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== Name and affiliation of proponent ==
== Name and affiliation of proponent ==
Carlos Hidalgo
CIEMAT, Kurchatov HIBP team, Kharkov HIBP team


== Details of contact person at LNF ==
== Details of contact person at LNF ==
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Alvaro Cappa, Carlos Hidalgo


== Description of the activity ==
== Description of the activity ==
Fast ions have been found to impact plasma confinement <ref>J. Citrin et al., PRL 111 (2013) 155001</ref>. Understanding the underlying physics is an essential task for future fusion reactors where plasmas will be dominated by fast particle dynamics.  In particular, non-linear excitations of zonal structures by fast particle driven modes are predicted to play an important role on the nonlinear dynamics of AEs and related transport.
Fast ions have been found to impact plasma confinement <ref>J. Citrin et al., PRL 111 (2013) 155001</ref>. Understanding the underlying physics is an essential task for future fusion reactors where plasmas will be dominated by fast particle dynamics.  In particular, non-linear excitations of zonal structures by fast particle driven modes are predicted to play an important role on the nonlinear dynamics of AEs and related transport <ref> Z Qiu et al., PRL 120 (2018) 135001</ref>.
 
Non-linear coupling between AEs and low frequency zonal flows have been reported in TJ-II using Doppler reflectometry [<ref>T. Estrada et al., NF 55 (2015) 063005</ref>] and HIBP measurements.
 
The goal is to address the following questions:
 
1. Relation between fast particle driven modes and zonal structures: Is there any evidence of Zonal Flows (i.e. electric fields) or / and Zonal Fields (i.e. magnetic fields) driven by fast particles?. If yes, do they play any role on thermal transport Impact?
 
2. Non-linear interplay between high (AEs) and low frequency modes: do they play any role in the non-linear saturation mechanisms of AEs?
 
Experiment will be carried out in plasma scenarios with different AEs control knobs, including: ECRH power, on and off axis ECCD, plasma density and magnetic configuration <ref>A. Cappa, Physics Meeting October 14th 2019</ref>.


== International or National funding project or entity ==
== International or National funding project or entity ==
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