Resonant mode effects on rotation braking induced by n = 1 resonant magnetic perturbations in the EAST tokamak

Autor: H. Sheng, Y.W. Sun, X.Y. Li, H.H. Li, X.M. Wu, Y.Y. Li, S.F. Mao, Q. Ma, Y.Q. Liu, C. Ye, X.T. Yan, P.C. Xie, Q. Zang, H.H. Wang, M.N. Jia, M.Y. Ye, the EAST Team
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nuclear Fusion, Vol 63, Iss 7, p 076002 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1741-4326
0029-5515
DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/acd206
Popis: The spectrum effects on toroidal rotation braking, induced by n = 1 resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) in the discharges with $q_{95} = 4.1$ and $q_{95} = 5.1$ , are studied in the EAST tokamak. Here n is the toroidal mode number, RMP spectrum is varied by scanning $\delta\phi_\mathrm{UL} $ , the phase difference between the upper and lower rows of RMP coils. The toroidal rotation changes periodically with the periodic $\delta\phi_\mathrm{UL} $ scanning and such an effect is stronger in the discharge with lower $q_{95} = 4.1$ . The spectrum dependence of the neoclassical toroidal viscosity (NTV) torque, modeled by NTVTOK based on the magnetic perturbation obtained from MARS-F calculation, agrees well with that of the experimentally observed braking torques in both discharges. The modeled NTV torque is stronger in the discharge with lower q _95 , which also agrees with the observations. The comparisons between the spectrum dependence of the NTV and magnetic perturbations show that the resonant mode of magnetic perturbations near the plasma edge mainly contribute the NTV torque. These agreements between modeling and experiments highlight the capability of NTV theory in explaining the experimental observation in the EAST tokamak.
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