Abstract Details
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| approved | zheng_et_al_poster.pdf | 2022-04-02 08:16:37 | Linjin Zheng |
| approved | sherwood22abs.pdf | 2022-03-04 17:16:56 | Linjin Zheng |
Abstracts
Author: Linjin Zheng
Requested Type: Poster
Submitted: 2022-03-04 17:15:32
Co-authors: M. T. Kotschenreuther, F. L. Waelbroeck, M. E. Austin
Contact Info:
The University of Texas at Austin
2515 Speedway
Austin, Texas 78712
USA
Abstract Text:
There is renewed interest in the negative triangularity (NT) tokamaks. Earlier NT experiments in TCV and DIII-D have shown exciting results. Although NT configuration may be more unstable for low n modes, the transport level related to higher n modes in the NT configuration is observed to be constantly lower as compared with the positive triangularity (PT) case. This is confirmed by our MHD stability analyses with the AEGIS and DCON codes for DIIID-like equilibria. We find that the NT configuration is indeed more MHD-unstable for low n modes and, nevertheless, the situation is reversed for intermediate n modes. The NT configuration becomes more stable for intermediate n modes (n = 3-10). In this work, we extend the studies to include the rotation effects to see how the resistive wall modes in the NT configuration are affected as compared with the PT configuration. This is particularly motivated by noting that the wall interface with the plasma is quite different between the NT and PT configurations. It affects the plasma rotation effects on the low n modes. We first consider the DIII-D-NT-experiment equilibrium reconstructed by the EFIT code. The equilibrium g-file is refined by the adaptive toroidal equilibrium code ATEQ developed recently at IFS. Subsequently, based on the equilibrium g-file, the extended equilibria are constructed with the VMEC code (verified with ATEQ) by varying the beta values while keeping the pressure and poloidal current flux profiles basically unchanged. The bootstrap current contribution to the equilibria is taken into account with the Sauter formula. The MHD stability is then computed using the AEGIS code with the rotation effects taken into account. The stability parameter diagram will be presented. The rotation effects will be discussed with the emphasis on the comparison between the positive and negative triangularity configurations.
Comments:
Plasma Properties, Equilibrium, Stability, and Transport