PPPL-4069 is available in <a href="PPPL-4069.pdf">pdf</a> format (536 KB).

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<b>Kinetic Damping of Toroidal Alfv&#233;n Eigenmodes</b>
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<b>Authors:</b> G.Y. Fu, H.L. Berk, and A. Pletzer
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> May 2005
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<b>Published in:</b> Physics of Plasmas <b>12</b>:082505 (September 2005) (8 pages)</p>


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The damping of Toroidal Alfv&#233;n Eigenmodes in JET plasmas is investigated by using a reduced kinetic model. Typically no significant damping is found to occur near the center of the plasma due to mode conversion to kinetic Alfv&#233;n waves. In contrast, continuum damping from resonance near the plasma edge may be significant, and when it is, it gives rise to damping rates that are compatible with the experimental observations.



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