A survey of pedestal magnetic fluctuations using gyrokinetics and a global reduced model for microtearing stability

This article presents a global reduced model for slab-like microtearing modes (MTMs) in the H-mode pedestal, which reproduces distinctive features of experimentally observed magnetic fluctuations, such as chirping and discrete frequency bands at noncontiguous mode numbers. Our model, importantly, in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics of plasmas 2022-04, Vol.29 (4), p.042503
Hauptverfasser: Curie, M. T., Larakers, J. L., Hatch, D. R., Nelson, A. O., Diallo, A., Hassan, E., Guttenfelder, W., Halfmoon, M., Kotschenreuther, M., Hazeltine, R. D., Mahajan, S. M., Groebner, R. J., Chen, J., Perez von Thun, C., Frassinetti, L., Saarelma, S., Giroud, C., Tennery, M. M.
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Zusammenfassung:This article presents a global reduced model for slab-like microtearing modes (MTMs) in the H-mode pedestal, which reproduces distinctive features of experimentally observed magnetic fluctuations, such as chirping and discrete frequency bands at noncontiguous mode numbers. Our model, importantly, includes the global variation of the diamagnetic frequencies, which is necessary to reproduce the experimental observations. The key insight underlying this model is that MTM instability is enabled by the alignment of a rational surface with the peak in the profile of the diamagnetic frequency. Conversely, MTMs are strongly stabilized for toroidal mode numbers for which these quantities are misaligned. This property explains the discrete fluctuation bands in several DIII-D and JET discharges, which we survey using our reduced model in conjunction with global gyrokinetic simulations. A fast yet accurate reduced model for MTMs enables rapid interpretation of magnetic fluctuation data from a wide range of experimental conditions to help assess the role of MTM in the pedestal.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/5.0084842