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Hornsby, W A; Migliano, P; Buchholz, R; Grosshauser, S; Weikl, A; Peeters, A G; Zarzoso, D; Casson, F J; Poli, E, E-mail: william.hornsby@ipp.mpg.de2016
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[en] The non-linear evolution of a magnetic island is studied using the Vlasov gyro-kinetic code GKW. The interaction of electromagnetic turbulence with a self-consistently growing magnetic island, generated by a tearing unstable current profile, is considered. The turbulence is able to seed the magnetic island and bypass the linear growth phase by generating structures that are approximately an ion gyro-radius in width. The non-linear evolution of the island width and its rotation frequency, after this seeding phase, is found to be modified and is dependent on the value of the plasma beta and equilibrium pressure gradients. At low values of beta the island evolves largely independent of the turbulence, while at higher values the interaction has a dramatic effect on island growth, causing the island to grow exponentially at the growth rate of its linear phase, even though the island is larger than linear theory validity. The turbulence forces the island to rotate in the ion-diamagnetic direction as opposed to the electron diamagnetic direction in which it rotates when no turbulence is present. In addition, it is found that the mode rotation slows as the island grows in size. (paper)
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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/1/014028; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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