Published September 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Adiabatic description of long range frequency sweeping

  • 1. Department of Earth and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg (Sweden)
  • 2. Physics Department, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
  • 3. Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712 (United States)

Description

A theoretical framework is developed to describe long range frequency sweeping events in the 1D electrostatic bump-on-tail model with fast particle sources and collisions. The model includes three collision operators (Krook, drag (dynamical friction) and velocity space diffusion), and allows for a general shape of the fast particle distribution function. The behaviour of phase space holes and clumps is analysed in the absence of diffusion, and the effect of particle trapping due to separatrix expansion is discussed. With a fast particle distribution function whose slope decays above the resonant phase velocity, hooked frequency sweeping is found for holes in the presence of drag collisions alone. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/52/9/094020

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Fusion
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]
ISSN
0029-5515
CODEN
NUFUAU

Conference

Title
12. IAEA technical meeting on energetic particles in magnetic confinement systems
Dates
7-11 Sep 2011
Place
Austin, TX (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44032551
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION; COLLISIONS; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DRAG; FRICTION; HOLES; PARTICLE SOURCES; PHASE SPACE; PHASE VELOCITY; TRAPPING
Descriptors DEC
APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; RADIATION SOURCES; SPACE; VELOCITY