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Journal Articles Physics of Plasmas Year : 2023

Full- f gyrokinetic simulations of Ohmic L-mode plasmas in linear and saturated Ohmic confinement regimes

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Two time slices in linear and saturated Ohmic confinement (LOC and SOC) regimes in a Tore Supra Ohmic L-mode discharge are analyzed using nonlinear global full-f gyrokinetic simulations, and qualitative features of the LOC–SOC transition are reproduced. The exhaust of carbon impurity ions is caused by ion mixing, which is driven by the toroidal field stress. The intrinsic rotation develops in the opposite direction between the LOC and SOC phases, which is characterized by different features of the mode asymmetry between trapped electron modes (TEMs) in the LOC phase and ion temperature gradient-driven modes in the SOC phase, leading to the change of the profile shear stress. Here, the mode asymmetry or the ballooning angle depends not only on the profile shear and the Er shear but also on the radial electric field Er itself. The energy fluxes of electrons and deuterium ions are dominant in the LOC and SOC phases, respectively, and the ratio of the energy confinement time between the two phases agree with the experimental value. Turbulent frequency spectra are characterized by quasi-coherent modes (QCMs) and broad-band spectra in the LOC and SOC phases, respectively. The QCMs are produced by a split of the toroidal mode number spectra of TEMs induced by the Doppler shift of poloidal E × B rotation due to Er, which is sustained in the electron diamagnetic direction by the ripple induced counter-current rotation, and enhanced by higher temperature in the LOC phase.
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cea-04264780 , version 1 (30-10-2023)

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Y. Idomura, G. Dif-Pradalier, X. Garbet, Y. Sarazin. Full- f gyrokinetic simulations of Ohmic L-mode plasmas in linear and saturated Ohmic confinement regimes. Physics of Plasmas, 2023, 30 (4), pp.042508. ⟨10.1063/5.0127346⟩. ⟨cea-04264780⟩
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