Plasmoid-mediated reconnection during nonlinear peeling-ballooning edge-localized modes
arXiv:2110.09706 · doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ad0062
Abstract
Plasmoid-mediated reconnection is investigated for nonlinear Peeling-Ballooning Edge-Localized Modes (P-B ELMs). The formation of current sheets and the transition to 3-D current sheet instability is demonstrated through fully nonlinear resistive MHD simulations of P-B ELMs in DIII- D discharges. Large-scale axisymmetric current sheets, as well as small-scale poloidally extending current sheets, are formed as the coherent P-B ELM filaments nonlinearly evolve. It is observed that, at high Lundquist numbers, these current sheets break during a reconnection burst, i.e. a secondary exponential growth of intermediate modes followed by relaxation due to the suppression of P-B drive.
arXiv comment5 pages, 6 figures, submitted to NF
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