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Energetic particle instabilities in fusion plasmas

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Abstract

Remarkable progress has been made in diagnosing energetic particle instabilities on present-day machines and in establishing a theoretical framework for describing them. This overview describes the much improved diagnostics of Alfvén instabilities and modelling tools developed world-wide, and discusses progress in interpreting the observed phenomena. A multi-machine comparison is presented giving information on the performance of both diagnostics and modelling tools for different plasma conditions outlining expectations for ITER based on our present knowledge.

Year of Publication
2013
Journal
Nuclear Fusion
Volume
53
Number
10
Number of Pages
104022
URL
http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/assets/Documents/NFvol53p104022.pdf
DOI
10.1088/0029-5515/53/10/104022
PId
6ae2288304ffc398124ca958dfb8a3ef
Alternate Journal
Nucl. Fusion
Label
OA
Journal Article
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