ELM control with RMP: Plasma response models and the role of edge peeling response
Journal article, 2016

Resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) have extensively been demonstrated as a plausible technique for mitigating or suppressing large edge localized modes (ELMs). Associated with this is a substantial amount of theory and modelling efforts during recent years. Various models describing the plasma response to the RMP fields have been proposed in the literature, and are briefly reviewed in this work. Despite their simplicity, linear response models can provide alternative criteria, than the vacuum field based criteria, for guiding the choice of the coil configurations to achieve the best control of ELMs. The role of the edge peeling response to the RMP fields is illustrated as a key indicator for the ELM mitigation in low collisionality plasmas, in various tokamak devices.

RMP fields

ELM control

plasma response

Author

Yueqiang Liu

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

C. Ham

Culham Science Centre

A. Kirk

Culham Science Centre

Li Li

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Ministry of Education China

Donghua University

A. Loarte

ITER Organization

D. Ryan

University of York

Culham Science Centre

Youwen Sun

Chinese Academy of Sciences

W. Suttrop

Max Planck Society

Xu Yang

Dalian University of Technology

Lina Zhou

Dalian University of Technology

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

0741-3335 (ISSN) 1361-6587 (eISSN)

Vol. 58 11 Art. no. 114005- 114005

Subject Categories

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

DOI

10.1088/0741-3335/58/11/114005

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