Investigation of High-Frequency mode activity in the HBT-EP Tokamak
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Abstract
High-frequency transient mode activity in tokamaks, like the High Beta Tokamak - Extended Pulse (HBT-EP), can be excited by instabilities and are often associated with minor and major disruption events. Previous HBT-EP observations have focused on lower-frequency modes by applying digital low-pass filters to multiple plasma diagnostics, including magnetic sensor arrays, X-ray detector arrays, and scrape-off-layer (SOL) tiles. In this presentation, we instead use high-frequency filters to separate the high-frequency activity from the lower-frequency modes. We find the most intense high-frequency magnetic activities occur in brief mode bursts associated with strong plasma perturbations caused by large amplitude low-frequency modes. We present a correlation analysis for characterizing these high-frequency mode bursts from multiple diagnostics and determine the spatial, as well as temporal, dynamics for these bursts in the HBT-EP.
*This work was made possible by funding from the Department of Energy for the Plasma and Fusion Undergraduate Research Opportunity (PFURO) program. This work is supported by the US DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-09CH11466 and DE-FG02-86ER53222
Presenters
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Arian R Timm
- University of Minnesota