Abstract
Relying on the good agreement observed between the gyrokinetic PENN model and the low toroidal mode number n damping measurements from JET, the stability of Alfvén eigenmodes (AEs) is predicted for reactor relevant conditions. Full non-local wave-particle power transfers are computed between global wavefields and alpha particles in an ITER reference equilibrium, showing that low-n eigenmodes (n ≅ 2) are strongly damped and intermediate-n eigenmodes (n ≅ 12) with a global radial extension are stable with a damping rate γ/ω ≅ 0.02. Even though an excitation of alpha particle driven instabilities remains in principle possible in reactors, this study suggests that realistic operation scenarios exist where all the AEs of global character are stable.
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