Particle-in-cell simulations of parametric decay instabilities at the upper hybrid layer of fusion plasmas to determine their primary threshold
PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION(2020)
摘要
Parametric decay instabilities (PDIs) are nonlinear processes by which energy from a strong pump wave may be directed into other waves at other frequencies, in particular natural modes of the medium, provided that energy and momentum are conserved. The particle-in-cell code EPOCH is used to simulate PDIs in a magnetically confined fusion plasma converting a 105 GHz microwave X-mode pump wave into electrostatic daughter waves at the upper hybrid layer. Modes associated with the PDIs as well as a linearly converted electron Bernstein wave are identified in f- and k-space. The PDI daughter modes are found to agree with experimental observations from ASDEX Upgrade as well as with analytical predictions, showing a nonlinear increase in power above a predicted threshold.
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parametric decay instabilities,particle in cell,upper hybrid layer,electron Bernstein waves
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