The impact of anisotropy on ITER scenarios and Edge Localised Modes

We report on the impact of anisotropy and flow to tokamak plasma configuration and stability in several different regimes. First, we conduct a preliminary analysis of the impact of anisotropy on ITER pre-fusion power operation 5MA, B=1.8T ICRH scenarios, where a RF calculation gives the fast ion distribution function. To model ITER scenarios remapping tools are developed that iterate the anisotropy-modified current profile to produce the same q profile with matched thermal energy. We find characteristic detachment of flux surfaces from pressure surfaces, and an outboard (inboard) shift of peak pressure T_|| > T_⊥. Differences in the poloidal current profile are evident, albeit not as pronounced as for the spherical tokamak. We find that the incompressional continuum is largely unchanged in the presence of anisotropy, and the mode structure of gap modes is largely unchanged. The compressional branch however exhibits significant differences in the continuum. We report on the implication of these modifications, and scan over a wider set of ITER scenarios.