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Alfvén Eigenmode stability measurements in recent JET H, D, T, and DT plasmas

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Abstract

We present Alfvén Eigenmode stability measurements (frequencies, damping rates γ<0, and toroidal mode numbers) from hundreds of H,D,T, and DT plasmas in the 2019-21 JET campaigns. Data are collected by eight in-vessel, toroidally spaced antennas [Panis NF 10] independently powered/phased [Puglia NF 16] to resonate with stable AEs [Fasoli PRL 95]. The system recently demonstrated improved performance during high-power heating [Tinguely NF 21a] and X-point configuration [Tinguely NF 21b] compared to the previous system's operation during early JET campaigns, including 1997 DT [Fasoli PoP 00]. Contributions to γ from various drive/damping mechanisms (especially from alphas) are assessed through MHD, kinetic, and gyrokinetic simulations, allowing extrapolation to future fusion devices. Importantly, knowledge gained from a range of isotope mixes, plus significant He fractions, can be transferred to pre-fusion and DD/DT ITER operations.

Presenters

  • Roy A Tinguely

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PSFC

Authors

  • Roy A Tinguely

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PSFC

  • Miklos Porkolab

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Paulo Puglia

    Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

  • Ambrogio F Fasoli

    Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

  • Nicolas Fil

    UKAEA, UKAEA-CCFE, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

  • Stuart Dowson

    Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

  • Michael Fitzgerald

    UKAEA, UKAEA-CCFE, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

  • David Keeling

    UKAEA, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

  • Sergei Sharapov

    UKAEA, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

  • Remi Dumont

    CEA, France

  • Javier Gonzalez Martin

    University of California, Irvine

  • Zhihong Lin

    University of California, Irvine

  • Yevgen Kazakov

    LPP-ERM/KMS, Belgium, Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP-ERM/KMS, TEC Partner, Brussels 1000, Belgium

  • Jef Ongena

    LPP-ERM/KMS, Belgium

  • Massimo Nocente

    University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Università di Milano-Bicocca

  • Mario L Podesta

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL

  • Anna Teplukhina

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Ziga Stancar

    Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia