NIFS-632

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Author(s):

T. Kuroda, H. Sugama, R. Kanno and M. Okamoto

Title:

Ion Temperature Gradient Modes in Toroidal Helical Systems

Date of publication:

Apr. 2000

Key words:

ITG mode, helical system, LHD, gyrokinetic equation, ballooning representation

Abstract:

Linear properties of ion temperature gradient (ITG) modes in helical systems are studied. The real frequency, growth rate, and eigenfunction are obtained for both stable and unstable cases by solving a kinetic integral equation with proper analytic continuation performed in the complex frequency plane. Based on the model magnetic configuration for toroidal helical systems like the Large Helical Device (LHD), dependences of the ITG mode properties on various plasma equilibrium parameters are investigated. Particularly, relative effects of nabla B-curvature drifts driven by the toroidicity and by the helical ripples are examined in order to compare the ITG modes in helical systems with those in tokamaks.

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