Beta-induced Alfvén eigenmodes with frequency chirping driven by energetic ions in the HL-2A Tokamak

Hou Yu-Mei; Chen Wei; Zou Yun-Peng; Yu Li-Ming; Shi Zhong-Bing; Duan Xu-Ru

doi:10.7498/aps.72.20230726

Abstract

The beta-induced Alfvén eigenmodes (BAEs) with frequency chirping, observed in the HL-2A Tokamak, are analysed by a MHD-kinetic hybrid code MEGA. Realistic parameters are applied to the code, such as equilibrium, electron density and temperature, ion temperature, which is different from the kinetic Berk-Breizman theory. The BAEs are observed by Mirnov probes and soft X-ray arrays. Toroidal and porloidal mode number are confirmed to be n/m = 2/3 by using the phase shift method with toroidal filtered Mirnov signal arrays. And the soft X-ray arrays’ signal shows that BAEs are located at the core of the plasma and they have a relatively broad mode structure. The BAEs with up- and down-chirping are reproduced with MEGA code. The simulation results of mode structure accord well with experimental observations. Compared with up-chirping BAEs, the down-chirping BAEs are excited with higher plasma parameters and beta value, thus the energetic ion distribution in pitch angle has a broader width, and the beta value of energetic ions in the core of plasma and diffusion value are higher in the down-chirping simulation. The simulation results show that the phase space distribution of energetic ions affects the wave chirping direction. The energetic ions parallel to the magnetic field drive the up-chirping behavior. When the down-chirping behavior dominates, the density of energetic ions perpendicular to the magnetic field increases significantly. It shows that the down-chirping BAEs require higher beta and energetic ion density, which is consistent with the previous simulation result.

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Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China

Corresponding author: Chen Wei, chenw@swip.ac.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2019YFE03020003, 2019YFE03010004) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12005054, 12125502, 12105084).

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图 1 (a)电流和(b)中性束功率随时间的演化; (c) Mirnov探针的原始信号; (d)利用Mirnov探针信号进行傅里叶变换获得的BAEs的频谱图

Figure 1. Evolution of (a) electric current and (b) the power of NBI; (c) the original signal of Mirnov probes; (d) the frequency spectrogram of BEAs obtained by using Fourier transform with Mirnov probes’ signal.

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图 2 利用软X射线阵列信号得到的频谱图　(a) SX51, r = 2.5 cm, $ \rho \sim 0.065$; (b) SX49, r=–7.3 cm, $ \rho \sim -0.1825$; (c) SX53, r = 12 cm, $ \rho\sim $0.3; (d) SX54, r = 16.3 cm, $ \rho\sim $0.4075

Figure 2. Frequency spectrogram obtained with soft X-ray arrays’ signal: (a) SX51, r = 2.5 cm, $ \rho\sim $0.065; (b) SX49, r=–7.3 cm, $ \rho\sim $–0.1825; (c) SX53, r = 12 cm, $ \rho\sim $0.3; (d) SX54, r = 16.3 cm, $ \rho\sim $0.4075.

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图 3 (a)环向和(b)极向磁探针信号. 可判断环向模数 n = 2, 极向模数 m = 3

Figure 3. (a) Toroidal and (b) porloidal Mirnov probe signal. Toroidal and porloidal mode number are confirmed as n = 2 and m = 3 by using the phase shift method with toroidal filtered Mirnov signal arrays.

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图 4 (a) HL-2A装置第35491次放电实验, t = 908 ms对应的等离子体位形, 最外闭合磁面和q = 1.5面分别用红色、绿色线标注; (b) t = 908 ms与t = 920 ms时刻分别对应的总压强和q剖面分布

Figure 4. (a) Magnetic surface shape of HL-2A discharge $ \# $35491 at 908 ms, the last-closed-flux-surface and q = 1.5 surface are indicated in red and green, respectively; (b) radial profiles of the total pressure and safety factor at t = 908 ms and t = 920 ms.

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图 5 HL-2A装置第35491次放电实验, t = 908 ms (红) 与t = 920 ms (蓝)两个时刻对应的等离子体参数剖面　(a)电子密度; (b)电子温度; (c)离子温度

Figure 5. Profile of plasma parameters at t = 908 ms (red) and t = 920 ms (blue) in the shot $ \# $35491 of HL-2A Tokamak: (a) Electron density; (b) electron temperature; (c) ion temperature.

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图 6 利用MEGA程序模拟得到的具有上扫频特性的BAEs　(a) 极向速度; (b) 频谱图

Figure 6. (a) Poloidal velocity and (b) the frequency spectrogram of up-chirping BAEs obtained by MEGA code.

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图 7 图6两个时刻(a), (c) t = 0.122 ms (线性阶段), (b), (d) t = 0.166 ms (非线性阶段)分别对应的二维模结构与径向模结构

Figure 7. The 2D mode structure and radial mode structure for different times of (a), (c) t = 0.122 ms (the linear growth phase) and (b), (d) t = 0.166 ms (the nonlinear phase) corresponding to Fig. 6.

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图 8 利用MEGA程序得到的下扫频BAEs　(a)极向速度; (b)频谱图

Figure 8. (a) Poloidal velocity and (b) the frequency spectrogram of down-chirping BAEs obtained by MEGA code.

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图 9 图8两个时刻(a), (c) t = 0.147 ms (线性阶段), (b), (d) t = 0.203 ms (非线性阶段)分别对应的二维模结构与径向模结构

Figure 9. The 2D mode structure and radial mode structure for different times of (a), (c) t = 0.147 ms (the linear growth phase) and (b), (d) t = 0.203 ms (the nonlinear phase) corresponding to Fig. 8.

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图 10 (a)上扫频和(b)下扫频模拟时高能量离子的相空间初始分布

Figure 10. Initial distribution of energetic ions in phase space, in the simulation of (a) the up- and (b) down-chirping, respectively.

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