Bulletin of the American Physical Society
49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 52, Number 11
Monday–Friday, November 12–16, 2007; Orlando, Florida
Session GP8: Poster Session III: Turbulence, Transport, and NL Processes; Fast Ignition and Laser-Plasma Interactions; Divertors, Edge Physics and Fueling; MHD Theory, Heating and Current Drive; Simulation: MHD; Optimal Helicon Source Performance
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Rosen Centre Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.DPP.GP8.91
Abstract: GP8.00091 : Flute instability in the divertor plasma
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Authors:
D.D. Ryutov
R.H. Cohen
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551)
An analysis of the flute instability in the realistic geometry of an X-point divertor is provided, for both common and private flux regions. The drive includes curvature and the electron temperature gradient, combined with the sheath boundary condition at the divertor plates. The effects of X-point shearing, that have been in the past described in a semi-phenomenological manner, are included based on first principles. The curvature drive is shown to be significant for both inner and outer divertor legs, contrary to the slab analysis. Characteristic signatures of the ensuing instabilities (typical frequencies, wave-numbers, correlation between the density and potential perturbations) are presented. The effects of the sheath boundary conditions on the instabilities are explicitly displayed. The results can be used for the interpretation of experiments and for code benchmarking. Work performed for US DOE by UC LLNL under contract No. W-7405-Eng-48.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2007.DPP.GP8.91
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