Alfvén eigenmode-driven zonal modes saturate and heat thermal ions by cross-scale interactions

In scenarios where a sustained energetic particle source strongly drives toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes (TAE), and phase-space transport is insufficient to saturate TAE, this novel theory of TAE-zonal mode (ZM)-turbulence—self-regulated by cross-scale interactions (including collisionless ZF damping) –...

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Published in:Nuclear Fusion
Main Authors: Qinghao Yan, P.H. Diamond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae11c6