Isotope effect on filament dynamics in fusion edge plasmas
arXiv:1701.07824 · doi:10.1088/1361-6587/aa6947
Abstract
The influence of the ion mass on filament propagation in the scrape-off layer of toroidal magnetised plasmas is analysed for various fusion relevant majority species, like hydrogen isotopes and helium, on the basis of a computational isothermal gyrofluid model for the plasma edge. Heavy hydrogen isotope plasmas show slower outward filament propagation and thus improved confinement properties compared to light isotope plasmas, regardless of collisionality regimes. Similarly, filaments in fully ionised helium move more slowly than in deutrium. Different mass effects on the filament inertia through polarisation, finite Larmor radius, and parallel dynamics are identified.
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