Effects of zero and reversed magnetic shear on resistive wall modes in a straight limiter tokamak with zero beta

Advanced tokamak scenarios often feature equilibriums with zero and reversed magnetic shear. To isolate and investigate their impacts on the resistive wall mode (RWM) instability analytically, we construct a series of cylindrical limiter equilibriums with different magnetic shear in the core and tow...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2024-12, Vol.31 (12)
Main Authors: Wan, Sui, Zhu, Ping, Li, Haolong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cylindrical plasmas
Equilibrium
Exact solutions
Magnetohydrodynamics
Safety factors
Shear
Tokamak devices
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Summary:Advanced tokamak scenarios often feature equilibriums with zero and reversed magnetic shear. To isolate and investigate their impacts on the resistive wall mode (RWM) instability analytically, we construct a series of cylindrical limiter equilibriums with different magnetic shear in the core and toward plasma edge, as a prototype of the configurations in advanced tokamak scenarios. Equilibriums with zero β are considered so that the analysis focuses on the current-driven RWMs. Analytical solutions for the n=1 resistive wall mode, derived from the reduced ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations, consistently demonstrate key insights for both the core and the edge: the growth rate of RWMs is inversely proportional to the averaged magnetic shear when the safety factor at the edge ( qa) is held constant. Specifically, an increase in positive averaged magnetic shear results in a decreased growth rate, whereas an increase in negative averaged magnetic shear leads to an increased growth rate. Furthermore, the influence of nqa on the mode's stability significantly surpasses the effects of magnetic shear changes previously discussed. These analytical calculation results provide a verification of NIMROD simulations.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/5.0234675