Abstract

The effect of anomalous electron and ion viscosity induced by the stochastization of magnetic field line on sawtooth crash in a tokamak is investigated by using the reduced set of resistive MHD equations. As the perturbation grows beyond some amplitude, the most unstable mode is turned from the pure resistive mode into the one induced by the anomalous electron viscosity, and the growth rate suddenly increases, as observed in some experiments. After that, the growth of perturbation is decreased due to the anomalous ion viscosity. The sawtooth crash time is prolonged in spite of the explosive growth due to the electron viscosity. However, it is not completely suppressed by the effect of anomalous ion viscosity.

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