Experiments and modelling of active quasi-single helicity regime generation in a reversed field pinch

The interaction of a static resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) with a tearing mode (TM) is becoming a relevant topic in fusion plasma physics. RMPs can be generated by active coils and then used to affect the properties of TMs and of the corresponding magnetic islands. This paper shows how the fee...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nuclear fusion 2009-07, Vol.49 (7), p.075019-075019 (13)
Hauptverfasser: Frassinetti, L, Brunsell, P.R, Drake, J.R
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Zusammenfassung:The interaction of a static resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) with a tearing mode (TM) is becoming a relevant topic in fusion plasma physics. RMPs can be generated by active coils and then used to affect the properties of TMs and of the corresponding magnetic islands. This paper shows how the feedback system of the EXTRAP T2R reversed field pinch (RFP) can produce a RMP that affects a rotating TM and stimulate the transition to the so-called quasi-single helicity (QSH) regime, a RFP plasma state characterized by a magnetic island surrounded by low magnetic chaos. The application of the RMP can increase the QSH probability up to 10% and enlarge the size of the corresponding island. Part of the experimental results are supported by a theoretical study that models the effect of the active coils on the magnetic island.
ISSN:0029-5515
1741-4326
1741-4326
DOI:10.1088/0029-5515/49/7/075019