Suppression of m=2 islands by electron cyclotron heating in the Texas Experimental Tokamak: Experiment and theory

D. C. Sing; M. E. Austin; D. L. Brower; J. Y. Chen; R. F. Gandy; C. X. Yu; X. H. Wang; A. Bhattacharjee; D. D. Schnack

doi:10.1063/1.860659

Suppression of m=2 islands by electron cyclotron heating in the Texas Experimental Tokamak: Experiment and theory

D. C. Sing, M. E. Austin, D. L. Brower, J. Y. Chen, R. F. Gandy, C. X. Yu, X. H. Wang, A. Bhattacharjee, D. D. Schnack

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Electron cyclotron heating (ECH) is used to suppress m = 2 magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) oscillations in the Texas Experimental Tokamak (TEXT) [Nucl. Technol. Fusion 1, 479 ( 1981 )]. The location of ECH power deposition is controlled by a movable antenna. The MHD activity is suppressed when the ECH beam is directed close to the q=2 surface. The experiment is simulated using a three-dimensional resistive MHD code in cylindrical geometry. For fixed plasma current, the saturated m = 2 island width is found to depend on the value of the safety factor at the magnetic axis (q₀). The simulation suggests that the observed saturated m=2 island in the pre-ECH plasma, which typically occupies 25% of the minor radius, corresponds to q₀∼ 1.3. The suppression of the island in the presence of ECH is attributed to current profile modification. In some discharges, the m = 2 activity does not resume even after the ECH pulse is turned off.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3239-3245
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics of Fluids B
Volume	5
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860659
State	Published - 1993
Externally published	Yes

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
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