1. Counteracting sawtooth crash effects via fluctuation-induced inward transport in HL-2A NBI plasma
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Jie Wu, Tao Lan, Weixing Ding, Jiaren Wu, Min Xu, Lin Nie, Wei Chen, Min Jiang, Zhihui Huang, Kaiyang Yi, Na Wu, Weice Wang, Qian Zou, Ting Long, Boda Yuan, Liming Yu, Yi Yu, Rui Ke, Hangqi Xu, Pengcheng Lu, Tianxiong Wang, Qilong Dong, Yongkang Zhou, Hu Cai, Peng Deng, Xingkang Wang, Zeqi Bai, Yuhua Huang, Chen Chen, Wenzhe Mao, Chu Zhou, Ahdi Liu, Zhengwei Wu, Jinlin Xie, Wulv Zhong, Xuru Duan, Wandong Liu, and Ge Zhuang
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inward flux ,sawtooth crash ,flow shear ,Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity ,QC770-798 - Abstract
The Langmuir probe observed an increase in density and floating potential fluctuations after the sawtooth crash at the edge of HL-2A neutral beam injection heated plasma. This process initiates fluctuating-induced radial inward particle transport once the plasma enters a period with strong sawtooth crash. The inward transport comprises broad-band fluctuations with varying scales, which occur uniquely in the immediate aftermath of the sawtooth crash-driven outflow, signifying a transient phenomenon confined to that specific interval. These results demonstrate that the sawtooth crash can significantly impact edge turbulence by modifying electrostatic fluctuations. This modification changes the direction of electric fluctuation-induced particle transport, thereby reducing the influence of the intense sawtooth crash-driven outflow. Furthermore, the observations support the existence of a damping mechanism for the outflow during the formation of inward flux after the sawtooth crash, which may be associated with the recovery process of sawtooth cycle.
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- 2024
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