Analytical and numerical studies of sawtooth stabilization with on-axis ICRH on Tore Supra

Sawtooth stabilization has recently been achieved with on-axis ICRH on Tore Supra. Analytic and numerical tools have been developed that allow analysis of these data, with the emphasis on the energetic-particle contribution. The latter is calculated on the basis of an original expression for the hot-ion distribution function, mostly-passing, deduced from theoretical and experimental ICRH studies, and compared to the usual mostly-trapped model. Both models account for stabilization, but for different reasons: with the mostly-passing distribution, stabilization is essentially driven by barely-passing hot ions. (author) 9 refs.; 2 figs