Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator
A Doppler shifted resonance minority species ICRF scheme for heating neutral beam ions has been identified and optimised for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. Compared with more conventional methods, the synergetic scheme increases the normalised core collisional power transfer to the background plas...
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2020
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| author | Patten, HM Graves, JP Cooper, WA Eriksson, J Pfefferlé, D W7-X team JET contributors |
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| description | A Doppler shifted resonance minority species ICRF scheme for heating neutral beam ions has been identified and optimised for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. Compared with more conventional methods, the synergetic scheme increases the normalised core collisional power transfer to the background plasma, and induces larger concentrations of energetic ions. Simulations in the intricate 3D magnetic stellarator geometry reveal an energetic distribution function that is only weakly anisotropic, and is thus relevant to fast ion and alpha particle driven Alfv'en Eigenmode experimental preparation. Quasi-linear theory and simulations of the Joint European Torus indicate that the excellent confinement properties are due to increased velocity diffusion from ICRF interaction along the magnetic field lines. Agreement is found between SCENIC simulations and Joint European Torus experimental measurements for the total neutron rate and the energy distribution of the fast ions. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0833b024-84ad-4014-b9dc-2db8f2daae012022-03-26T09:11:39ZIdentification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellaratorJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_545buuid:0833b024-84ad-4014-b9dc-2db8f2daae01EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Physical Society2020Patten, HMGraves, JPCooper, WAEriksson, JPfefferlé, DW7-X teamJET contributorsA Doppler shifted resonance minority species ICRF scheme for heating neutral beam ions has been identified and optimised for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. Compared with more conventional methods, the synergetic scheme increases the normalised core collisional power transfer to the background plasma, and induces larger concentrations of energetic ions. Simulations in the intricate 3D magnetic stellarator geometry reveal an energetic distribution function that is only weakly anisotropic, and is thus relevant to fast ion and alpha particle driven Alfv'en Eigenmode experimental preparation. Quasi-linear theory and simulations of the Joint European Torus indicate that the excellent confinement properties are due to increased velocity diffusion from ICRF interaction along the magnetic field lines. Agreement is found between SCENIC simulations and Joint European Torus experimental measurements for the total neutron rate and the energy distribution of the fast ions. |
| spellingShingle | Patten, HM Graves, JP Cooper, WA Eriksson, J Pfefferlé, D W7-X team JET contributors Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator |
| title | Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator |
| title_full | Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator |
| title_fullStr | Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator |
| title_short | Identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator |
| title_sort | identification of an optimized heating and fast ion generation scheme for the wendelstein 7 x stellarator |
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