Influence of toroidal rotation on magnetic islands in tokamaks

被引：13

作者：

Cai, Huishan ^{[1
]}

Cao, Jintao ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Modern Phys, CAS Key Lab Geospace Environm, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China

[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China

来源：

NUCLEAR FUSION | 2018年 / 58卷 / 03期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金; 国家重点研发计划;

关键词：

magnetic island; neoclassical tearing modes; toroidal rotation; STABILIZATION; PHYSICS; LIMITS;

D O I：

10.1088/1741-4326/aaa55e

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

The dynamics of magnetic islands including toroidal rotation in tokamaks is studied. It is found that the contribution of toroidal rotation to the dynamics of magnetic islands is mainly through the coupling of magnetic curvature with pressure and density. In the presence of toroidal rotation, pressure and density are poloidal asymmetric. Then, their coupling with magnetic curvature provides a perpendicular current, and a corresponding return parallel current is induced to affect the dynamics of magnetic islands. It is found that the effect of toroidal rotation depends on its magnitude, rather than the shear. It also depends on the relative magnitude of the island propagation frequency to sound frequency. When the Mach number is large enough, the effect of toroidal rotation is stabilizing and dramatic, and overcomes the contribution of polarization current, namely the onset threshold of NTMs increases. Further, it is also suggested that the toroidal rotation plays an important role in the stability of small scale magnetic islands.

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