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== Description of the activity == | == Description of the activity == | ||
Enter description here <ref>A. Einstein, Journal of Exceptional Results (2017)</ref>, including motivation/objectives and experience of the proponent (typically one-two pages) | Enter description here <ref>A. Einstein, Journal of Exceptional Results (2017)</ref>, including motivation/objectives and experience of the proponent (typically one-two pages) | ||
Why do ERCH/ ICRH avoid core impurity accumulation?. Significant progress has been reported regarding the physics understanding of empirical actuators like core heating to avoid impurity accumulation, including the following mechanisms: 1) A reduction of the background density gradient, leading to a reduction of the inward (neoclassical) convection of impurities; 2) An increase of turbulent diffusion; 3) The amplification of core temperature screening which would be relevant in core alpha-heating regimes; 4) The development of core plasma potential flux surface asymmetries. | |||
Why fast reaction of plasma fluctuations to ECRH?. This is the (challenging) question that we want to answer including experiments in TJ-II 2019 / 20, data analysis and model validation. | |||
From the theoretical perpective we should consider two mechanisms: | |||
The role of phase space driven instabilities <ref>S. Itoh and K. Itoh Scientific Reports 2, 860 (2012)</ref> and the role of plasma gradient driven instabilities <ref>Trapped Electron Modes (TEM) E. Sánchez et al., Nucl Fusion 59, 076029 (2019)</ref>. | |||
== International or National funding project or entity == | == International or National funding project or entity == | ||