3D Equilibria for DIII-D ELM Suppression Experiments
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Abstract
3D equilibria have been successfully calculated for DIII-D ELM-suppression experiments in the n=3 configuration using the VMEC equilibrium code. These include the usual poloidal coils as well as the I-coils that produce the perturbation suppressing the ELMs, the error correction coils (C-coils) and the 24 discrete B-coils that produce the TF ripple. No stellarator symmetry is assumed. Relatively minor changes to VMEC enabled such solutions to be obtained, Details of the solutions will be discussed. Solutions take of order a cpu-day per case. Thus far we have used $N_{fp}=$ 3, and obtained solutions with toroidal mode numbers $-24\le n\cdot N_{fp} \le 24$, poloidal mode numbers $0\le m\le 12$, and 193 radial zones. We expect to increase the radial resolution and poloidal mode upper bound. Such solutions allow investigation of the possibility that the interaction of the I-coils with the TF ripple plays a role in the observed phenomenology. Results will be presented.
Authors
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E.A. Lazarus
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL