Energetic Particle Physics Studies On Alcator C Mod

Energetic particle physics is studied in Alcator C-Mod in reactor relevant regimes with high density and equilibrated electron and ion temperatures. Stable Alfven eigenmodes (AEs) are excited with low power active MHD antennas in the absence of a significant energetic particle tail to directly measure the damping rate of the modes. Stable toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) damping rates between 0.5%