Development and application of a hybrid MHD-kinetic model in JOREK

Energetic particle (EP) driven instabilities will be of strongly increased relevance in future burning plasmas as the EP pressure very large compared to thermal plasma. Understanding interaction EPs and bulk plasma is crucial for developing next-generation fusion devices. In this work, JOREK MHD code extended allow simulation at high pressures using realistic parameter a full-f formulation with anisotropic coupling bluid background. The first benchmarked linearly ITPA-TAE well experiment based AUG-NLED cases, obtaining good agreement other codes. Then, it applied energetic discharge ASDEX Upgrade tokamak non-Maxwellian distribution EPs, reproducing aspects experimentally observed instabilities. Non-linear applications are possible on implentation, but require dedicated verification validation left work.