Influence of pressure-gradient and average- shear on ballooning stability semi-analytic expression for ballooning growth rate S.R.Hudson 1, C.C.Hegna 2,

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Influence of pressure-gradient and average- shear on ballooning stability semi-analytic expression for ballooning growth rate S.R.Hudson 1, C.C.Hegna 2, N.Nakajima 3, R.Torasso 4, A.Ware 5 1) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, P.O. Box 451,Princeton NJ 08543, USA. 2) Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA. 3) National Institute for Fusion Science, Nagoya , Japan. 4) Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, NY 10012, USA. 5) Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA International Sherwood Theory Conference April 26-28, Missoula, Montana.

2 Motivation Recent work on 2 nd stability in stellarators has shown that –some stellarators do [WARE et al., PRL 2002], –some stellarators do not [HEGNA & HUDSON, PRL 2001], possess 2 nd stable regions. What property of the configuration determines 2 nd stability ? Outline The method of profile variations [ GREENE & CHANCE, NF 1983 ] is applied to stellarator configurations [ HEGNA & NAKAJIMA, PoP 1996 ]. The profile variations (and the self-consistent coordinate response) produce variations in the ballooning coefficients. Eigenvalue perturbation theory is used to obtain an analytic expression for the ballooning growth rate, , as a function of the pressure- gradient and average-shear:  =  (  ',p ') (for constant geometry). The analytic expression determines if pressure-gradient is stabilizing or destabilizing, and suggests if a 2 nd stable region will exist.

3 Three approaches will be compared Equilibrium reconstruction –multiple equilibrium calculations (vary p'(  ) &  '(  ); VMEC) –multiple ballooning calculations Profile-variations [GREENE&CHANCE,1983 ] –single equilibrium calculation (construct semi-analytic equilibria) –multiple ballooning calculations Analytic expression (extension of profile-variations) –single equilibrium calculation –single ballooning calculation pressure gradientaverage shear to be described

4 The pressure-gradient and average-shear profiles are varied (method of profile variations) We begin with a full solution to an MHD equilibrium (VMEC) An analytic variation in p &  is imposed  is formally small parameter  b is surface of interest variation in the gradients is zero-order in  two free parameters ( ,  p )

5 later will keep (  ') 2, (  '  p'), (  p') 2,. The self-consistent coordinate response is determined the coordinates are similarly adjusted to preserve  p=J  B : To zero order in , the local shear is changed This equation is : –exact at the surface of interest; –valid for arbitrarily large ( ,  p ); –the coefficients are determined by the original equilibrium: (simply solved using Fourier representation).

6 The coefficients of the ballooning equation are changed may be resolved numerically; but further analytic progress possible

7 Eigenvalue perturbation theory gives analytic expression for change in ballooning growth rate operator inversion inner product operator inversion

8 The theory determines... if increased p' is stabilizing or destabilizing, if a 2 nd stable region will exist. unstable2 nd stable1 st stable valid if  3  /  p' 3  p' <<  2  /  p' 2 ; in general, may need (  p') 3,(  p') 4...

9 Marginal stability boundary : quasi-poloidal configuration quasi-poloidal configuration [WARE et al. PRL, 2002] has 2 nd stable region solid curve is stability boundary determined by exactly re-solving ballooning equation on grid 200x200 dotted curve from analytic expression including 2 nd order terms single eigenfunction calculation analytic expression accurately reproduces exact stability boundary

10 Stability boundary is verified by global equilibrium reconstruction a sequence of increasing pressure equilibria is constructed with VMEC fixed boundary, fixed current profile For each s=0.3 surface, the ballooning stability is re-calculated indicated with  or +, stable or unstable The marginal stability diagram is constructed using original equilibrium O solid : exact solution to perturbed eqn. dotted : from 2 nd order analytic expression The stability diagram gives good prediction of global stability boundary unstable2 nd stable1 st stable

11 Stability boundary LHD-like configuration NCSX-like configuration solid : exact (numerical) solution to perturbed ballooning equation dotted : from analytic expression (4 th order) core-region of LHD-like; strong 2 nd stable region; arbitrary pressure gradient. fixed-boundary li383; weak 2 nd stable region.

12 Summary An analytic expression describing the dependence of the ballooning growth rate on pressure-gradient and shear variations is derived. The expression agrees well with the exact numerical solution to the perturbed ballooning equation, and agrees with stability boundaries computed with global equilibrium reconstructions. The expression determines : –if pressure-gradient is stabilizing or destabilizing –suggests if a 2 nd stable region will exist. Theory may be of use in stellarator optimization routines and enable deeper insight into mechanism of 2 nd stability. Future work will attempt to translate these results to global mode stability.