Three-Wave Interactions between Fast-Ion Modes in the National Spherical Torus Experiment
- 24 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 97 (4), 045002
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.97.045002
Abstract
Simultaneous bursts of energetic particle mode (EPM) and toroidicity-induced Alfvén eigenmode (TAE) activity that correlate with significant fast-ion loss are observed in beam heated plasmas. Three-wave interactions between these modes are conclusively identified, indicating fixed phase relationships. This nonlinear coupling concentrates the energy of the TAEs into a toroidally localized perturbation frozen in the frame of a rigid, toroidally rotating structure formed by the EPMs. This redistribution of energy is significant because it will modify the effect of the TAEs on fast-ion loss.Keywords
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