Stabilization of the Resistive Wall Mode Instability by Trapped Energetic Particles
Journal article, 2011

A theoretical model for investigating the effect of the trapped energetic particles (EPs) on the resistive wall mode (RWM) instability is proposed. The results demonstrate that the trapped EPs have a dramatic stabilizing effect on the RWM because of resonant interaction between the mode and the magnetic precession drift motion of the trapped EPs. The results also show that the effect of the trapped EPs depends on the wall position. In addition, the stabilizing effect becomes stronger when the plasma rotation is taken into account. For sufficiently fast plasma rotation, the trapped EPs can lead to the complete stabilization of the RWM. Furthermore, the trapped EPs can induce a finite real frequency of the RWM in the absence of plasma rotation.

Author

G. Z Hao

Yueqiang Liu

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Transport Theory

A. K. Wang

H. B Jiang

Gaimin Lu

H. D. He

X. M. Qiu

Physics of Plasmas

1070-664X (ISSN) 1089-7674 (eISSN)

Vol. 18 032513-

Areas of Advance

Energy

Roots

Basic sciences

Subject Categories

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

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10/7/2017