Disruption Avoidance via RF Current Condensation in Magnetic Islands Produced by Off-Normal Events
arXiv:2012.15389 · doi:10.1063/5.0042479
Abstract
As tokamaks are designed and built with increasing levels of stored energy in the plasma, disruptions become increasingly dangerous. It has been reported that 95% of the disruptions in the Joint European Torus (JET) tokamak with the ITER-like wall are preceded by the growth of large locked islands, and these large islands are mostly produced by off-normal events other than neoclassical tearing modes. This paper discusses the use of RF current drive to stabilize large islands, focusing on nonlinear effects that appear when relatively high powers are used to stabilize large islands. An RF current condensation effect can concentrate the RF driven current near the center of the island, increasing the efficiency of the stabilization. A nonlinear shadowing effect can hinder the stabilization of islands if the aiming of the ray trajectories does not properly consider the nonlinear effects.
arXiv comment27 pages, 14 figures
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