Shafranov shift and finite ${\hat{I}}^2$ effects on Alfvén Eigenmodes and microinstabilities in global electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations

B. Rofman, G. Di Giannatale, A. Mishchenko +8

Future nuclear fusion reactors will have to confine plasma with strong kinetic gradients and small fractions of fusion-born energetic particles (EP) that are ~100 times hotter than…