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Nonlinear coupling of reversed shear Alfven eigenmode and toroidal Alfven eigenmode during current ramp

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In this paper, two nonlinear mode coupling processes for reversed shear Alfven eigenmode (RSAE) nonlinear saturation are proposed and investigated, and the condition for the two processes to occur is favored during current ramp.
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Two novel nonlinear mode coupling processes for reversed shear Alfven eigenmode (RSAE) nonlinear saturation are proposed and investigated. In the first process, RSAE nonlinearly couples to a co-propagating toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) with the same toroidal and poloidal mode numbers, and generates a geodesic acoustic mode (GAM). In the second process, RSAE couples to a counter-propagating TAE and generates an ion acoustic wave quasi-mode (IAW). The condition for the two processes to occur is favored during current ramp. Both processes contribute to effectively saturate the Alfvenic instabilities, as well as nonlinearly transfer of energy from energetic fusion alpha particles to fuel ions in burning plasmas.

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Nonlinear gyrokinetic equations for low-frequency electromagnetic waves in general plasma equilibria

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- 01 Mar 1982 - 
TL;DR: A nonlinear gyrokinetic formalism for low-frequency (less than the cyclotron frequency) microscopic electromagnetic perturbations in general magnetic field configurations is developed in this paper.
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Shear, periodicity, and plasma ballooning modes

TL;DR: In this article, a procedure which reconciles long parallel wavelength, characteristic of plasma instabilities, with periodicity in a sheared toroidal magnetic field is described and applied to the problem of high-n$ ballooning modes in tokamaks.
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Geodesic Acoustic Waves in Hydromagnetic Systems

TL;DR: In toroidal systems with geodesic curvature, an electrostatic acoustic mode occurs with plasma motion in the magnetic surfaces, perpendicular to the field as discussed by the authors, and this mode should dominate ordinary sound waves associated with motion along the field.

Nonlinear gyrokinetic equations for low-frequency electromagnetic waves in general plasma equilibria

E. A. Frieman, +1 more
TL;DR: A nonlinear gyrokinetic formalism for low-frequency (less than the cyclotron frequency) microscopic electromagnetic perturbations in general magnetic field configurations is developed in this paper.
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