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Dependence of fishbone cycle on energetic particle intensity in EAST low-magnetic-shear plasmas

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2020

Xiang Zhu Open the ORCID record for Xiang Zhu [Opens in a new window] ,
Long Zeng ,
Zhiyong Qiu ,
Baolong Hao ,
Wei Shen ,
Xiang Gu ,
Muquan Wu ,
Tian Tang Open the ORCID record for Tian Tang [Opens in a new window] ,
Jinping Qian  and
Haiqing Liu
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Xiang Zhu
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China
Long Zeng*
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Zhiyong Qiu
Affiliation:
Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027, PR China
Baolong Hao
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China
Wei Shen
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Xiang Gu
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, PR China
Muquan Wu
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China
Tian Tang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, PR China
Jinping Qian
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Haiqing Liu
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Di Jiang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, PR China
Liqing Xu
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Jizong Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Yong Liu
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Qing Zang
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Yinxian Jie
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Xiang Gao*
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, PR China
Xiaodong Lin
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China
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†Email addresses for correspondence: zenglong@ipp.ac.cn, xgao@ipp.ac.cn
†Email addresses for correspondence: zenglong@ipp.ac.cn, xgao@ipp.ac.cn
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Abstract

The dependence of fishbone cycle on energetic particle intensity has been investigated in EAST low-magnetic-shear plasmas. It is observed that the fishbone mode growth rate, saturation amplitude as well as fishbone cycle frequency clearly increase with increasing neutral beam injection (NBI) power. Moreover, enhanced electron density and temperature perturbations as well as energetic particle loss were observed with greater injected NBI power. Simulation results using M3D-K code show that as the NBI power increases, the resonant frequency and the energy of the resonant particles become higher, and the saturation amplitude of the mode also changes, due to the non-perturbative energetic particle contribution. The relationship between the calculated energetic particle pressure ratio and fishbone cycle frequency is obtained as ${f_{\textrm{FC}}} = 2.2{(1000{\beta _{\textrm{ep,calc}}} - 0.1)^{5.9 \pm 0.5}}$. Results consistent with the experimental observations have been achieved based on a predator–prey model.

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fusion plasmaplasma instabilities
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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 86 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , 905860610
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