Eur. Phys. J. D 64, 405-411 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20223-0

Regular Article

Interpretation of tearing mode physics from ECE temperature fluctuations associated with magnetic islands and Mirnov signals

¹ IFP-CNR, Associazione Euratom-ENEA-CNR per la Fusione, Via R. Cozzi 53, Milan, Italy
² Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria 16, Milan, Italy

^a e-mail: lazzaro@ifp.cnr.it

Received: 18 April 2011
Received in final form: 14 July 2011
Published online: 13 September 2011

Abstract

The experimental identification of the physical mechanisms behind the rotating magnetic helical modes with low numbers m,n which appear at magnetic surfaces where q = m/n is an elusive task. We discuss here a theoretical principle of a combined analysis of magnetic Mirnov signals and of electron cyclotron emission signals that can shed light on the underlying physics of these perturbations.