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Measurements of Alfvén Eigenmode stability in the 2021 JET DT campaign

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Abstract

We present measurements of Alfvén Eigenmode (AE) stability from the 2021 JET DT campaign. The AE Active Diagnostic resonates with stable AEs and measures total damping rates γ < 0, eigenfrequencies, and toroidal mode numbers [Fasoli 1995 PRL]. Of 2000+ datapoints in 200+ DT discharges, we highlight measurements that can be compared to reference D or T plasmas: stable edge EAEs during modulations of the NBI power and alpha population; simultaneous un/stable AEs in the search for nonlinear coupling of fast ions, turbulence, and AEs; and first-ever stability measurements during JET energetic particle afterglow experiments. We use the kinetic-MHD code NOVA-K to identify eigenmodes, assess stability, and evaluate the contribution, if any, from alphas.

Presenters

  • Roy A Tinguely

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

Authors

  • Roy A Tinguely

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

  • Miklos Porkolab

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MIT PSFC, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

  • Paulo Puglia

    UKAEA

  • Nicolas Fil

    UKAEA

  • Stuart Dowson

    UKAEA

  • Michael Fitzgerald

    UKAEA, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK

  • David Keeling

    UKAEA, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX143DB, United Kingdom, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, United Kingdom

  • James Oliver

    UKAEA, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK

  • Sergei Sharapov

    UKAEA, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK

  • Ziga Stancar

    UKAEA, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA, CCFE, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, UK; Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, UKAEA, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX143DB, United Kingdom

  • Remi Dumont

    CEA, CEA, IRFM, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion Magnétique, CEA Cadarache, France, CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lex-Durance, France

  • Jeronimo Garcia

    CEA, CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul Lez Durance, France, CEA, IRFM, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, CEA, Cadarache, France, CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lex-Durance, France, CEA, IRFM, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France, CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France

  • Yevgen Kazakov

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

  • Phillip J Bonofiglo

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Mario L Podesta

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Ambrogio F Fasoli

    Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne