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S. A. Sabbagh* for the NSTX Research Team

Supported by. Wall Stabilization Physics and Rotating Equilibrium Reconstruction. Columbia U Comp-X General Atomics INEL Johns Hopkins U LANL LLNL Lodestar MIT Nova Photonics NYU ORNL PPPL PSI SNL UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD U Maryland U New Mexico U Rochester U Washington

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S. A. Sabbagh* for the NSTX Research Team

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  1. Supported by Wall Stabilization Physics and Rotating Equilibrium Reconstruction Columbia U Comp-X General Atomics INEL Johns Hopkins U LANL LLNL Lodestar MIT Nova Photonics NYU ORNL PPPL PSI SNL UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD U Maryland U New Mexico U Rochester U Washington U Wisconsin Culham Sci Ctr Hiroshima U HIST Kyushu Tokai U Niigata U Tsukuba U U Tokyo JAERI Ioffe Inst TRINITI KBSI KAIST ENEA, Frascati CEA, Cadarache IPP, Jülich IPP, Garching U Quebec S. A. Sabbagh* for the NSTX Research Team *Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA 16th NSTX Program Advisory Committee Meeting September 9 - 10, 2004 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  2. Wall stabilization physics understanding enhanced by use of upgraded capabilities • Motivation • Resistive wall mode (RWM) leads to rotation damping, b collapse • Original NSTX RWM observed and published in 2001 • Use new diagnostic and control capabilities to examine physics detail • Outline • Experiments examine unstable, resonant, and stable high bN regimes • Significant mode detail observed with new/upgraded diagnostics • Enhanced experimental capability with initial RWM coil • Equilibrium reconstruction with rotation (Wf/wA up to 0.48) • Theory comparison to experiment reveals new insight …conducting wall stabilization research is flourishing!

  3. Theory provides framework for wall stabilization study Fitzpatrick – Aydemir (F-A) RWM dispersion relation Nucl. Fus. 36 (1996) 11 Real frequency Growth rate wall distance wall distance • RWM / external kink “branches” are eigenmodes of the system • Examine stable/unstable operating regimes and resonances plasma rotation S* ~ 1/twall s ~ bN poloidal mode number plasma inertia dissipation mode strength wall response wall/edge coupling

  4. Unstable RWM dynamics follow theory • F-A theory / XP show • mode unlock/ rotation can occur during mode growth • “RWM branch” phase velocity in direction of plasma flow • growth rate, rotation frequency ~ 1/twall • n=1-3 unstable modes observed on new sensors • modes are ideal no-wall unstable (DCON) at high bN • Low frequency tearing modes absent pure growth rotation during growth bN FP n=1 no-wall unstable n=1-3 no-wall unstable n=2,3 |dBp|(n=1) q0 < 1 (G) |dBp|(n=1)(ext.) |dBp|(n=2) (G) |dBp|(n=3) (G) (deg) fBp(n=1) (f<40 kHz, odd-n) Bz(G)

  5. Global rotation damping by RWM 1/1 tearing mode is absent Edge rotation does not halt consistent with neoclassical toroidal viscosity ~ dB2*Ti0.5 testing ideal dB as perturbation RWM rotation damping differs from other modes core 1/1 mode RWM 40 50 40 30 30 Wf/2p (kHz) 20 20 10 10 114452 112398 112398 114452 0 0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 R(m) R(m) • Core rotation damping when 1/1 mode onsets • leads to “rigid rotor” plasma core • Clear momentum transfer across rational surface near R = 1.3m

  6. Resonance with AC error field possibly identified • Theory / XP show • Time-dependent error field yields new resonance • may be responsible for mode trigger • Mode rotates counter to plasma rotation – F-A theory shows as “kink branch” • n=1 phase velocity not constant due to error field • Rough calculation of wf/2p ~ 350 Hz; agrees with PF coil ripple • Initial results – quantitative comparison continues Modified resonance rotation: dfBp/dt varying frequency match DBp (G) bN (max bT = 34%) “static error field” response PF2 current (kA) Bz(G) New resonance ripple (f<40 kHz, odd-n) |dBp|(n=1) (G) fBp(n=1) |dBp|(n=2) (G) fBp(n=2) |dBp|(n=3) (G) fBp(n=3)

  7. 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Wf Resonant field amplification increases at high bN • Plasma response to applied field from initial RWM coil pair • Conducted pulsed field and initial MHD spectroscopy XPs • DIII-D RFA: 0-3.4 G/kA-turn • Increase in RFA with increasing bN consistent with DIII-D • thought to be inconsistent with F-A RWM theory (A. Garofalo, PoP 2003) • AC error field ~ cos(wf t) • significantly shifts the error field resonance away from stability boundary • finite wf2 resonances might fill amplification “gap” between modified error field resonance and stability limit • consequently, must be careful to include the effect of active error field resonances in RFA calculations RFA (G/kA-turn) bN Fitzpatrick-Aydemir stability curves ideal wall limit n*= no-wall limit mode strength s finite wf2 error field resonance shift (114053)

  8. Between-shots equilibrium reconstruction with rotation introduced in 2004 (EFIT)* • Data • 51 radial channel, Dt =10ms CHERS data generated between-shots • Dynamic (rotational) pressure Pd(y,R)|z=0 • Pi available – reduces error bars on “partial kinetic” P(y,R)|z=0 • Significant upgrade of divertor magnetics set / vessel voltage monitors • Reduces uncertainty in X-point position and plate currents • Over 350 total measurements are used per time point • Allows fit with 21 free basis function parameters and no artificial constraints • One or two artificial constraints may be necessary to reduce noise • Over 11,000 shot*times run – further testing still needed for 100% reliability • Physics constraints • Flux iso-surface constraint • Use Te = Te(y(R)|z=0) directly from Thomson scattering data - rapid analysis • required to insure self-consistent solution with toroidal rotation • Better flux surface / q profile determination • Other data (e.g. soft X-ray emission) can be used as constraint *in collaboration with Lang Lao (GA), Z. Cheng (IPPCAS)

  9. Vf broadens P profile simple estimate for Pfast completing testing of diagnostic consistency (Rpmax– Raxis)/a = 11% Significant separation of magnetic axis and peak pressure Poloidal flux and pressure 60 y isosurface constraint 4 2 (mWb/rad*10) 40 2 20 Pkinetic (kPa) 0 1 0 -2 113420 t = 0.501s -4 10 Z(m) 0 magnetic axis 8 -6 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 6 R(m) 4 -1 Pdynamic (kPa) 2 0 magnetic axis -2 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 R(m) R(m)

  10. Significant progress in high bN wall stabilization research • Unstable, resonant, and rotationally stabilized plasmas have been created and global modes diagnosed • Greater insight on RWM physics critically aided by diagnostic upgrades • new internal magnetic sensors • higher time and spatial resolution CHERS for Ti, Wf (rotation damping) • two-toroidal position USXR data taken during RWM experiments • Initial RWM coil pair already used for first RFA experiments • Between-shots equilibrium reconstruction with rotation capability now available • NSTX on schedule to perform active stabilization XPs in 2005 • Full RWM coil installation almost completed now • RWM coil power supply to be ready for start of run Key goal – run first NSTX active feedback stabilization experiments in 2005!

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