Energetic Particle Physics in Burning Plasmas from ITER to …ITER在燃烧等离子体中的高能粒子物理….pptVIP

Energetic Particle Physics in Burning Plasmas: from ITER to DEMO Guoyong Fu on behalf of Energetic Particle SFG Outline Introduction Alpha particle-driven modes: linear stability and nonlinear dynamics Alpha particle-driven modes in ITER and DEMO New initiative for advanced predictive simulations of multiple modes in ITER and DEMO Introduction A key question for burning plasmas is whether alpha particle transport is classical (i.e., slow-down via collisions or anomalous due to instabilities. In a fusion reactor, super-Alfvenic alpha particles can resonantly destabilize Alfven eigenmodes and EPMs. Alpha particle loss or redistribution can be caused by: Ripple MHD modes such as sawteeth and NTM Alfven instabilities (fishbone/TAE/EPM) Why we care Alpha particle loss can seriously damage reactor wall and degrade alpha heating; Alpha particle redistribution can modify alpha heating deposition profile; Alpha particles can significantly influence MHD stability (sawtooth, resistive wall modes, kinetic ballooning modes etc) Alpha particle-driven Alfven modes may influence thermal plasma equilibrium, stability and confinement via their effects on NBI-driven current, zonal flow etc (nonlinear coupling !) What we know Single particle confinement is well understood (slowing-down, ripple loss, loss due to a given MHD perturbation) Linear stability of TAE is well understood (alpha drive and damping mechanisms) Nonlinear dynamics of a single alpha-driven mode (saturation due to wave-particle trapping, hole-clump formation and frequency chirping) What we don’t know well Alpha particle transport in the presence of multiple modes Feedback of alpha particle-driven instabilities on thermal plasmas Linear Stability of TAE Alpha particle drive Plasma dampings: ion Landau damping electron collisional damping “radiative damping” due to FLR ? stability is sensitive to plasma parameters and profiles ! Alpha particle drive is maximized at Parameters of Fusion Reactors Critical