3D nonlinear MHD simulations of ultra-low q plasmas (Articolo in rivista)

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  • 3D nonlinear MHD simulations of ultra-low q plasmas (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1088/0029-5515/48/11/115010 (literal)
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  • Bonfiglio D.; S. Cappello; R. Piovan; L. Zanotto; M. Zuin (2008)
    3D nonlinear MHD simulations of ultra-low q plasmas
    in Nuclear fusion
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  • Bonfiglio D.; S. Cappello; R. Piovan; L. Zanotto; M. Zuin (literal)
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  • 115010 (literal)
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  • Article Number 115010, Issue 11 (literal)
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  • Consorzio RFX, Associazione Euratom-ENEA sulla Fusione, Padova, Italy (literal)
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  • 3D nonlinear MHD simulations of ultra-low q plasmas (literal)
Abstract
  • Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) phenomena occurring in the ultra-low safety factor (ULq) configuration are investigated by means of 3D nonlinear MHD simulations. The ULq configuration, a screw pinch characterized by the edge safety factor q(edge) in the interval 0 < q(edge) < 1, is the intermediate state between the tokamak and the reversed field pinch. This numerical study, based on the simple frame of the visco-resistive pressureless MHD model, shows that ULq plasmas have the natural tendency to select discrete qedge values which are about the major rational numbers, suggesting plasma self-organization. Similar behaviour is observed in experimental ULq discharges, like those recently obtained exploiting the flexibility of the RFX-mod device. The transition of qedge from a major rational number to the next one occurs together with the development of a kink deformation of the plasma column, whose stabilization yields a nearly axisymmetric state with a rather flat q profile. Numerical simulations also show that it is possible to sustain either of the two conditions, namely, the saturated kink helical configuration and the axisymmetric one, by forcing qedge at a suitable value. Finally, the effects of this MHD phenomenology on the confinement properties of ULq plasmas are discussed. (literal)
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