Abstract

The local stability of ion-temperature gradient driven mode (ITG) in the presence of a given radial electric field is investigated using gyrokinetic theory and ballooning mode formalism with toroidal effect accounted for. It is found that zero frequency radial electric field-induced poloidal rotation can significantly stabilize ITG, while the associated density perturbation has little effect on ITG stability due to the modification of finite-orbit-width effect. However, the parallel mode structure is slightly affected due to the evenly symmetric density modulation associated with the zero-frequency radial electric field.

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