Linear stability of the ITER 15 MA scenario against the alpha fishbone

The stability of the n = m = 1 alpha-fishbone kinetic-MHD mode on the ITER 15 MA baseline scenario (ITER Physics Expert Group on Energe Drive and ITER Physics Basis 1999 Nucl. Fusion 39 2471-95) is analyzed using the non-linear hybrid kinetic-MHD code XTOR-K. Quantitative agreement is found between the complex frequencies ω + i γ computed with the linear model in (Brochard G. et al 2018 J. Phys.: Conf. Series 1125 012003) and XTOR-K's linear simulations. Identical precessional resonance positions in phase space are also found between the linear model and XTOR-K. Linear hybrid simulations performed with XTOR-K on the ITER 15 MA scenario reveal that this configuration is likely to be unstable against the alpha fishbone mode. The fishbone thresholds for kinetic-MHD equilibria with flat q profiles with on-axis safety factor just below unity lies between, whereas the expected beta ratio on ITER is (ITER Physics Expert Group on Energe Drive and ITER Physics Basis 1999 Nucl. Fusion 39 2471-95).