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American Institute of Physics, Physics of Plasmas, 9(23), p. 090702

DOI: 10.1063/1.4962997

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Effects of energetic particles on zonal flow generation by toroidal Alfven eigenmode

Journal article published in 2016 by Zhiyong Qiu ORCID, Liu Chen, Fulvio Zonca ORCID
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Abstract

Generation of zonal ow (ZF) by energetic particle (EP) driven toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) is investigated using nonlinear gyrokinetic theory. It is found that, nonlinear resonant EP contri- bution dominates over the usual Reynolds and Maxwell stresses due to thermal plasma nonlinear response. ZF can be forced driven in the linear growth stage of TAE, with the growth rate being twice the TAE growth rate. The ZF generation mechanism is shown to be related to polarization induced by resonant EP nonlinearity. The generated ZF has both the usual meso-scale and micro- scale radial structures. Possible consequences of this forced driven ZF on the nonlinear dynamics of TAE are also discussed. ; Comment: To be submitted to Physics of Plasmas