta plasma by using a D-shaped equilibrium. It is pointed out that, for a given toroidal mode number, the Alfvén cascade spectrum accommodates down-sweeping and up-sweeping modes above and below the NAE range of frequencies. An analytical model for the existence of multiple RSAE modes is in good agreement with the simulation results. One notices that the triangularity has a greater effect on the odd-type modes than that on the even-type modes:the odd-type modes come into existence because of the plasma triangularity.

Key words: multiple Alfvén eigenmodes, negative magnetic shear, simulation

中图分类号:  (Magnetohydrodynamic waves (e.g., Alfven waves))

  • 52.35.Bj
83.50.Jf (Extensional flow and combined shear and extension) 52.65.-y (Plasma simulation)