Reduced models of turbulent transport in helical plasmas including effects of zonal flows and trapped electrons. (June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Toda, S.; Nunami, M.; Sugama, H.
• Is Part Of: Journal of plasma physics. Volume 86:Number 3(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Subjects: plasma instabilities, -- plasma confinement, -- plasma simulation; Plasma (Ionized gases) -- Periodicals; 530.4405
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022377820000495
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3778

Abstract

Abstract : Using transport models, the impacts of trapped electrons on zonal flows and turbulence in helical field configurations are studied. The effect of the trapped electrons on the characteristic quantities of the linear response for zonal flows is investigated for two different field configurations in the Large Helical Device. The turbulent potential fluctuation, zonal flow potential fluctuation and ion energy transport are quickly predicted by the reduced models for which the linear and nonlinear simulation results are used to determine dimensionless parameters related to turbulent saturation levels and typical zonal flow wavenumbers. The effects of zonal flows on the turbulent transport for the case of the kinetic electron response are much smaller than or comparable to those in an adiabatic electron condition for the two different field configurations. It is clarified that the effect of zonal flows on the turbulent transport due to the trapped electrons changes, depending on the field configurations.