Parametric Decay Instability (PDI) in Tokamaks · (PDI) in Tokamaks Guangye Chen, Frederick Jaeger,...
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ParametricDecayInstability(PDI)inTokamaks
GuangyeChen,FrederickJaeger,LeeBerry,JimMyra(Lodestar)
TheodoreBiewer,PhillipRyan,JohnWilgenFusionEnergyDivisionseminar
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WhatisPDI?• InaheaOngexperiment,linearwavescanbeexcitedbyexternalsources.
• Ahighamplitudewave(pumpwave@f0)cannon‐linearlyexciteotherwaves(daughterwaves@f1,f2).– ParOcleswithoscillatoryvelocityu(f0).– FluctuaOngdensityn(f2).– TheabovetwoquanOOesproduceacurrentnu,whichcandriveaplasmawaveatf1(=f2‐f0).
– Theplasmawave(f1)andtheoscillatoryvelocityatpumpfrequency(f0)producesaponderomoOveforcethatdrivesthelowfrequencyperturbaOon.
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PDIandEdgeIonHeaOnginIBWandICRFExperiments
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Rost2002,CMODPinsker1993,DIII‐D
Wilgen2006,NSTXBiewer2005,NSTX
antenna freq.
Probe NPAERDReflectometer
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MoOvaOon• PDIhasbeenwidelyobservedintokamakICRFandIBWheaOngexperiments(NSTX,AlcatorC‐MOD,DIII‐D,TST‐2,HT‐7,etc.).
• PDIinthescrape‐off‐layer(SOL)canleadtosignificantpowerloss,degradingtherfheaOngefficiencyinthebulkplasma(eg.directIBW).
• OnNSTX,edgePDIlossaccountsfor30%oftotalrfpower(alowerboundesOmate).
• WeneedamorequanOtaOveunderstandingofPDI.
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Outline
• KineOctheoryandmodelequaOons• Numericalmethods
• AORSA1DsimulaOonsandPDIdispersioncalculaOons– AlcatorC‐MOD– NSTX
• Summary
• Futurework
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• MaxwellianplasmainaoscillaOngframe,,
• VlasovequaOonintheoscillaOngframe:
• ,• SoluOons,with
• ElectrostaOctheory:chargedensity+Poisson’sequaOonNonlinearCoupling
OscillaOngFrame,KineOcTheory
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dipolepump
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PDIModelEquaOons
• Pumpwaveissolvedindependently,andassumedconstantintheSOL
• Daughterwavesaresolvedby
• SlecOonrules:
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ω02 ∇ ×∇ ×E0( ) + K0 ⋅E0 = −
iε0ω0
Jantenna
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−c 2
ω12 ∇ ×∇ ×E1( ) + K1 ⋅E1 = C1(E0,E1,E2) −
iε0ω1
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−c 2
ω22 ∇ ×∇ ×E2( ) + K2 ⋅E2 = C2(E0,E1,E2) −
iε0ω2
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ω0 =ω1 +ω2
k0 = k1 + k2
Nonlinearcouplingterms
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SuccessiveApproximaOonsDivergeforLargeCoupling
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FastwaveIBW+Quasi‐Mode
Weakcoupling
Strongercoupling
IteraOvemethodagreeswithdirect
method
IteraOvemethoddiverges
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PDISimulaOonsforAlcatorC‐MOD
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f2 53.4 MHz f3 26.6 MHz Te 15 eV Ti 3 eV ne 1 x 1019 m-3 B0 5.3 T rt 0.9 m ky 2000 m-1
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ExponenOalgrowthofthedaughterfield
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Whichwavestosimulate?
• PDIdaughterwavessaOsfytheselecOonrules.
• Oneofthedaughterwavesisalinearplasmawave.
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ω0 =ω1 +ω2
k0 = k1 + k2
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TwoBranchesofIBW’s
• • Damping(lel)<<damping(right)• Slow convergence for large
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ω2 /Ωc = 2
Ar3ficialdampingapplied Ioncyclotrondamping
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k⊥ (left) << k⊥ (right)
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IBWDispersionRelaOon&DecayChannels
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FASTWAVE
QM IBW
IBW QM
QM IBW
CMODMinorityhea3ngregime
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PDIDispersionRelaOon
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E⊥ = 9kV /m
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CMODMinorityhea3ngregime
MOST UNSTABLE MODE
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Growth rate
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Diamond‐shape‐waveExcitaOon
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amplificaOon
damping
WKBapproximaOon
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PDIThresholdConsistentwithExperiment
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Linear3DAORSAsimulaOonspredicttypicalfastwaveedgeamplitude=(5,12)kV/[email protected]. ScalingtrendsforthePDIthresholdbehaviorwithdensity,temperatureareconsistentwithRef.[Rost2002].
ExponenOalgrowth
FastwaveIBW+QM
noise
CMODMinorityhea3ngregime
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PDISimulaOonsforNSTX
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• DaughterIBWamplitudesvs.frequencyatafixedpointintheedge.
• BothweakandstrongPDIaresimulated.
• Peaksareseparatedbythecyclotronfrequencyattheprobe().
• SimulaOonparameters:– Te=Ti=50eV,– ne=2x1018m‐3,
– =0.45T– ky=7000m‐1,=15
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Antennafrequency
Logscale
probemeasurements[Diem,APS04]
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PDIDispersionRelaOon
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Growthrate
MOST UNSTABLE MODE
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PDIDependenceConsistentwithEdgeIonHeaOngMeasurements
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Predicted power threshold is consistent with previous reflectometer measurements (100 to 300kW), (Wilgen 2005).
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Summary• Fastwave‐>IBW+QMissuccessfullyexcitedusingtheextendedAORSAcode.
• Themostunstablemodesarefoundtobethewavesexcitedjustabovethecyclotronharmonic.
• PDIsimulaOonsareconsistentwiththethresholdreportedinminorityheaOngexperimentsonAlcator
C‐MOD.• PDIsimulaOonsshowthethresholddecreaseswith,consistentwiththeedgeionheaOngmeasurements.
• PredictedPDIthresholdinNSTXisabout100KW,consistentwithpreviousreflectometermeasurements.
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FutureWorkCorehea?ngvs.edgeionhea?nginNSTX
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J.Hosea,etal.Phys.Plasmas15,056104(2008)
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FutureWorkCorehea?ngvs.edgeionhea?nginNSTX
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Alerrfison
Beforerfison
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AnotherExample
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