Excitation of beta-induced Alfvén eigenmodes in the presence of a magnetic island
2007 (English)In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, ISSN 0741-3335, E-ISSN 1361-6587, Vol. 49, no 4, p. 475-483Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Observation of magnetic activity in several discharges in the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade has revealed high-frequency oscillations that accompany the development of large magnetic islands in ohmic plasmas. The frequency of these oscillations is one order of magnitude above the typical island rotation frequency and one order of magnitude below the toroidicity-induced gap of the shear-Alfvén continuum. By writing a precise dispersion relation, we interpret these modes as beta-induced Alfvén eigenmodes, i.e. Alfvén eigenmodes located in the low frequency gap which is caused by finite compressibility.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2007. Vol. 49, no 4, p. 475-483
Keywords [en]
Compressibility, Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, Electric discharges, Energy gap, Natural frequencies
National Category
Physical Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-155644DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/49/4/010ISI: 000245439200011Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-34247184228OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-155644DiVA, id: diva2:762862
Note
QC 20141113
2014-11-132014-11-072022-06-23Bibliographically approved