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1. Runaway electron mitigation by 3D fields application in ASDEX Upgrade, COMPASS, and RFX-mod

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M. Gobbin, M. Valisa, L. Marrelli, G. Papp, G. Pautasso, E. Tomesova, T. Markovic, O. Ficker, J. Cerovsky, Y. Liu, and L. Li

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runaway electrons, 3D fields, tokamak, orbit, ASDEX Upgrade, COMPASS, Physics, QC1-999
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Disruption-generated runaway electron (RE) beams represent a potentially severe threat for tokamak plasma-facing components. Application of properly designed 3D fields can act as a mitigation mechanism, as recently investigated in ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) and COMPASS experiments and in the tokamak discharges of RFX-mod. In all of these devices, the dynamics of the disruption are affected by the application of magnetic perturbations (MPs), and the resulting RE beam current and lifetime are significantly reduced. These experiments show, in particular, that the strength of the observed effects strongly depends on the poloidal spectrum of the applied MPs, which has been reconstructed including the plasma response. This paper reports the main findings on RE mitigation from the previously mentioned three devices, highlighting the common physics behind them and their interpretation by using the guiding center code ORBIT.

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2024
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2. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 14 -Methoxy Digitalis Derivatives

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P. Melloni, G. Padoani, A. Cerri, N. Almirante, and M. Gobbini

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14b-Methoxy digitalis derivatives, binding affinity, Na+, K+-ATPase, Organic chemistry, QD241-441
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The synthesis and biological evaluation of 14β-methoxy derivatives of digitoxigenin and of other digitalis-like compounds are reported. These compounds have a 14β-oxygen, which can be a hydrogen bonding acceptor, as is the case of 14β,15β-epoxide derivatives, but not a hydrogen bonding donor as is the case of 14β-hydroxy derivatives. All the new 14β-methoxy derivatives show a considerable reduced binding affinity on Na+,K+-ATPase when compared with the 14β-hydroxy analogues and also with the 14β,15β-epoxy derivatives. These results could mean that the digitalis receptor does not permit the presence of a bulky substituent in the 14β region, even of relatively small volume like the methyl group

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1998
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3. Overview of ASDEX upgrade results in view of ITER and DEMO

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H. Zohm, E. Alessi, C. Angioni, N. Arden, V. Artigues, M. Astrain, O. Asunta, M. Balden, V. Bandaru, A. Banon Navarro, M. Bauer, A. Bergmann, M. Bergmann, J. Bernardo, M. Bernert, A. Biancalani, R. Bielajew, R. Bilato, G. Birkenmeier, T. Blanken, V. Bobkov, A. Bock, L. Bock, T. Body, T. Bolzonella, N. Bonanomi, A. Bortolon, B. Böswirth, C. Bottereau, A. Bottino, H. van den Brand, M. Brenzke, S. Brezinsek, D. Brida, F. Brochard, J. Buchanan, A. Buhler, A. Burckhart, Y. Camenen, B. Cannas, P. Cano Megías, D. Carlton, M. Carr, P. Carvalho, C. Castaldo, A. Castillo Castillo, A. Cathey, M. Cavedon, C. Cazzaniga, C. Challis, A. Chankin, A. Chomiczewska, C. Cianfarani, F. Clairet, S. Coda, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, L. Colas, G. Conway, S. Costea, D. Coster, T. Cote, A.J. Creely, G. Croci, D.J. Cruz Zabala, G. Cseh, I. Cziegler, O. D’Arcangelo, A. Dal Molin, P. David, C. Day, M. de Baar, P. de Marné, R. Delogu, P. Denner, A. Di Siena, M. Dibon, J.J. Dominguez-Palacios Durán, D. Dunai, M. Dreval, M. Dunne, B.P. Duval, R. Dux, T. Eich, S. Elgeti, A. Encheva, B. Esposito, E. Fable, M. Faitsch, D. Fajardo Jimenez, U. Fantz, M. Farnik, H. Faugel, F. Felici, O. Ficker, A. Figueredo, R. Fischer, O. Ford, L. Frassinetti, M. Fröschle, G. Fuchert, J.C. Fuchs, H. Fünfgelder, S. Futatani, K. Galazka, J. Galdon-Quiroga, D. Gallart Escolà, A. Gallo, Y. Gao, S. Garavaglia, M. Garcia Muñoz, B. Geiger, L. Giannone, S. Gibson, L. Gil, E. Giovannozzi, I. Girka, O. Girka, T. Gleiter, S. Glöggler, M. Gobbin, J.C. Gonzalez, J. Gonzalez Martin, T. Goodman, G. Gorini, T. Görler, D. Gradic, G. Granucci, A. Gräter, G. Grenfell, H. Greuner, M. Griener, M. Groth, O. Grover, A. Gude, L. Guimarais, S. Günter, D. Hachmeister, A.H. Hakola, C. Ham, T. Happel, N. den Harder, G. Harrer, J. Harrison, V. Hauer, T. Hayward-Schneider, B. Heinemann, P. Heinrich, T. Hellsten, S. Henderson, P. Hennequin, M. Herschel, S. Heuraux, A. Herrmann, E. Heyn, F. Hitzler, J. Hobirk, K. Höfler, S. Hörmann, J.H. Holm, M. Hölzl, C. Hopf, L. Horvath, T. Höschen, A. Houben, A. Hubbard, A. Huber, K. Hunger, V. Igochine, M. Iliasova, J. Illerhaus, K. Insulander Björk, C. Ionita-Schrittwieser, I. Ivanova-Stanik, S. Jachmich, W. Jacob, N. Jaksic, A. Jansen van Vuuren, F. Jaulmes, F. Jenko, T. Jensen, E. Joffrin, A. Kallenbach, J. Kalis, A. Kappatou, J. Karhunen, C.-P. Käsemann, S. Kasilov, Y. Kazakov, A. Kendl, W. Kernbichler, E. Khilkevitch, M. Kircher, A. Kirk, S. Kjer Hansen, V. Klevarova, F. Klossek, G. Kocsis, M. Koleva, M. Komm, M. Kong, A. Krämer-Flecken, M. Krause, I. Krebs, A. Kreuzeder, K. Krieger, O. Kudlacek, D. Kulla, T. Kurki-Suonio, B. Kurzan, B. Labit, K. Lackner, F. Laggner, A. Lahtinen, P. Lainer, P.T. Lang, P. Lauber, M. Lehnen, L. Leppin, E. Lerche, N. Leuthold, L. Li, J. Likonen, O. Linder, H. Lindl, B. Lipschultz, Y. Liu, Z. Lu, T. Luda Di Cortemiglia, N.C. Luhmann, T. Lunt, A. Lyssoivan, T. Maceina, J. Madsen, A. Magnanimo, H. Maier, J. Mailloux, R. Maingi, O. Maj, E. Maljaars, V. Maquet, A. Mancini, A. Manhard, P. Mantica, M. Mantsinen, P. Manz, M. Maraschek, C. Marchetto, M. Markl, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, F. Matos, M. Mayer, P.J. McCarthy, R. McDermott, G. Meng, R. Merkel, A. Merle, H. Meyer, M. Michelini, D. Milanesio, V. Mitterauer, P. Molina Cabrera, M. Muraca, F. Nabais, V. Naulin, R. Nazikian, R.D. Nem, R. Neu, A.H. Nielsen, S.K. Nielsen, T. Nishizawa, M. Nocente, I. Novikau, S. Nowak, R. Ochoukov, J. Olsen, P. Oyola, O. Pan, G. Papp, A. Pau, G. Pautasso, C. Paz-Soldan, M. Peglau, E. Peluso, P. Petersson, C. Piron, U. Plank, B. Plaum, B. Plöckl, V. Plyusnin, G. Pokol, E. Poli, A. Popa, L. Porte, J. Puchmayr, T. Pütterich, L. Radovanovic, M. Ramisch, J. Rasmussen, G. Ratta, S. Ratynskaia, G. Raupp, A. Redl, D. Réfy, M. Reich, F. Reimold, D. Reiser, M. Reisner, D. Reiter, B. Rettino, T. Ribeiro, D. Ricci, R. Riedl, J. Riesch, J.F. Rivero Rodriguez, G. Rocchi, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, V. Rohde, G. Ronchi, M. Rott, M. Rubel, D.A. Ryan, F. Ryter, S. Saarelma, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, O. Samoylov, L. Sanchis Sanchez, J. Santos, O. Sauter, G. Schall, A. Schlüter, J. Scholte, K. Schmid, O. Schmitz, P.A. Schneider, R. Schrittwieser, M. Schubert, C. Schuster, N. Schwarz, T. Schwarz-Selinger, J. Schweinzer, F. Sciortino, O. Seibold-Benjak, A. Shabbir, A. Shalpegin, S. Sharapov, U. Sheikh, A. Shevelev, G. Sias, M. Siccinio, B. Sieglin, A. Sigalov, A. Silva, C. Silva, D. Silvagni, J. Simpson, S. Sipilä, A. Snicker, E. Solano, C. Sommariva, C. Sozzi, M. Spacek, G. Spizzo, M. Spolaore, A. Stegmeir, M. Stejner, D. Stieglitz, J. Stober, U. Stroth, E. Strumberger, G. Suarez Lopez, W. Suttrop, T. Szepesi, B. Tál, T. Tala, W. Tang, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, D. Terranova, M. Teschke, E. Thorén, W. Tierens, D. Told, W. Treutterer, G. Trevisan, M. Tripský, P. Ulbl, G. Urbanczyk, M. Usoltseva, M. Valisa, M. Valovic, S. van Mulders, M. van Zeeland, F. Vannini, B. Vanovac, P. Varela, S. Varoutis, T. Verdier, G. Verdoolaege, N. Vianello, J. Vicente, T. Vierle, E. Viezzer, I. Voitsekhovitch, U. von Toussaint, D. Wagner, X. Wang, M. Weiland, D. Wendler, A.E. White, M. Willensdorfer, B. Wiringer, M. Wischmeier, R. Wolf, E. Wolfrum, Q. Yang, C. Yoo, Q. Yu, R. Zagórski, I. Zammuto, T. Zehetbauer, W. Zhang, W. Zholobenko, A. Zibrov, M. Zilker, C.F.B. Zimmermann, A. Zito, S. Zoletnik, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team, and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Subjects
tokamak, MHD stability, transport modelling, radiative exhaust, disruption physics, ELM free scenarios, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
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Experiments on ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) in 2021 and 2022 have addressed a number of critical issues for ITER and EU DEMO. A major objective of the AUG programme is to shed light on the underlying physics of confinement, stability, and plasma exhaust in order to allow reliable extrapolation of results obtained on present day machines to these reactor-grade devices. Concerning pedestal physics, the mitigation of edge localised modes (ELMs) using resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) was found to be consistent with a reduction of the linear peeling-ballooning stability threshold due to the helical deformation of the plasma. Conversely, ELM suppression by RMPs is ascribed to an increased pedestal transport that keeps the plasma away from this boundary. Candidates for this increased transport are locally enhanced turbulence and a locked magnetic island in the pedestal. The enhanced D-alpha (EDA) and quasi-continuous exhaust (QCE) regimes have been established as promising ELM-free scenarios. Here, the pressure gradient at the foot of the H-mode pedestal is reduced by a quasi-coherent mode, consistent with violation of the high-n ballooning mode stability limit there. This is suggestive that the EDA and QCE regimes have a common underlying physics origin. In the area of transport physics, full radius models for both L- and H-modes have been developed. These models predict energy confinement in AUG better than the commonly used global scaling laws, representing a large step towards the goal of predictive capability. A new momentum transport analysis framework has been developed that provides access to the intrinsic torque in the plasma core. In the field of exhaust, the X-Point Radiator (XPR), a cold and dense plasma region on closed flux surfaces close to the X-point, was described by an analytical model that provides an understanding of its formation as well as its stability, i.e., the conditions under which it transitions into a deleterious MARFE with the potential to result in a disruptive termination. With the XPR close to the divertor target, a new detached divertor concept, the compact radiative divertor, was developed. Here, the exhaust power is radiated before reaching the target, allowing close proximity of the X-point to the target. No limitations by the shallow field line angle due to the large flux expansion were observed, and sufficient compression of neutral density was demonstrated. With respect to the pumping of non-recycling impurities, the divertor enrichment was found to mainly depend on the ionisation energy of the impurity under consideration. In the area of MHD physics, analysis of the hot plasma core motion in sawtooth crashes showed good agreement with nonlinear 2-fluid simulations. This indicates that the fast reconnection observed in these events is adequately described including the pressure gradient and the electron inertia in the parallel Ohm’s law. Concerning disruption physics, a shattered pellet injection system was installed in collaboration with the ITER International Organisation. Thanks to the ability to vary the shard size distribution independently of the injection velocity, as well as its impurity admixture, it was possible to tailor the current quench rate, which is an important requirement for future large devices such as ITER. Progress was also made modelling the force reduction of VDEs induced by massive gas injection on AUG. The H-mode density limit was characterised in terms of safe operational space with a newly developed active feedback control method that allowed the stability boundary to be probed several times within a single discharge without inducing a disruptive termination. Regarding integrated operation scenarios, the role of density peaking in the confinement of the ITER baseline scenario (high plasma current) was clarified. The usual energy confinement scaling ITER98( p,y ) does not capture this effect, but the more recent H20 scaling does, highlighting again the importance of developing adequate physics based models. Advanced tokamak scenarios, aiming at large non-inductive current fraction due to non-standard profiles of the safety factor in combination with high normalised plasma pressure were studied with a focus on their access conditions. A method to guide the approach of the targeted safety factor profiles was developed, and the conditions for achieving good confinement were clarified. Based on this, two types of advanced scenarios (‘hybrid’ and ‘elevated’ q -profile) were established on AUG and characterised concerning their plasma performance.

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2024
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4. Overview of the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation programme in support of ITER and DEMO

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E. Joffrin, M. Wischmeier, M. Baruzzo, A. Hakola, A. Kappatou, D. Keeling, B. Labit, E. Tsitrone, N. Vianello, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, JET Contributors, the MAST-U Team, the TCV Team, the WEST Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team:, D. Abate, J. Adamek, M. Agostini, C. Albert, F.C.P. Albert Devasagayam, S. Aleiferis, E. Alessi, J. Alhage, S. Allan, J. Allcock, M. Alonzo, G. Anastasiou, E. Andersson Sunden, C. Angioni, Y. Anquetin, L. Appel, G.M. Apruzzese, M. Ariola, C. Arnas, J.F. Artaud, W. Arter, O. Asztalos, L. Aucone, M.H. Aumeunier, F. Auriemma, J. Ayllon, E. Aymerich, A. Baciero, F. Bagnato, L. Bähner, F. Bairaktaris, P. Balázs, L. Balbinot, I. Balboa, M. Balden, A. Balestri, M. Baquero Ruiz, T. Barberis, C. Barcellona, O. Bardsley, S. Benkadda, T. Bensadon, E. Bernard, M. Bernert, H. Betar, R. Bianchetti Morales, J. Bielecki, R. Bilato, P. Bilkova, W. Bin, G. Birkenmeier, R. Bisson, P. Blanchard, A. Bleasdale, V. Bobkov, A. Boboc, A. Bock, K. Bogar, P. Bohm, T. Bolzonella, F. Bombarda, N. Bonanomi, L. Boncagni, D. Bonfiglio, R. Bonifetto, M. Bonotto, D. Borodin, I. Borodkina, T.O.S.J. Bosman, C. Bourdelle, C. Bowman, S. Brezinsek, D. Brida, F. Brochard, R. Brunet, D. Brunetti, V. Bruno, R. Buchholz, J. Buermans, H. Bufferand, P. Buratti, A. Burckhart, J. Cai, R. Calado, J. Caloud, S. Cancelli, F. Cani, B. Cannas, M. Cappelli, S. Carcangiu, A. Cardinali, S. Carli, D. Carnevale, M. Carole, M. Carpita, D. Carralero, F. Caruggi, I.S. Carvalho, I. Casiraghi, A. Casolari, F.J. Casson, C. Castaldo, A. Cathey, F. Causa, J. Cavalier, M. Cavedon, J. Cazabonne, M. Cecconello, L. Ceelen, A. Celora, J. Cerovsky, C.D. Challis, R. Chandra, A. Chankin, B. Chapman, H. Chen, M. Chernyshova, A.G. Chiariello, P. Chmielewski, A. Chomiczewska, C. Cianfarani, G. Ciraolo, J. Citrin, F. Clairet, S. Coda, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, I.H. Coffey, C. Colandrea, L. Colas, S. Conroy, C. Contre, N.J. Conway, L. Cordaro, Y. Corre, D. Costa, S. Costea, D. Coster, X. Courtois, C. Cowley, T. Craciunescu, G. Croci, A.M. Croitoru, K. Crombe, D.J. Cruz Zabala, G. Cseh, T. Czarski, A. Da Ros, A. Dal Molin, M. Dalla Rosa, Y. Damizia, O. D’Arcangelo, P. David, M. De Angeli, E. De la Cal, E. De La Luna, G. De Tommasi, J. Decker, R. Dejarnac, D. Del Sarto, G. Derks, C. Desgranges, P. Devynck, S. Di Genova, L.E. di Grazia, A. Di Siena, M. Dicorato, M. Diez, M. Dimitrova, T. Dittmar, L. Dittrich, J.J. Domínguez Palacios Durán, P. Donnel, D. Douai, S. Dowson, S. Doyle, M. Dreval, P. Drews, L. Dubus, R. Dumont, D. Dunai, M. Dunne, A. Durif, F. Durodie, G. Durr Legoupil Nicoud, B. Duval, R. Dux, T. Eich, A. Ekedahl, S. Elmore, G. Ericsson, J. Eriksson, B. Eriksson, F. Eriksson, S. Ertmer, A. Escarguel, B. Esposito, T. Estrada, E. Fable, M. Faitsch, N. Fakhrayi Mofrad, A. Fanni, T. Farley, M. Farník, N. Fedorczak, F. Felici, X. Feng, J. Ferreira, D. Ferreira, N. Ferron, O. Fevrier, O. Ficker, A.R. Field, A. Figueiredo, N. Fil, D. Fiorucci, M. Firdaouss, R. Fischer, M. Fitzgerald, M. Flebbe, M. Fontana, J. Fontdecaba Climent, A. Frank, E. Fransson, L. Frassinetti, D. Frigione, S. Futatani, R. Futtersack, S. Gabriellini, D. Gadariya, D. Galassi, K. Galazka, J. Galdon, S. Galeani, D. Gallart, A. Gallo, C. Galperti, M. Gambrioli, S. Garavaglia, J. Garcia, M. Garcia Munoz, J. Gardarein, L. Garzotti, J. Gaspar, R. Gatto, P. Gaudio, M. Gelfusa, J. Gerardin, S.N. Gerasimov, R. Gerru Miguelanez, G. Gervasini, Z. Ghani, F.M. Ghezzi, G. Ghillardi, L. Giannone, S. Gibson, L. Gil, A. Gillgren, E. Giovannozzi, C. Giroud, G. Giruzzi, T. Gleiter, M. Gobbin, V. Goloborodko, A. González Ganzábal, T. Goodman, V. Gopakumar, G. Gorini, T. Görler, S. Gorno, G. Granucci, D. Greenhouse, G. Grenfell, M. Griener, W. Gromelski, M. Groth, O. Grover, M. Gruca, A. Gude, C. Guillemaut, R. Guirlet, J. Gunn, T. Gyergyek, L. Hagg, J. Hall, C.J. Ham, M. Hamed, T. Happel, G. Harrer, J. Harrison, D. Harting, N.C. Hawkes, P. Heinrich, S. Henderson, P. Hennequin, R. Henriques, S. Heuraux, J. Hidalgo Salaverri, J. Hillairet, J.C. Hillesheim, A. Hjalmarsson, A. Ho, J. Hobirk, E. Hodille, M. Hölzl, M. Hoppe, J. Horacek, N. Horsten, L. Horvath, M. Houry, K. Hromasova, J. Huang, Z. Huang, A. Huber, E. Huett, P. Huynh, A. Iantchenko, M. Imrisek, P. Innocente, C. Ionita Schrittwieser, H. Isliker, P. Ivanova, I. Ivanova Stanik, M. Jablczynska, S. Jachmich, A.S. Jacobsen, P. Jacquet, A. Jansen van Vuuren, A. Jardin, H. Järleblad, A. Järvinen, F. Jaulmes, T. Jensen, I. Jepu, S. Jessica, T. Johnson, A. Juven, J. Kalis, J. Karhunen, R. Karimov, A.N. Karpushov, S. Kasilov, Y. Kazakov, P.V. Kazantzidis, W. Kernbichler, HT. Kim, D.B. King, V.G. Kiptily, A. Kirjasuo, K.K. Kirov, A. Kirschner, A. Kit, T. Kiviniemi, F. Kjær, E. Klinkby, A. Knieps, U. Knoche, M. Kochan, F. Köchl, G. Kocsis, J.T.W. Koenders, L. Kogan, Y. Kolesnichenko, Y. Kominis, M. Komm, M. Kong, B. Kool, S.B. Korsholm, D. Kos, M. Koubiti, J. Kovacic, Y. Kovtun, E. Kowalska Strzeciwilk, K. Koziol, M. Kozulia, A. Krämer Flecken, A. Kreter, K. Krieger, U. Kruezi, O. Krutkin, O. Kudlacek, U. Kumar, H. Kumpulainen, M.H. Kushoro, R. Kwiatkowski, M. La Matina, M. Lacquaniti, L. Laguardia, P. Lainer, P. Lang, M. Larsen, E. Laszynska, K.D. Lawson, A. Lazaros, E. Lazzaro, M.Y.K. Lee, S. Leerink, M. Lehnen, M. Lennholm, E. Lerche, Y. Liang, A. Lier, J. Likonen, O. Linder, B. Lipschultz, A. Listopad, X. Litaudon, E. Litherland Smith, D. Liuzza, T. Loarer, P.J. Lomas, J. Lombardo, N. Lonigro, R. Lorenzini, C. Lowry, T. Luda di Cortemiglia, A. Ludvig Osipov, T. Lunt, V. Lutsenko, E. Macusova, R. Mäenpää, P. Maget, C.F. Maggi, J. Mailloux, S. Makarov, K. Malinowski, P. Manas, A. Mancini, D. Mancini, P. Mantica, M. Mantsinen, J. Manyer, M. Maraschek, G. Marceca, G. Marcer, C. Marchetto, S. Marchioni, A. Mariani, M. Marin, M. Markl, T. Markovic, D. Marocco, S. Marsden, L. Martellucci, P. Martin, C. Martin, F. Martinelli, L. Martinelli, J.R. Martin Solis, R. Martone, M. Maslov, R. Masocco, M. Mattei, G.F. Matthews, D. Matveev, E. Matveeva, M.L. Mayoral, D. Mazon, S. Mazzi, C. Mazzotta, G. McArdle, R. McDermott, K. McKay, A.G. Meigs, C. Meineri, A. Mele, V. Menkovski, S. Menmuir, A. Merle, H. Meyer, K. Mikszuta Michalik, D. Milanesio, F. Militello, A. Milocco, I.G. Miron, J. Mitchell, R. Mitteau, V. Mitterauer, J. Mlynar, V. Moiseenko, P. Molna, F. Mombelli, C. Monti, A. Montisci, J. Morales, P. Moreau, J.M. Moret, A. Moro, D. Moulton, P. Mulholland, M. Muraglia, A. Murari, A. Muraro, P. Muscente, D. Mykytchuk, F. Nabais, Y. Nakeva, F. Napoli, E. Nardon, M.F. Nave, R.D. Nem, A. Nielsen, S.K. Nielsen, M. Nocente, R. Nouailletas, S. Nowak, H. Nyström, R. Ochoukov, N. Offeddu, S. Olasz, C. Olde, F. Oliva, D. Oliveira, H.J.C. Oliver, P. Ollus, J. Ongena, F.P. Orsitto, N. Osborne, R. Otin, P. Oyola Dominguez, D.I. Palade, S. Palomba, O. Pan, N. Panadero, E. Panontin, A. Papadopoulos, P. Papagiannis, G. Papp, V.V. Parail, C. Pardanaud, J. Parisi, A. Parrott, K. Paschalidis, M. Passoni, F. Pastore, A. Patel, B. Patel, A. Pau, G. Pautasso, R. Pavlichenko, E. Pawelec, B. Pegourie, G. Pelka, E. Peluso, A. Perek, E. Perelli Cippo, C. Perez Von Thun, P. Petersson, G. Petravich, Y. Peysson, V. Piergotti, L. Pigatto, C. Piron, L. Piron, A. Pironti, F. Pisano, U. Plank, B. Ploeckl, V. Plyusnin, A. Podolnik, Y. Poels, G. Pokol, J. Poley, G. Por, M. Poradzinski, F. Porcelli, L. Porte, C. Possieri, A. Poulsen, I. Predebon, G. Pucella, M. Pueschel, P. Puglia, O. Putignano, T. Pütterich, V. Quadri, A. Quercia, M. Rabinski, L. Radovanovic, R. Ragona, H. Raj, M. Rasinski, J. Rasmussen, G. Ratta, S. Ratynskaia, R. Rayaprolu, M. Rebai, A. Redl, D. Rees, D. Refy, M. Reich, H. Reimerdes, B.C.G. Reman, O. Renders, C. Reux, D. Ricci, M. Richou, S. Rienacker, D. Rigamonti, F. Rigollet, F.G. Rimini, D. Ripamonti, N. Rispoli, N. Rivals, J.F. Rivero Rodriguez, C. Roach, G. Rocchi, S. Rode, P. Rodrigues, J. Romazanov, C.F. Romero Madrid, J. Rosato, R. Rossi, G. Rubino, J. Rueda Rueda, J. Ruiz Ruiz, P. Ryan, D. Ryan, S. Saarelma, R. Sabot, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, L. Sanchis, A. Sand, J. Santos, K. Särkimäki, M. Sassano, O. Sauter, G. Schettini, S. Schmuck, P. Schneider, N. Schoonheere, R. Schramm, R. Schrittwieser, C. Schuster, N. Schwarz, F. Sciortino, M. Scotto D’Abusco, S. Scully, A. Selce, L. Senni, M. Senstius, G. Sergienko, S.E. Sharapov, R. Sharma, A. Shaw, U. Sheikh, G. Sias, B. Sieglin, S.A. Silburn, C. Silva, A. Silva, D. Silvagni, B. Simmendefeldt Schmidt, L. Simons, J. Simpson, L. Singh, S. Sipilä, Y. Siusko, S. Smith, A. Snicker, E.R. Solano, V. Solokha, M. Sos, C. Sozzi, F. Spineanu, G. Spizzo, M. Spolaore, L. Spolladore, C. Srinivasan, A. Stagni, Z. Stancar, G. Stankunas, J. Stober, P. Strand, C.I. Stuart, F. Subba, G.Y. Sun, H.J. Sun, W. Suttrop, J. Svoboda, T. Szepesi, G. Szepesi, B. Tal, T. Tala, P. Tamain, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, D. Taylor, G. Telesca, A. Tenaglia, A. Terra, D. Terranova, D. Testa, C. Theiler, E. Tholerus, B. Thomas, E. Thoren, A. Thornton, A. Thrysoe, Q. TICHIT, W. Tierens, A. Titarenko, P. Tolias, E. Tomasina, M. Tomes, E. Tonello, A. Tookey, M. Toscano Jiménez, C. Tsironis, C. Tsui, A. Tykhyy, M. Ugoletti, M. Usoltseva, D.F. Valcarcel, A. Valentini, M. Valisa, M. Vallar, M. Valovic, SI. Valvis, M. van Berkel, D. Van Eester, S. Van Mulders, M. van Rossem, R. Vann, B. Vanovac, J. Varela Rodriguez, J. Varje, S. Vartanian, M. Vecsei, L. Velarde Gallardo, M. Veranda, T. Verdier, G. Verdoolaege, K. Verhaegh, L. Vermare, G. Verona Rinati, J. Vicente, E. Viezzer, L. Vignitchouk, F. Villone, B. Vincent, P. Vincenzi, M.O. Vlad, G. Vogel, I. Voitsekhovitch, I. Voldiner, P. Vondracek, N.M.T. VU, T. Vuoriheimo, C. Wade, E. Wang, T. Wauters, M. Weiland, H. Weisen, N. Wendler, D. Weston, A. Widdowson, S. Wiesen, M. Wiesenberger, T. Wijkamp, M. Willensdorfer, T. Wilson, A. Wojenski, C. Wuethrich, I. Wyss, L. Xiang, S. Xu, D. Yadykin, Y. Yakovenko, H. Yang, V. Yanovskiy, R. Yi, B. Zaar, G. Zadvitskiy, L. Zakharov, P. Zanca, D. Zarzoso, Y. Zayachuk, J. Zebrowski, M. Zerbini, P. Zestanakis, C. F. B. Zimmermann, M. Zlobinski, A. Zohar, V.K. Zotta, X. Zou, M. Zuin, M. Zurita, and I. Zychor

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JET, ASDEX Upgrade, MAST-U, TCV, WEST, Tokamak Exploitation Task Force, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Within the 9th European Framework programme, since 2021 EUROfusion is operating five tokamaks under the auspices of a single Task Force called ‘Tokamak Exploitation’. The goal is to benefit from the complementary capabilities of each machine in a coordinated way and help in developing a scientific output scalable to future largre machines. The programme of this Task Force ensures that ASDEX Upgrade, MAST-U, TCV, WEST and JET (since 2022) work together to achieve the objectives of Missions 1 and 2 of the EUROfusion Roadmap: i) demonstrate plasma scenarios that increase the success margin of ITER and satisfy the requirements of DEMO and, ii) demonstrate an integrated approach that can handle the large power leaving ITER and DEMO plasmas. The Tokamak Exploitation task force has therefore organized experiments on these two missions with the goal to strengthen the physics and operational basis for the ITER baseline scenario and for exploiting the recent plasma exhaust enhancements in all four devices (PEX: Plasma EXhaust) for exploring the solution for handling heat and particle exhaust in ITER and develop the conceptual solutions for DEMO. The ITER Baseline scenario has been developed in a similar way in ASDEX Upgrade, TCV and JET. Key risks for ITER such as disruptions and run-aways have been also investigated in TCV, ASDEX Upgrade and JET. Experiments have explored successfully different divertor configurations (standard, super-X, snowflakes) in MAST-U and TCV and studied tungsten melting in WEST and ASDEX Upgrade. The input from the smaller devices to JET has also been proven successful to set-up novel control schemes on disruption avoidance and detachment.

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2024
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5. RFX-mod2 as a flexible device for reversed-field-pinch and low-field tokamak research

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D. Terranova, M. Agostini, F. Auriemma, M. Gobbin, G. Marchiori, L. Pigatto, P. Porcu, I. Predebon, G. Spizzo, N. Vianello, P. Zanca, D. Abate, T. Bolzonella, D. Bonfiglio, M. Bonotto, S. Cappello, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, P. Franz, R. Lorenzini, L. Marrelli, R. Milazzo, S. Peruzzo, M.E. Puiatti, P. Scarin, M. Spolaore, E. Tomasina, M. Valisa, M. Veranda, B. Zaniol, and M. Zuin

Subjects
RFP, tokamak, transport, MHD, plasma control, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

The RFX-mod2 installation is planned to be completed by 2024 and the start of operations is expected in 2025. The high flexibility of the machine (already tested in the previous RFX-mod experiment) allows operation in Reversed Field Pinch and tokamak configuration as well as ultra-low q pulses. In this work we present predictive analysis on transport, performances and plasma control in RFX-mod2 in view of the first experimental campaigns.

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2024
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6. Divertor Tokamak Test facility project: status of design and implementation

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Francesco Romanelli, on behalf of DTT Contributors, D. Abate, E. Acampora, D. Agguiaro, R. Agnello, P. Agostinetti, M. Agostini, A. Aimetta, R. Albanese, G. Alberti, M. Albino, E. Alessi, S. Almaviva, M. Alonzo, R. Ambrosino, P. Andreoli, M. Angelone, M. Angelucci, C. Angioni, A. Angrisani Armenio, P. Antonini, D. Aprile, G. Apruzzese, M. Aquilini, G. Aragone, P. Arena, M. Ariola, G. Artaserse, L. Aucone, A. Augieri, F. Auriemma, J. Ayllon Guerola, N. Badodi, B. Baiocchi, L. Balbinot, C. Baldacchini, A. Balestri, T. Barberis, G. Barone, L. Barucca, M. Baruzzo, S. Begozzi, V. Belardi, F. Belli, A. Belpane, F. Beone, S. Bertolami, S. Bianucci, S. Bifaretti, S. Bigioni, W. Bin, P. Boccali, B. Boeswirth, E. Bogazzi, R. Bojoi, S. Bollanti, T. Bolzonella, F. Bombarda, M. Bonan, N. Bonanomi, A. Bonaventura, L. Boncagni, M. Bonesso, D. Bonfiglio, R. Bonifetto, D. Bonomi, D. Borgogno, T. Borzone, S. Botti, E. Boz, F. Braghin, M. Brena, S. Brezinsek, M. Brombin, A. Bruschi, S. Buonocore, P. Buratti, D. Busi, G. Calabrò, M. Caldora, G. Calvo, G. Camera, G. Campana, S. Candela, V. Candela, F. Cani, L. Cantone, F. Capaldo, S. Cappello, M. Caponero, S. Carchella, A. Cardinali, D. Carnevale, L. Carraro, C. Carrelli, V. Casalegno, I. Casiraghi, C. Castaldo, A. Castaldo, G. Castro, A. Carpignano, F. Causa, R. Cavazzana, M. Cavedon, M. Cavenago, M. Cecchini, S. Ceccuzzi, G. Celentano, L. Celona, C. Centioli, G.V. Centomani, S. Cesaroni, A.G. Chiariello, R. Chomicz, C. Cianfarani, F. Cichocki, M. Cinque, A. Cioffi, M. Ciotti, M. Cipriani, S. Ciufo, V. Claps, G. Claps, V. Coccorese, D. Coccorese, A. Colangeli, T. Coltella, F. Consoli, F. Cordella, D. Corradini, O. Costa, F. Crea, A. Cremona, F. Crescenzi, F. Crisanti, G. Cristofari, G. Croci, A. Cucchiaro, D. D’Ambrosio, M. Dal Molin, M. Dalla Palma, F. Danè, C. Day, M. De Angeli, V. De Leo, R. De Luca, E. De Marchi, G. De Marzi, G. De Masi, E. De Nardi, C. De Piccoli, G. De Sano, M. De Santis, G. De Tommasi, A. Del Nevo, A. Delfino, A. Della Corte, P. Deodati, S. Desiderati, E. Di Ferdinando, M.G. Di Florio, G. Di Gironimo, L.E. Di Grazia, V. Di Marzo, F. Di Paolo, E. Di Pietro, M. Di Pietrantonio, M. Di Prinzio, A. Di Silvestre, A. Di Zenobio, R. Dima, A. Domenichelli, A. Doria, G. Dose, S. Dubbioso, S. Dulla, I. Duran, M. Eboli, M. Elitropi, E. Emanuelli, B. Esposito, P. Ettorre, C. Fabbri, F. Fabbri, M. Fadone, M.M. Faggiano, F. Falcioni, M.V. Falessi, F. Fanale, P. Fanelli, A. Fassina, M. Favaretto, G. Favero, M. Ferraris, F. Ferrazza, C. Ferretti, A. Ferro, N. Ferron, C. Fiamozzi Zignani, L. Figini, F. Filippi, M. Filippini, A. Fimiani, M. Fincato, F. Fiorenza, D. Fiorucci, D. Flammini, F. Flora, N. Fonnesu, P. Franz, L. Frassinetti, A. Frattolillo, R. Freda, R. Fresa, A. Frescura, P. Frosi, M. Fulici, M. Furno Palumbo, V. Fusco, P. Fusco, L. Gabellier, P. Gaetani, E. Gaio, E. Gajetti, A. Galatà, J. Galdon Quiroga, D.L. Galindo Huertas, S. Gammino, G. Gandolfo, S. Garavaglia, J. Garcia Lopez, M. Garcia Muñoz, P. Gaudio, M. Gelfusa, G. Gervasini, L. Giannini, M. Giarrusso, C. Gil, F. Giorgetti, E. Giovannozzi, G. Giruzzi, L. Giudicotti, M. Gobbin, G. Gorini, G. Granucci, D. Grasso, T. Grasso, S. Grazioso, H. Greuner, G. Griva, G. Grosso, S. Guerini, J.P. Gunn, V. Hauer, J. Hidalgo Salaverri, M. Hoppe, M. Houry, M. Hoelzl, A. Iaboni, M. Iafrati, A. Iaiunese, V. Imbriani, D. Indrigo, P. Innocente, F. Koechl, B. Končar, A. Kryzhanovskyy, L. Laguardia, D.A. Lampasi, C. Lanchi, F. Lanzotti, A. Lanzotti, M. Laquaniti, F. Leone, J. Li, M. Libè, F. Lisanti, D. Liuzza, F. Locati, R. Lombroni, R. Lorenzini, P. Lorusso, L. Lotto, J. Loureiro, F. Lucca, T. Luda Di Cortemiglia, P. Maccari, G. Maddaluno, S. Magagnino, G. Manca, A. Mancini, P. Mandalà, B. Mandolesi, F. Mandrile, G. Manduchi, S. Manfrin, M. Manganelli, P. Mantica, G. Marchiori, N. Marconato, G. Marelli, A. Mariani, A. Marin, R. Marinari, M. Marinelli, F. Marino, P. Marino, D. Marocco, R. Marsilio, E. Martelli, P. Martin, F. Martinelli, G. Martini, R. Martone, A. Marucci, D. Marzullo, V. Masala, D. Mascali, F. Mascari, A. Masi, N. Massanova, S. Mastrostefano, M. Mattei, G. Mauro, S. Mauro, C. Meineri, L. Melaragni, A. Mele, P. Meller, S. Meloni, I. Menicucci, G. Messina, L. Mezi, G. Miccichè, M. Micheletti, S. Migliori, D. Milanesio, F. Milazzo, R. Milazzo, P. Minelli, S. Minucci, F. Mirizzi, M. Missirlian, D. Monarca, C. Monti, M. Mori, A. Moriani, L. Morici, A. Moro, F. Moro, P. Mosetti, R. Mozzillo, A. Murari, A. Muraro, D. Murra, P. Muscente, S. Musumeci, L. Muzzi, G.F. Nallo, F. Napoli, E. Nardon, E. Naselli, R. Neu, M. Nocente, M. Notazio, S. Nowak, E. Ocello, A. Oliva, V. Orsetti, A. Orsini, F.P. Orsitto, M. Ortino, M. Ottavi, G. Paccagnella, D. Pacella, I. Pagani, N. Paganucci, A. Pagliaro, V. Palazzolo, M. Palermo, S. Palomba, F. Panza, D. Paoletti, M. Parisi, R. Pasqualotto, S. Passarello, M. Passoni, T. Patton, L. Pelliccia, A. Peloso, A. Pepato, E. Perelli, A. Perencin, S. Peruzzo, A. Pesenti, N. Pedroni, P. Petrolini, V. Piergotti, A. Pidatella, L. Pigatto, M. Pillon, T. Pinna, S. Pipolo, S. Piras, C. Piron, L. Piron, A. Pironti, M. Pistilli, D. Placido, A. Pizzuto, P. Platania, A. Polimadei, F. Pollastrone, G.M. Polli, N. Pomaro, F. Pompili, C. Ponti, F. Porcelli, V. Prandelli, A. Previti, A. Princiotta, G. Pucino, F. Quaglia, A. Quercia, F. Raffaelli, G. Ramogida, G. Ranieri, B. Raspante, D. Ravarotto, G.L. Ravera, A. Reale, P. Rebesan, M. Recchia, D. Regine, F. Renno, B. Riccardi, D. Ricci, D. Rigamonti, M. Ripani, N. Rispoli, S. Roccella, G. Rocchi, H. Roche, M. Romanato, F. Romanelli, G. Romanelli, R. Romaniello, A. Romano, M. Romano, R. Romano, R. Rossi, G. Rubinacci, G. Rubino, S. Rubino, J. Rueda Rueda, A. Rufoloni, C. Salvia, P. Salvini, M. Scarpari, A. Salvitti, L. Salvò, S. Sandri, F. Santoro, A. Satriano, L. Savoldi, C. Scardino, G. Schettini, S. Schmuck, J. Scionti, M. Scisciò, M. Scungio, K. Sedlak, L. Senni, G. Sias, A. Sibio, A. Simonetto, L. Singh, A. Sirignano, C. Sozzi, I. Spada, S. Spagnolo, L. Spinicci, G. Spizzo, M. Spolaore, C. Stefanini, H. Strobel, F. Subba, F. Taccogna, B. Taheri, C. Tantos, A. Tarallo, M. Tarantino, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, P. Tarfila, A. Tenaglia, C. Terlizzi, D. Terranova, D. Testa, E. Testa, R. Testoni, V. Toigo, G. Torrisi, A. Trotta, G. Trovato, E. Tsitrone, A. Tuccillo, O. Tudisco, M. Turcato, S. Turtù, A. Uccello, M. Ugoletti, O. Uras, M. Uras, M. Utili, V. Vaccaro, F. Valentini, L. Valletti, M. Valisa, D. Van Eester, D. Vanzan, E. Vassallo, G. Vecchi, M. Vellucci, I. Venneri, G. Ventura, M. Veranda, L. Verdini, C. Verona, G. Verona Rinati, F. Veronese, N. Vianello, F. Viganò, O. Villano, R. Villari, F. Villone, P. Vincenzi, V. Vitale, F. Vivio, G. Vlad, M. Wischmeier, H.S. Wu, I. Wyss, R. Zanino, B. Zaniol, F. Zanon, A. Zappatore, G. Zavarise, P. Zito, A. Zoppoli, M. Zucchetti, M. Zuin, and P. Zumbolo

Subjects
divertor, exhaust, plasma scenarios, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

An overview is presented of the progress since 2021 in the construction and scientific programme preparation of the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility. Licensing for building construction has been granted at the end of 2021. Licensing for Cat. A radiologic source has been also granted in 2022. The construction of the toroidal field magnet system is progressing. The prototype of the 170 GHz gyrotron has been produced and it is now under test on the FALCON facility. The design of the vacuum vessel, the poloidal field coils and the civil infrastructures has been completed. The shape of the first DTT divertor has been agreed with EUROfusion to test different plasma and exhaust scenarios: single null, double null, X-divertor and negative triangularity plasmas. A detailed research plan is being elaborated with the involvement of the EUROfusion laboratories.

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2024
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7. Physics basis for the divertor tokamak test facility

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F. Crisanti, R. Ambrosino, M.V. Falessi, L. Gabellieri, G. Giruzzi, G. Granucci, P. Innocente, P. Mantica, G. Ramogida, G. Vlad, R. Albanese, E. Alessi, C. Angioni, P. Agostinetti, L. Aucone, F. Auriemma, B. Baiocchi, L. Balbinot, A. Balestri, T. Barberis, M. Baruzzo, T. Bolzonella, N. Bonanomi, D. Bonfiglio, S. Brezinsek, G. Calabrò, F. Cani, I. Casiraghi, A. Castaldo, C. Castaldo, M. Cavedon, S. Ceccuzzi, F. Cichocki, M. Ciotti, C. Day, C. De Piccoli, G. Dose, E. Emanueli, L. Frassinetti, L. Figini, V. Fusco, E. Giovannozzi, M. Gobbin, F. Koechi, A. Kryzhanovskyy, Y. Li, R. Lombroni, T. Luda, A. Mariani, P. Martin, C. Meineri, A. Murari, P. Muscente, F. Napoli, E. Nardon, R. Neu, M. Nocente, M. Notazio, S. Nowak, L. Pigatto, C. Piron, F. Porcelli, S. Roccella, G. Rubino, M. Scarpari, C. Sozzi, G. Spizzo, F. Subba, F. Taccogna, C. Tantos, D. Terranova, E. Tsitrone, A. Uccello, D. Van Eester, N. Vianello, P. Vincenzi, M. Wischmeier, and F. Zonca

Subjects
plasma, experiment, theory, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

This paper is dealing with the physics basis used for the design of the Divertor Tokamak Test facility (DTT), under construction in Frascati (DTT 2019 DTT interim design report (2019)) Italy, and with the description of the main target plasma scenarios of the device. The main goal of the facility will be the study of the power exhaust, intended as a fully integrated core-edge problem, and eventually to propose an optimized divertor for the European DEMO plant. The approach used to design the facility is described and their main features are reported, by using simulations performed by state-of-the-art codes both for the bulk and edge studies. A detailed analysis of MHD, including also the possibility to study disruption events and Energetic Particles physics is also reported. Eventually, a description of the ongoing work to build-up a Research Plan written and shared by the full EUROfusion community is presented.

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2024
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8. Subdiffusive transport of runaway electrons in presence of small amplitude MHD perturbations in COMPASS

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A. Casolari, M. Gobbin, G. Spizzo, J. Cerovsky, O. Ficker, E. Macusova, and the COMPASS team

Subjects
runaway electrons, transport, subdiffusion, magnetic perturbations, hard x-rays, neutrons, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Radial transport of runaway electrons (REs) in tokamaks is affected by the presence of magnetic perturbations, either caused by internal magnetohydrodynamic instabilities or induced by external coils. The magnetic field configuration inside the plasma volume consists in general of intact magnetic surfaces alternated with magnetic islands and stochastic layers, which make the usual diffusive approach, based on the Rechester–Rosenbluth formula, inadequate to the study of transport. Here the fractional diffusion approach is employed to model RE transport in presence of intrinsic magnetic perturbations (magnetic islands) in the flat-top phase of RE-dedicated discharges on COMPASS tokamak. The character of RE transport is found to be subdiffusive. The degree of subdiffusion is evaluated by running simulations with the ORBIT code and a time-fractional diffusion equation is applied to calculate the time evolution of RE particle number. The results are compared with the observed RE losses, estimated from the time integrated neutron signal.

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2023
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9. Progress from ASDEX Upgrade experiments in preparing the physics basis of ITER operation and DEMO scenario development

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U. Stroth, D. Aguiam, E. Alessi, C. Angioni, N. Arden, R. Arredondo Parra, V. Artigues, O. Asunta, M. Balden, V. Bandaru, A. Banon-Navarro, K. Behler, A. Bergmann, M. Bergmann, J. Bernardo, M. Bernert, A. Biancalani, R. Bielajew, R. Bilato, G. Birkenmeier, T. Blanken, V. Bobkov, A. Bock, T. Body, T. Bolzonella, N. Bonanomi, A. Bortolon, B. Böswirth, C. Bottereau, A. Bottino, H. van den Brand, M. Brenzke, S. Brezinsek, D. Brida, F. Brochard, C. Bruhn, J. Buchanan, A. Buhler, A. Burckhart, Y. Camenen, B. Cannas, P. Cano Megias, D. Carlton, M. Carr, P. Carvalho, C. Castaldo, M. Cavedon, C. Cazzaniga, C. Challis, A. Chankin, C. Cianfarani, F. Clairet, S. Coda, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, L. Colas, G. Conway, S. Costea, D. Coster, T. Cote, A.J. Creely, G. Croci, D.J. Cruz Zabala, G. Cseh, A. Czarnecka, I. Cziegler, O. D’Arcangelo, A. Dal Molin, P. David, C. Day, M. de Baar, P. de Marné, R. Delogu, S. Denk, P. Denner, A. Di Siena, J.J. Dominguez Palacios Durán, D. Dunai, A. Drenik, M. Dreval, R. Drube, M. Dunne, B.P. Duval, R. Dux, T. Eich, S. Elgeti, A. Encheva, K. Engelhardt, B. Erdös, I. Erofeev, B. Esposito, E. Fable, M. Faitsch, U. Fantz, M. Farnik, H. Faugel, F. Felici, O. Ficker, S. Fietz, A. Figueredo, R. Fischer, O. Ford, L. Frassinetti, M. Fröschle, G. Fuchert, J.C. Fuchs, H. Fünfgelder, S. Futatani, K. Galazka, J. Galdon-Quiroga, D. Gallart Escolà, A. Gallo, Y. Gao, S. Garavaglia, M. Garcia Muñoz, B. Geiger, L. Giannone, S. Gibson, L. Gil, E. Giovannozzi, S. Glöggler, M. Gobbin, J. Gonzalez Martin, T. Goodman, G. Gorini, T. Görler, D. Gradic, G. Granucci, A. Gräter, H. Greuner, M. Griener, M. Groth, A. Gude, L. Guimarais, S. Günter, G. Haas, A.H. Hakola, C. Ham, T. Happel, N. den Harder, G. Harrer, J. Harrison, V. Hauer, T. Hayward-Schneider, B. Heinemann, T. Hellsten, S. Henderson, P. Hennequin, A. Herrmann, E. Heyn, F. Hitzler, J. Hobirk, K. Höfler, J.H. Holm, M. Hölzl, C. Hopf, L. Horvath, T. Höschen, A. Houben, A. Hubbard, A. Huber, K. Hunger, V. Igochine, M. Iliasova, T. Ilkei, K. Insulander Björk, C. Ionita-Schrittwieser, I. Ivanova-Stanik, W. Jacob, N. Jaksic, F. Janky, A. Jansen van Vuuren, A. Jardin, F. Jaulmes, F. Jenko, T. Jensen, E. Joffrin, A. Kallenbach, S. Kálvin, M. Kantor, A. Kappatou, O. Kardaun, J. Karhunen, C.-P. Käsemann, S. Kasilov, A. Kendl, W. Kernbichler, E. Khilkevitch, A. Kirk, S. Kjer Hansen, V. Klevarova, G. Kocsis, M. Koleva, M. Komm, M. Kong, A. Krämer-Flecken, K. Krieger, A. Krivska, O. Kudlacek, T. Kurki-Suonio, B. Kurzan, B. Labit, K. Lackner, F. Laggner, A. Lahtinen, P.T. Lang, P. Lauber, N. Leuthold, L. Li, J. Likonen, O. Linder, B. Lipschultz, Y. Liu, A. Lohs, Z. Lu, T. Luda di Cortemiglia, N.C. Luhmann, T. Lunt, A. Lyssoivan, T. Maceina, J. Madsen, A. Magnanimo, H. Maier, J. Mailloux, R. Maingi, O. Maj, E. Maljaars, P. Manas, A. Mancini, A. Manhard, P. Mantica, M. Mantsinen, P. Manz, M. Maraschek, C. Marchetto, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, A. Martitsch, F. Matos, M. Mayer, M.-L. Mayoral, D. Mazon, P.J. McCarthy, R. McDermott, R. Merkel, A. Merle, D. Meshcheriakov, H. Meyer, D. Milanesio, P. Molina Cabrera, F. Monaco, M. Muraca, F. Nabais, V. Naulin, R. Nazikian, R.D. Nem, A. Nemes-Czopf, G. Neu, R. Neu, A.H. Nielsen, S.K. Nielsen, T. Nishizawa, M. Nocente, J.-M. Noterdaeme, I. Novikau, S. Nowak, M. Oberkofler, R. Ochoukov, J. Olsen, F. Orain, F. Palermo, O. Pan, G. Papp, I. Paradela Perez, A. Pau, G. Pautasso, C. Paz-Soldan, P. Petersson, P. Piovesan, C. Piron, U. Plank, B. Plaum, B. Plöck, V. Plyusnin, G. Pokol, E. Poli, L. Porte, T. Pütterich, M. Ramisch, J. Rasmussen, G. Ratta, S. Ratynskaia, G. Raupp, D. Réfy, M. Reich, F. Reimold, D. Reiser, M. Reisner, D. Reiter, T. Ribeiro, R. Riedl, J. Riesch, D. Rittich, J.F. Rivero Rodriguez, G. Rocchi, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Rodriguez-Ramos, V. Rohde, G. Ronchi, A. Ross, M. Rott, M. Rubel, D.A. Ryan, F. Ryter, S. Saarelma, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, O. Samoylov, L. Sanchis Sanchez, J. Santos, O. Sauter, G. Schall, K. Schlüter, K. Schmid, O. Schmitz, P.A. Schneider, R. Schrittwieser, M. Schubert, C. Schuster, T. Schwarz-Selinger, J. Schweinzer, E. Seliunin, A. Shabbir, A. Shalpegin, S. Sharapov, U. Sheikh, A. Shevelev, G. Sias, M. Siccinio, B. Sieglin, A. Sigalov, A. Silva, C. Silva, D. Silvagni, J. Simpson, S. Sipilä, E. Smigelskis, A. Snicker, E. Solano, C. Sommariva, C. Sozzi, G. Spizzo, M. Spolaore, A. Stegmeir, M. Stejner, J. Stober, E. Strumberge, G. Suarez Lopez, H.-J. Sun, W. Suttrop, E. Sytova, T. Szepesi, B. Tál, T. Tala, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, D. Terranova, M. Teschke, E. Thorén, W. Tierens, D. Told, W. Treutterer, G. Trevisan, E. Trier, M. Tripský, M. Usoltceva, M. Valisa, M. Valovic, M. van Zeeland, F. Vannini, B. Vanovac, P. Varela, S. Varoutis, N. Vianello, J. Vicente, G. Verdoolaege, T. Vierle, E. Viezzer, I. Voitsekhovitch, U. von Toussaint, D. Wagner, X. Wang, M. Weiland, A.E. White, M. Willensdorfer, B. Wiringer, M. Wischmeier, R. Wolf, E. Wolfrum, Q. Yang, Q. Yu, R. Zagórski, I. Zammuto, T. Zehetbauer, W. Zhang, W. Zholobenko, M. Zilker, A. Zito, H. Zohm, S. Zoletnik, the EUROfusion MST1 Team, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching] (IPP), Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), EUROfusion MST1 Team, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Stroth, U, Aguiam, D, Alessi, E, Angioni, C, Arden, N, Parra, R, Artigues, V, Asunta, O, Balden, M, Bandaru, V, Banon-Navarro, A, Behler, K, Bergmann, A, Bergmann, M, Bernardo, J, Bernert, M, Biancalani, A, Bielajew, R, Bilato, R, Birkenmeier, G, Blanken, T, Bobkov, V, Bock, A, Body, T, Bolzonella, T, Bonanomi, N, Bortolon, A, Boswirth, B, Bottereau, C, Bottino, A, Van Den Brand, H, Brenzke, M, Brezinsek, S, Brida, D, Brochard, F, Bruhn, C, Buchanan, J, Buhler, A, Burckhart, A, Camenen, Y, Cannas, B, Megias, P, Carlton, D, Carr, M, Carvalho, P, Castaldo, C, Cavedon, M, Cazzaniga, C, Challis, C, Chankin, A, Cianfarani, C, Clairet, F, Coda, S, Coelho, R, Coenen, J, Colas, L, Conway, G, Costea, S, Coster, D, Cote, T, Creely, A, Croci, G, Zabala, D, Cseh, G, Czarnecka, A, Cziegler, I, D'Arcangelo, O, Molin, A, David, P, Day, C, De Baar, M, De Marne, P, Delogu, R, Denk, S, Denner, P, Di Siena, A, Palacios Duran, J, Dunai, D, Drenik, A, Dreval, M, Drube, R, Dunne, M, Duval, B, Dux, R, Eich, T, Elgeti, S, Encheva, A, Engelhardt, K, Erdos, B, Erofeev, I, Esposito, B, Fable, E, Faitsch, M, Fantz, U, Farnik, M, Faugel, H, Felici, F, Ficker, O, Fietz, S, Figueredo, A, Fischer, R, Ford, O, Frassinetti, L, Froschle, M, Fuchert, G, Fuchs, J, Funfgelder, H, Futatani, S, Galazka, K, Galdon-Quiroga, J, Escola, D, Gallo, A, Gao, Y, Garavaglia, S, Munoz, M, Geiger, B, Giannone, L, Gibson, S, Gil, L, Giovannozzi, E, Gloggler, S, Gobbin, M, Martin, J, Goodman, T, Gorini, G, Gorler, T, Gradic, D, Granucci, G, Grater, A, Greuner, H, Griener, M, Groth, M, Gude, A, Guimarais, L, Gunter, S, Haas, G, Hakola, A, Ham, C, Happel, T, Den Harder, N, Harrer, G, Harrison, J, Hauer, V, Hayward-Schneider, T, Heinemann, B, Hellsten, T, Henderson, S, Hennequin, P, Herrmann, A, Heyn, E, Hitzler, F, Hobirk, J, Hofler, K, Holm, J, Holzl, M, Hopf, C, Horvath, L, Hoschen, T, Houben, A, Hubbard, A, Huber, A, Hunger, K, Igochine, V, Iliasova, M, Ilkei, T, Bjork, K, Ionita-Schrittwieser, C, Ivanova-Stanik, I, Jacob, W, Jaksic, N, Janky, F, Jansen Van Vuuren, A, Jardin, A, Jaulmes, F, Jenko, F, Jensen, T, Joffrin, E, Kallenbach, A, Kalvin, S, Kantor, M, Kappatou, A, Kardaun, O, Karhunen, J, Kasemann, C, Kasilov, S, Kendl, A, Kernbichler, W, Khilkevitch, E, Kirk, A, Hansen, S, Klevarova, V, Kocsis, G, Koleva, M, Komm, M, Kong, M, Kramer-Flecken, A, Krieger, K, Krivska, A, Kudlacek, O, Kurki-Suonio, T, Kurzan, B, Labit, B, Lackner, K, Laggner, F, Lahtinen, A, Lang, P, Lauber, P, Leuthold, N, Li, L, Likonen, J, Linder, O, Lipschultz, B, Liu, Y, Lohs, A, Lu, Z, Luda Di Cortemiglia, T, Luhmann, N, Lunt, T, Lyssoivan, A, Maceina, T, Madsen, J, Magnanimo, A, Maier, H, Mailloux, J, Maingi, R, Maj, O, Maljaars, E, Manas, P, Mancini, A, Manhard, A, Mantica, P, Mantsinen, M, Manz, P, Maraschek, M, Marchetto, C, Marrelli, L, Martin, P, Martitsch, A, Matos, F, Mayer, M, Mayoral, M, Mazon, D, Mccarthy, P, Mcdermott, R, Merkel, R, Merle, A, Meshcheriakov, D, Meyer, H, Milanesio, D, Cabrera, P, Monaco, F, Muraca, M, Nabais, F, Naulin, V, Nazikian, R, Nem, R, Nemes-Czopf, A, Neu, G, Neu, R, Nielsen, A, Nielsen, S, Nishizawa, T, Nocente, M, Noterdaeme, J, Novikau, I, Nowak, S, Oberkofler, M, Ochoukov, R, Olsen, J, Orain, F, Palermo, F, Pan, O, Papp, G, Perez, I, Pau, A, Pautasso, G, Paz-Soldan, C, Petersson, P, Piovesan, P, Piron, C, Plank, U, Plaum, B, Plock, B, Plyusnin, V, Pokol, G, Poli, E, Porte, L, Putterich, T, Ramisch, M, Rasmussen, J, Ratta, G, Ratynskaia, S, Raupp, G, Refy, D, Reich, M, Reimold, F, Reiser, D, Reisner, M, Reiter, D, Ribeiro, T, Riedl, R, Riesch, J, Rittich, D, Rodriguez, J, Rocchi, G, Rodriguez-Fernandez, P, Rodriguez-Ramos, M, Rohde, V, Ronchi, G, Ross, A, Rott, M, Rubel, M, Ryan, D, Ryter, F, Saarelma, S, Salewski, M, Salmi, A, Samoylov, O, Sanchez, L, Santos, J, Sauter, O, Schall, G, Schluter, K, Schmid, K, Schmitz, O, Schneider, P, Schrittwieser, R, Schubert, M, Schuster, C, Schwarz-Selinger, T, Schweinzer, J, Seliunin, E, Shabbir, A, Shalpegin, A, Sharapov, S, Sheikh, U, Shevelev, A, Sias, G, Siccinio, M, Sieglin, B, Sigalov, A, Silva, A, Silva, C, Silvagni, D, Simpson, J, Sipila, S, Smigelskis, E, Snicker, A, Solano, E, Sommariva, C, Sozzi, C, Spizzo, G, Spolaore, M, Stegmeir, A, Stejner, M, Stober, J, Strumberge, E, Lopez, G, Sun, H, Suttrop, W, Sytova, E, Szepesi, T, Tal, B, Tala, T, Tardini, G, Tardocchi, M, Terranova, D, Teschke, M, Thoren, E, Tierens, W, Told, D, Treutterer, W, Trevisan, G, Trier, E, Tripsky, M, Usoltceva, M, Valisa, M, Valovic, M, Van Zeeland, M, Vannini, F, Vanovac, B, Varela, P, Varoutis, S, Vianello, N, Vicente, J, Verdoolaege, G, Vierle, T, Viezzer, E, Voitsekhovitch, I, Von Toussaint, U, Wagner, D, Wang, X, Weiland, M, White, A, Willensdorfer, M, Wiringer, B, Wischmeier, M, Wolf, R, Wolfrum, E, Yang, Q, Yu, Q, Zagorski, R, Zammuto, I, Zehetbauer, T, Zhang, W, Zholobenko, W, Zilker, M, Zito, A, Zohm, H, and Zoletnik, S

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Asdex Upgrade, confinement, ELLM-free discharges, sol, Computer science, Nuclear engineering, ALCATOR C-MOD, UPPER DIVERTOR, ASDEX Upgrade, Physics::Plasma Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], Simulació per ordinador, alcator c-mod, ddc:530, upper divertor, ELLM-free discharge, SOL, Basis (linear algebra), Physics, turbulence, transition, h-mode plasmas, Condensed Matter Physics, ddc, Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica::Aplicacions informàtiques a la física i l‘enginyeria [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Fusion reactors, Physics and Astronomy, CONFINEMENT MODES, H-MODE PLASMAS, Physics::Space Physics, Nuclear fusion, TURBULENCE, ddc:620, confinement modes, TRANSITION
Abstract

An overview of recent results obtained at the tokamak ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) is given. A work flow for predictive profile modelling of AUG discharges was established which is able to reproduce experimental H-mode plasma profiles based on engineering parameters only. In the plasma center, theoretical predictions on plasma current redistribution by a dynamo effect were confirmed experimentally. For core transport, the stabilizing effect of fast ion distributions on turbulent transport is shown to be important to explain the core isotope effect and improves the description of hollow low-Z impurity profiles. The L–H power threshold of hydrogen plasmas is not affected by small helium admixtures and it increases continuously from the deuterium to the hydrogen level when the hydrogen concentration is raised from 0 to 100%. One focus of recent campaigns was the search for a fusion relevant integrated plasma scenario without large edge localised modes (ELMs). Results from six different ELM-free confinement regimes are compared with respect to reactor relevance: ELM suppression by magnetic perturbation coils could be attributed to toroidally asymmetric turbulent fluctuations in the vicinity of the separatrix. Stable improved confinement mode plasma phases with a detached inner divertor were obtained using a feedback control of the plasma β. The enhanced Dα H-mode regime was extended to higher heating power by feedback controlled radiative cooling with argon. The quasi-coherent exhaust regime was developed into an integrated scenario at high heating power and energy confinement, with a detached divertor and without large ELMs. Small ELMs close to the separatrix lead to peeling-ballooning stability and quasi continuous power exhaust. Helium beam density fluctuation measurements confirm that transport close to the separatrix is important to achieve the different ELM-free regimes. Based on separatrix plasma parameters and interchange-drift-Alfvén turbulence, an analytic model was derived that reproduces the experimentally found important operational boundaries of the density limit and between L- and H-mode confinement. Feedback control for the X-point radiator (XPR) position was established as an important element for divertor detachment control. Stable and detached ELM-free phases with H-mode confinement quality were obtained when the XPR was moved 10 cm above the X-point. Investigations of the plasma in the future flexible snow-flake divertor of AUG by means of first SOLPS-ITER simulations with drifts activated predict beneficial detachment properties and the activation of an additional strike point by the drifts. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014–2018 and 2019–2020 under Grant Agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. Peer Reviewed "Article signat per més de 50 autors/es: U. Stroth, D. Aguiam, E. Alessi, C. Angioni, N. Arden, R. Arredondo Parra, V. Artigues, O. Asunta, M. Balden, V. Bandaru, A. Banon-Navarro, K. Behler, A. Bergmann, M. Bergmann, J. Bernardo, M. Bernert, A. Biancalani, R. Bielajew, R. Bilato, G. Birkenmeier, T. Blanken, V. Bobkov, A. Bock, T. Body, T. Bolzonella, N. Bonanomi, A. Bortolon, B. Böswirth, C. Bottereau, A. Bottino, H. van den Brand, M. Brenzke, S. Brezinsek, D. Brida, F. Brochard, C. Bruhn, J. Buchanan, A. Buhler, A. Burckhart, Y. Camenen, B. Cannas, P. Cano Megias, D. Carlton, M. Carr, P. Carvalho, C. Castaldo, M. Cavedon, C. Cazzaniga, C. Challis, A. Chankin, C. Cianfarani, F. Clairet, S. Coda, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, L. Colas, G. Conway, S. Costea, D. Coster, T. Cote, A.J. Creely, G. Croci, D.J. Cruz Zabala, G. Cseh, A. Czarnecka, I. Cziegler, O. D'Arcangelo, A. Dal Molin, P. David, C. Day, M. de Baar, P. de Marné, R. Delogu, S. Denk, P. Denner, A. Di Siena, J.J. Dominguez Palacios Durán, D. Dunai, A. Drenik, M. Dreval, R. Drube, M. Dunne, B.P. Duval, R. Dux, T. Eich, S. Elgeti, A. Encheva, K. Engelhardt, B. Erdös, I. Erofeev, B. Esposito, E. Fable, M. Faitsch, U. Fantz, M. Farnik, H. Faugel, F. Felici, O. Ficker, S. Fietz, A. Figueredo, R. Fischer, O. Ford, L. Frassinetti, M. Fröschle, G. Fuchert, J.C. Fuchs, H. Fünfgelder, S. Futatani, K. Galazka, J. Galdon-Quiroga, D. Gallart Escolà, A. Gallo10, Y. Gao11, S. Garavaglia3, M. Garcia Muñoz16, B. Geiger21, L. Giannone1, S. Gibson32, L. Gil2, E. Giovannozzi18, S. Glöggler1, M. Gobbin8, J. Gonzalez Martin, T. Goodman, G. Gorini, T. Görler, D. Gradic, G. Granucci, A. Gräter, H. Greuner, M. Griener, M. Groth, A. Gude, L. Guimarais, S. Günter, G. Haas, A.H. Hakola, C. Ham, T. Happel, N. den Harder, G. Harrer, J. Harrison, V. Hauer, T. Hayward-Schneider, B. Heinemann, T. Hellsten, S. Henderson, P. Hennequin, A. Herrmann, E. Heyn, F. Hitzler, J. Hobirk, K. Höfler, J.H. Holm, M. Hölzl, C. Hopf, L. Horvath, T. Höschen, A. Houben, A. Hubbard, A. Huber, K. Hunger, V. Igochine, M. Iliasova, T. Ilkei, K. Insulander Björk, C. Ionita-Schrittwieser, I. Ivanova-Stanik, W. Jacob, N. Jaksic, F. Janky, A. Jansen van Vuuren, A. Jardin, F. Jaulmes, F. Jenko, T. Jensen, E. Joffrin, A. Kallenbach, S. Kálvin, M. Kantor, A. Kappatou, O. Kardaun, J. Karhunen4, C.-P. Käsemann, S. Kasilov, A. Kendl, W. Kernbichler, E. Khilkevitch, A. Kirk, S. Kjer Hansen, V. Klevarova, G. Kocsis, M. Koleva, M. Komm, M. Kong, A. Krämer-Flecken, K. Krieger, A. Krivska, O. Kudlacek, T. Kurki-Suonio, B. Kurzan, B. Labit, K. Lackner, F. Laggner, A. Lahtinen, P.T. Lang, P. Lauber, N. Leuthold, L. Li, J. Likonen, O. Linder, B. Lipschultz, Y. Liu, A. Lohs, Z. Lu, T. Luda di Cortemiglia, N.C. Luhmann, T. Lunt, A. Lyssoivan, T. Maceina, J. Madsen, A. Magnanimo, H. Maier, J. Mailloux, R. Maingi, O. Maj, E. Maljaars, P. Manas, A. Mancini, A. Manhard, P. Mantica, M. Mantsinen, P. Manz, M. Maraschek, C. Marchetto, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, A. Martitsch, F. Matos, M. Mayer, M.-L. Mayoral, D. Mazon, P.J. McCarthy, R. McDermott, R. Merkel, A. Merle, D. Meshcheriakov, H. Meyer, D. Milanesio, P. Molina Cabrera, F. Monaco, M. Muraca, F. Nabais, V. Naulin, R. Nazikian, R.D. Nem, A. Nemes-Czopf, G. Neu, R. Neu, A.H. Nielsen, S.K. Nielsen, T. Nishizawa, M. Nocente, J.-M. Noterdaeme, I. Novikau, S. Nowak, M. Oberkofler, R. Ochoukov, J. Olsen, F. Orain, F. Palermo, O. Pan, G. Papp, I. Paradela Perez, A. Pau, G. Pautasso, C. Paz-Soldan, P. Petersson, P. Piovesan, C. Piron, U. Plank, B. Plaum, B. Plöck, V. Plyusnin, G. Pokol, E. Poli, L. Porte, T. Pütterich, M. Ramisch, J. Rasmussen, G. Ratta, S. Ratynskaia, G. Raupp, D. Réfy, M. Reich1, F. Reimold, D. Reiser, M. Reisner, D. Reiter, T. Ribeiro, R. Riedl, J. Riesch, D. Rittich, J.F. Rivero Rodriguez, G. Rocchi, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Rodriguez-Ramos, V. Rohde, G. Ronchi, A. Ross, M. Rott, M. Rubel, D.A. Ryan, F. Ryter, S. Saarelma, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, O. Samoylov, L. Sanchis Sanchez, J. Santos, O. Sauter, G. Schall, K. Schlüter, K. Schmid, O. Schmitz, P.A. Schneider, R. Schrittwieser, M. Schubert, C. Schuster, T. Schwarz-Selinger, J. Schweinzer, E. Seliunin, A. Shabbir, A. Shalpegin, S. Sharapov, U. Sheikh, A. Shevelev, G. Sias, M. Siccinio, B. Sieglin, A. Sigalov, A. Silva, C. Silva, D. Silvagni, J. Simpson, S. Sipilä, E. Smigelskis, A. Snicker, E. Solano, C. Sommariva, C. Sozzi, G. Spizzo, M. Spolaore, A. Stegmeir, M. Stejner, J. Stober, E. Strumberge1, G. Suarez Lopez, H.-J. Sun, W. Suttrop, E. Sytova, T. Szepesi, B. Tál, T. Tala, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, D. Terranova, M. Teschke, E. Thorén, W. Tierens, D. Told, W. Treutterer, G. Trevisan, E. Trier, M. Tripský, M. Usoltceva, M. Valisa, M. Valovic, M. van Zeeland, F. Vannini, B. Vanovac, P. Varela, S. Varoutis, N. Vianello, J. Vicente, G. Verdoolaege, T. Vierle, E. Viezzer, I. Voitsekhovitch, U. von Toussaint, D. Wagner, X. Wang, M. Weiland, A.E. White, M. Willensdorfer, B. Wiringer, M. Wischmeier, R. Wolf, E. Wolfrum, Q. Yang, Q. Yu, R. Zagórski, I. Zammuto, T. Zehetbauer, W. Zhang, W. Zholobenko, M. Zilker, A. Zito, H. Zohm, S. Zoletnik and the EUROfusion MST1 Team "

Published
2022

10. Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

Author

H. Reimerdes, M. Agostini, E. Alessi, S. Alberti, Y. Andrebe, H. Arnichand, J. Balbin, F. Bagnato, M. Baquero-Ruiz, M. Bernert, W. Bin, P. Blanchard, T.C. Blanken, J.A. Boedo, D. Brida, S. Brunner, C. Bogar, O. Bogar, T. Bolzonella, F. Bombarda, F. Bouquey, C. Bowman, D. Brunetti, J. Buermans, H. Bufferand, L. Calacci, Y. Camenen, S. Carli, D. Carnevale, F. Carpanese, F. Causa, J. Cavalier, M. Cavedon, J.A. Cazabonne, J. Cerovsky, R. Chandra, A. Chandrarajan Jayalekshmi, O. Chellaï, P. Chmielewski, D. Choi, G. Ciraolo, I.G.J. Classen, S. Coda, C. Colandrea, A. Dal Molin, P. David, M.R. de Baar, J. Decker, W. Dekeyser, H. de Oliveira, D. Douai, M. Dreval, M.G. Dunne, B.P. Duval, S. Elmore, O. Embreus, F. Eriksson, M. Faitsch, G. Falchetto, M. Farnik, A. Fasoli, N. Fedorczak, F. Felici, O. Février, O. Ficker, A. Fil, M. Fontana, E. Fransson, L. Frassinetti, I. Furno, D.S. Gahle, D. Galassi, K. Galazka, C. Galperti, S. Garavaglia, M. Garcia-Munoz, B. Geiger, M. Giacomin, G. Giruzzi, M. Gobbin, T. Golfinopoulos, T. Goodman, S. Gorno, G. Granucci, J.P. Graves, M. Griener, M. Gruca, T. Gyergyek, R. Haelterman, A. Hakola, W. Han, T. Happel, G. Harrer, J.R. Harrison, S. Henderson, G.M.D. Hogeweij, J.-P. Hogge, M. Hoppe, J. Horacek, Z. Huang, A. Iantchenko, P. Innocente, K. Insulander Björk, C. Ionita-Schrittweiser, H. Isliker, A. Jardin, R.J.E. Jaspers, R. Karimov, A.N. Karpushov, Y. Kazakov, M. Komm, M. Kong, J. Kovacic, O. Krutkin, O. Kudlacek, U. Kumar, R. Kwiatkowski, B. Labit, L. Laguardia, J.T. Lammers, E. Laribi, E. Laszynska, A. Lazaros, O. Linder, B. Linehan, B. Lipschultz, X. Llobet, J. Loizu, T. Lunt, E. Macusova, Y. Marandet, M. Maraschek, G. Marceca, C. Marchetto, S. Marchioni, E.S. Marmar, Y. Martin, L. Martinelli, F. Matos, R. Maurizio, M.-L. Mayoral, D. Mazon, V. Menkovski, A. Merle, G. Merlo, H. Meyer, K. Mikszuta-Michalik, P.A. Molina Cabrera, J. Morales, J.-M. Moret, A. Moro, D. Moulton, H. Muhammed, O. Myatra, D. Mykytchuk, F. Napoli, R.D. Nem, A.H. Nielsen, M. Nocente, S. Nowak, N. Offeddu, J. Olsen, F.P. Orsitto, O. Pan, G. Papp, A. Pau, A. Perek, F. Pesamosca, Y. Peysson, L. Pigatto, C. Piron, M. Poradzinski, L. Porte, T. Pütterich, M. Rabinski, H. Raj, J.J. Rasmussen, G.A. Rattá, T. Ravensbergen, D. Ricci, P. Ricci, N. Rispoli, F. Riva, J.F. Rivero-Rodriguez, M. Salewski, O. Sauter, B.S. Schmidt, R. Schrittweiser, S. Sharapov, U.A. Sheikh, B. Sieglin, M. Silva, A. Smolders, A. Snicker, C. Sozzi, M. Spolaore, A. Stagni, L. Stipani, G. Sun, T. Tala, P. Tamain, K. Tanaka, A. Tema Biwole, D. Terranova, J.L. Terry, D. Testa, C. Theiler, A. Thornton, A. Thrysøe, H. Torreblanca, C.K. Tsui, D. Vaccaro, M. Vallar, M. van Berkel, D. Van Eester, R.J.R. van Kampen, S. Van Mulders, K. Verhaegh, T. Verhaeghe, N. Vianello, F. Villone, E. Viezzer, B. Vincent, I. Voitsekhovitch, N.M.T. Vu, N. Walkden, T. Wauters, H. Weisen, N. Wendler, M. Wensing, F. Widmer, S. Wiesen, M. Wischmeier, T.A. Wijkamp, D. Wünderlich, C. Wüthrich, V. Yanovskiy, J. Zebrowski, the EUROfusion MST1 Team, EUROfusion MST1 Team, Control Systems Technology, Liquid metal heat shields, Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion, Group Heemels, Mechanical Engineering, Data Mining, EAISI Health, ICMS Affiliated, EAISI High Tech Systems, Applied Physics and Science Education, Reimerdes, H, Agostini, M, Alessi, E, Alberti, S, Andrebe, Y, Arnichand, H, Balbin, J, Bagnato, F, Baquero-Ruiz, M, Bernert, M, Bin, W, Blanchard, P, Blanken, T, Boedo, J, Brida, D, Brunner, S, Bogar, C, Bogar, O, Bolzonella, T, Bombarda, F, Bouquey, F, Bowman, C, Brunetti, D, Buermans, J, Bufferand, H, Calacci, L, Camenen, Y, Carli, S, Carnevale, D, Carpanese, F, Causa, F, Cavalier, J, Cavedon, M, Cazabonne, J, Cerovsky, J, Chandra, R, Chandrarajan Jayalekshmi, A, Chellai, O, Chmielewski, P, Choi, D, Ciraolo, G, Classen, I, Coda, S, Colandrea, C, Dal Molin, A, David, P, De Baar, M, Decker, J, Dekeyser, W, De Oliveira, H, Douai, D, Dreval, M, Dunne, M, Duval, B, Elmore, S, Embreus, O, Eriksson, F, Faitsch, M, Falchetto, G, Farnik, M, Fasoli, A, Fedorczak, N, Felici, F, Fevrier, O, Ficker, O, Fil, A, Fontana, M, Fransson, E, Frassinetti, L, Furno, I, Gahle, D, Galassi, D, Galazka, K, Galperti, C, Garavaglia, S, Garcia-Munoz, M, Geiger, B, Giacomin, M, Giruzzi, G, Gobbin, M, Golfinopoulos, T, Goodman, T, Gorno, S, Granucci, G, Graves, J, Griener, M, Gruca, M, Gyergyek, T, Haelterman, R, Hakola, A, Han, W, Happel, T, Harrer, G, Harrison, J, Henderson, S, Hogeweij, G, Hogge, J, Hoppe, M, Horacek, J, Huang, Z, Iantchenko, A, Innocente, P, Insulander Bjork, K, Ionita-Schrittweiser, C, Isliker, H, Jardin, A, Jaspers, R, Karimov, R, Karpushov, A, Kazakov, Y, Komm, M, Kong, M, Kovacic, J, Krutkin, O, Kudlacek, O, Kumar, U, Kwiatkowski, R, Labit, B, Laguardia, L, Lammers, J, Laribi, E, Laszynska, E, Lazaros, A, Linder, O, Linehan, B, Lipschultz, B, Llobet, X, Loizu, J, Lunt, T, Macusova, E, Marandet, Y, Maraschek, M, Marceca, G, Marchetto, C, Marchioni, S, Marmar, E, Martin, Y, Martinelli, L, Matos, F, Maurizio, R, Mayoral, M, Mazon, D, Menkovski, V, Merle, A, Merlo, G, Meyer, H, Mikszuta-Michalik, K, Molina Cabrera, P, Morales, J, Moret, J, Moro, A, Moulton, D, Muhammed, H, Myatra, O, Mykytchuk, D, Napoli, F, Nem, R, Nielsen, A, Nocente, M, Nowak, S, Offeddu, N, Olsen, J, Orsitto, F, Pan, O, Papp, G, Pau, A, Perek, A, Pesamosca, F, Peysson, Y, Pigatto, L, Piron, C, Poradzinski, M, Porte, L, Putterich, T, Rabinski, M, Raj, H, Rasmussen, J, Ratta, G, Ravensbergen, T, Ricci, D, Ricci, P, Rispoli, N, Riva, F, Rivero-Rodriguez, J, Salewski, M, Sauter, O, Schmidt, B, Schrittweiser, R, Sharapov, S, Sheikh, U, Sieglin, B, Silva, M, Smolders, A, Snicker, A, Sozzi, C, Spolaore, M, Stagni, A, Stipani, L, Sun, G, Tala, T, Tamain, P, Tanaka, K, Tema Biwole, A, Terranova, D, Terry, J, Testa, D, Theiler, C, Thornton, A, Thrysoe, A, Torreblanca, H, Tsui, C, Vaccaro, D, Vallar, M, Van Berkel, M, Van Eester, D, Van Kampen, R, Van Mulders, S, Verhaegh, K, Verhaeghe, T, Vianello, N, Villone, F, Viezzer, E, Vincent, B, Voitsekhovitch, I, Vu, N, Walkden, N, Wauters, T, Weisen, H, Wendler, N, Wensing, M, Widmer, F, Wiesen, S, Wischmeier, M, Wijkamp, T, Wunderlich, D, Wuthrich, C, Yanovskiy, V, and Zebrowski, J

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, feedback-control, Nuclear fusion, TCV, EUROfusion, ddc:620, plasmas, Condensed Matter Physics, tokamak, nuclear fusion, QC
Abstract

The tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) continues to leverage its unique shaping capabilities, flexible heating systems and modern control system to address critical issues in preparation for ITER and a fusion power plant. For the 2019–20 campaign its configurational flexibility has been enhanced with the installation of removable divertor gas baffles, its diagnostic capabilities with an extensive set of upgrades and its heating systems with new dual frequency gyrotrons. The gas baffles reduce coupling between the divertor and the main chamber and allow for detailed investigations on the role of fuelling in general and, together with upgraded boundary diagnostics, test divertor and edge models in particular. The increased heating capabilities broaden the operational regime to include T e/T i ∼ 1 and have stimulated refocussing studies from L-mode to H-mode across a range of research topics. ITER baseline parameters were reached in type-I ELMy H-modes and alternative regimes with ‘small’ (or no) ELMs explored. Most prominently, negative triangularity was investigated in detail and confirmed as an attractive scenario with H-mode level core confinement but an L-mode edge. Emphasis was also placed on control, where an increased number of observers, actuators and control solutions became available and are now integrated into a generic control framework as will be needed in future devices. The quantity and quality of results of the 2019–20 TCV campaign are a testament to its successful integration within the European research effort alongside a vibrant domestic programme and international collaborations.

Published
2022

11. Overview of the COMPASS results

Author

M. Hron, J. Adámek, J. Cavalier, R. Dejarnac, O. Ficker, O. Grover, J. Horáček, M. Komm, E. Macúšová, E. Matveeva, R. Pánek, M. Peterka, J. Seidl, D. Tskhakaya, V. Yanovskiy, F.J. Artola, S. Atikukke, P. Bartoň, A. Bencze, M. Berta, P. Bílková, W. Bin, K. Bogár, O. Bogár, P. Böhm, I. Borodkina, S. Brezinsek, F. Brochard, P. Buratti, J. Čaloud, A. Casolari, C. Castaldo, J. Čečrdle, J. Čeřovský, D. Cipciar, A. Devitre, M. Dimitrova, I. Ďuran, S. Entler, M. Farník, H. Fernandes, D. Fridrich, Š. Fuková, E. Gauthier, J. Gerardin, M. Gobbin, G. Grenfell, Y. Gribov, M. Grof, J. Gunn, P. Háček, J. Havlíček, A. Havránek, C. Hidalgo, K. Hromasová, O. Hronova, M. Iafrati, M. Imríšek, N. Isernia, F. Jaulmes, M. Jeřáb, M. Jirsa, P. Junek, A. Kallenbach, O. Kovanda, K. Kovařík, J. Krbec, L. Kripner, L. Krlín, P. Kulhánek, M. Lehnen, N. Lemoine, X. Litaudon, Y.Q. Liu, N.C. Logan, T. Loarer, A. Loarte, P. Lourenco, S. Lukes, P. Mácha, M. Rabinski, A. Marin Roldan, T. Markovič, J. Matějíček, G. Mazzitelli, J. Mlynář, I. Mysiura, F. Napoli, D. Naydenkova, J.-K. Park, N. Patel, P. Pavlo, R. Pitts, A. Podolník, M. Poradzinski, J. Preinhaelter, A. Prishvitsin, D. Refy, R. Roccella, D. Šesták, O. Shyshkin, V. Škvára, M. Šos, M. Spolaore, J. Stöckel, J. Svoboda, M. Tomeš, A. Torres, P. Turjanica, G. Tynan, M. Valovič, G. Van Oost, M. Varavin, J. Varju, P. Veis, M. Vilemova, F. Villone, P. Vondráček, V. Weinzettl, F. Žáček, G. Zadvitskiy, J. Zajac, D.R. Zaloga, J. Zebrowski, S. Zoletnik, Institut Jean Lamour (IJL), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), and Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Engineering drawing, Engineering, disruptions, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Physics::Plasma Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], plasma–material interaction, Compass, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, nuclear fusion, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, business.industry, [SPI.PLASMA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Plasmas, runaway electrons, Condensed Matter Physics, MODEL, COMPASS tokamak, H-mode, Physics and Astronomy, plasma-material interaction, ddc:620, tokamak physics, business
Abstract

COMPASS addressed several physical processes that may explain the behaviour of important phenomena. This paper presents results related to the main fields of COMPASS research obtained in the recent two years, including studies of turbulence, L–H transition, plasma material interaction, runaway electron, and disruption physics: Tomographic reconstruction of the edge/SOL turbulence observed by a fast visible camera allowed to visualize turbulent structures without perturbing the plasma. Dependence of the power threshold on the X-point height was studied and related role of radial electric field in the edge/SOL plasma was identified. The effect of high-field-side error fields on the L–H transition was investigated in order to assess the influence of the central solenoid misalignment and the possibility to compensate these error fields by low-field-side coils. Results of fast measurements of electron temperature during ELMs show the ELM peak values at the divertor are around 80% of the initial temperature at the pedestal. Liquid metals were used for the first time as plasma facing material in ELMy H-mode in the tokamak divertor. Good power handling capability was observed for heat fluxes up to 12 MW m−2 and no direct droplet ejection was observed. Partial detachment regime was achieved by impurity seeding in the divertor. The evolution of the heat flux footprint at the outer target was studied. Runaway electrons were studied using new unique systems—impact calorimetry, carbon pellet injection technique, wide variety of magnetic perturbations. Radial feedback control was imposed on the beam. Forces during plasma disruptions were monitored by a number of new diagnostics for vacuum vessel (VV) motion in order to contribute to the scaling laws of sideways disruption forces for ITER. Current flows towards the divertor tiles, incl. possible short-circuiting through PFCs, were investigated during the VDE experiments. The results support ATEC model and improve understanding of disruption loads.

Published
2021

12. The role of 3D fields on runaway electron mitigation in ASDEX Upgrade: a numerical test particle approach

Author

M. Gobbin, L. Marrelli, M. Valisa, L. Li, Y.Q. Liu, G. Papp, G. Pautasso, P.J. McCarthy, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion MST1 Team, ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society, and EUROfusion MST1 Team

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear engineering, Electron, Condensed Matter Physics, 3D fields, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, runaways, ASDEX Upgrade, 0103 physical sciences, Particle, Numerical tests, 010306 general physics, plasma response, particle trajectories
Abstract

The data collected during ASDEX Upgrade experiments in which external 3D fields have been deployed in the attempt of mitigating runaway electrons (RE) are interpreted by a numerical test particle approach. To this end the Hamiltonian guiding center code ORBIT has been used, with the implementation of the magnetic perturbation spectrum modeled by the code MARS-F, which also takes into account the plasma response to the applied 3D fields. In agreement with the observed phenomenology, ORBIT simulations show that the configuration of the currents in the top/bottom arrays of error field coils, which maximizes the plasma response to the external perturbations, is the one that most affects the high energy test electron trajectories in the edge region, thus leading to an enhancement of the energetic electron losses. This occurs in particular during the disruption, i.e. taking into account the increased toroidal electric field associated with the fast plasma cooling. Used in a predictive way, the numerical results suggest which coil configuration could further improve the RE mitigation.

Published
2021

13. Diagnostic Data Integration Using Deep Neural Networks for Real-Time Plasma Analysis

Author

Gabriele Manduchi, Cesare Taliercio, A. Rigoni Garola, M. Gobbin, Roberto Cavazzana, Adriano Luchetta, and R. S. Delogu

Subjects
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computer science, FOS: Physical sciences, variational autoencoders (VAEs), computer.software_genre, quantized networks, real-time plasma analysis, Machine Learning (cs.LG), Data modeling, missing data, Data imputation, Gate array, field-programmable gate array (FPGA), sparse regularization, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Field-programmable gate array, data integration, Signal processing, Firmware, plasma diagnostic, Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph), neural networks, Nonlinear Sciences - Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems, I.2.1, Programmable logic device, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Computer engineering, 60G35, State (computer science), real-time control, Physics - Computational Physics, Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO), computer, Deep inference
Abstract

Recent advances in acquisition equipment is providing experiments with growing amounts of precise yet affordable sensors. At the same time an improved computational power, coming from new hardware resources (GPU, FPGA, ACAP), has been made available at relatively low costs. This led us to explore the possibility of completely renewing the chain of acquisition for a fusion experiment, where many high-rate sources of data, coming from different diagnostics, can be combined in a wide framework of algorithms. If on one hand adding new data sources with different diagnostics enriches our knowledge about physical aspects, on the other hand the dimensions of the overall model grow, making relations among variables more and more opaque. A new approach for the integration of such heterogeneous diagnostics, based on composition of deep variational autoencoders, could ease this problem, acting as a structural sparse regularizer. This has been applied to RFX-mod experiment data, integrating the soft X-ray linear images of plasma temperature with the magnetic state. However to ensure a real-time signal analysis, those algorithmic techniques must be adapted to run in well suited hardware. In particular it is shown that, attempting a quantization of neurons transfer functions, such models can be modified to create an embedded firmware. This firmware, approximating the deep inference model to a set of simple operations, fits well with the simple logic units that are largely abundant in FPGAs. This is the key factor that permits the use of affordable hardware with complex deep neural topology and operates them in real-time., Comment: Proceeding of the 22nd IEEE Real Time Conference

Published
2021

14. Full conversion from ohmic to runaway electron driven current via massive gas injection in the TCV tokamak

Author

J. Decker, G. Papp, S. Coda, B.P. Duval, U. Sheikh, P. Blanchard, D. Choi, C. Galperti, L. Calacci, D. Carnevale, O. Ficker, M. Gobbin, B. Labit, E. Macusova, J. Mlynar, V. Plyusnin, O. Sauter, null the TCV Team, null the EUROfusion MST1 Team, TCV Team, and EUROfusion MST1 Team

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, massive gas injection, elongation, neon, runaway electron beam, Condensed Matter Physics, runaway electron, tokamak, disruption
Abstract

Full conversion from ohmic to runaway electron (RE) driven current was observed in the tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) following massive injection of neon through a disruption mitigation valve into a low-density limited circular plasma. Following a partial disruption, a stable 200 kA RE beam is maintained for more than 1 s. Controlled ramp-down of the RE beam with adjustable decay rate was demonstrated. Control of the beam vertical position was achieved down to a RE current of 20 kA. RE beam formation is observed in elongated plasma configurations up to κ = 1.5. A reproducible scenario for RE beam generation without loss of circulating current is of particular interest for disruption modelling applications.

Published
2022

15. Ion heating and energy balance during magnetic reconnection events in the RFX-mod experiment

Author

M. Gobbin, M. Agostini, F. Auriemma, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, A. Fassina, P. Franz, L. Marrelli, B. Momo, R. Piovan, I. Predebon, M.E. Puiatti, G. Spizzo, D. Terranova, M. Zuin, and null RFX-mod Team

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, helical states, Physics::Plasma Physics, magnetic reconnection, ion heating, RFP, Condensed Matter Physics, energy balance
Abstract

Reconnection events in high current reversed field pinch plasmas are often associated to the partial or total loss of the helical magnetic topology. The electron temperature collapse during these phenomena is investigated in RFX-mod thanks to high time resolution soft-x-ray diagnostics; these data are used, together with magnetic energy reconstructions, for energy balance analysis. The paper shows that the energy released during reconnection events, similarly to astrophysical plasmas, might be involved in ion heating, the latter being estimated by the energy distribution function of neutral atoms, a rather interesting feature in a reactorial perspective. These issues will be further investigated in RFX-mod2 , an upgrade of the present device starting its operations from 2022, where the modified boundary conditions are expected to increase the helical states duration and reduce the frequency of reconnection events.

Published
2022

16. Dependence on plasma shape and plasma fueling for small edge-localized mode regimes in TCV and ASDEX Upgrade

Author

V. Piergotti, F. Pesamosca, Bogdan Hnat, A. Sperduti, A. Krivska, J. Vicente, Panagiotis Tolias, Emanuele Poli, Matthias Hoelzl, Benedikt Geiger, A. Jardin, J. Ayllon-Guerola, G. Apruzzese, T. Lunt, J. Galdon-Quiroga, Riccardo Maggiora, M. Tardocchi, M. Koubiti, T. Jonsson, Bruce Lipschultz, P. Innocente, A. Gude, I Miron, M. G. Dunne, G. F. Harrer, A. Moro, A. Iantchenko, K. Galazka, P. Poloskei, K. Bogar, Roberto Ambrosino, G. Ferr, Vladimir E. Moiseenko, Istvan Cziegler, L. Guimarais, S. Vartanian, B. Erds, G. Pucella, V. Bobkov, James Buchanan, Raffaele Albanese, Harry M. Meyer, D. Boeyaert, G. F. Matthews, Eva Macusova, V. S. Marchenko, R. Zagórski, J. Buermans, A. Fil, W. Zhang, Giuseppe Gorini, B. Tal, D. Zaloga, Hugo Bufferand, A. Romano, L. Colas, J. Zebrowski, M. Weiland, L. Barrera-Orte, Matjaž Panjan, A.J. Thornton, E. Wolfrum, Miglena Dimitrova, R. M. McDermott, R. Lombroni, O. Tudisco, F. Reimold, E. R. Solano, X. Feng, Petra Bilkova, M. Groth, E. Alessi, D. S. Gahle, Olivier Février, I. Voitsekhovitch, Matthew Carr, A. Bock, O. Vasilovici, C. Ham, Lorenzo Figini, Guglielmo Rubinacci, Peter Lang, Pierre Manas, S. Costea, A. Kirk, F. Causa, J. Adamek, Vu N. M. T., M. Cavedon, O. Grover, Geert Verdoolaege, M. Spolaore, L. Sanchis-Sanchez, P. Bohm, P. V. Kazantzidis, Sarah Newton, M. Tomes, M.-L. Mayoral, J. R. Harrison, C. Mazzotta, H. Reimerdes, Jorge Morales, D. Brunetti, J. Gonzalez-Martin, Tomas Markovic, S. S. Henderson, D. Ricci, J. Juul Rasmussen, F. Janky, S. Saarelma, Z. Popovic, C. Tsironis, J. J. Rasmussen, S. K. Hansen, Sandra C. Chapman, Volker Naulin, H. Arnichand, Roberto Paccagnella, M. Faitsch, Anders Nielsen, M. Kong, V. Igochine, C. Piron, C. Bowman, Jorge Ferreira, D. Sytnykov, K. G. McClements, Olivier Sauter, Ondrej Ficker, Matthias Wiesenberger, T. Ravensbergen, C. Reux, Irena Ivanova-Stanik, Dirk Reiser, M. Bernert, M. Vallar, J-M Moret, M. Gruca, D. I. Refy, P. Cano Megias, Benoit Labit, M. Schubert, Giuliana Sias, O. Bogar, P. J. Mc Carthy, I. Faust, Gergely Papp, F. Matos, J. Garcia, C. Marini, E. L. Sorokovoy, Dimitri Voltolina, George Wilkie, J. M. Santos, R. R. Sheeba, Vladimir Weinzettl, Sergei Kasilov, J. Cerovsky, Matteo Agostini, G. Tardini, Laurie Porte, F. Dolizy, L. Gil, Matthias Komm, A. Dal Molin, B. Sieglin, Roch Kwiatkowski, M. C. C Messmer, Toke Koldborg Jensen, Vinodh Bandaru, Ben F. McMillan, Alessandra Fanni, Daniele Carnevale, Shimpei Futatani, D. P. Coster, V. Korovin, S. E. Sharapov, Patrik Ollus, J. Gath, A. Czarnecka, D. Gallart, M. Peterka, P. Vallejos Olivares, Jernej Kovacic, Nicolas Fedorczak, Silvio Ceccuzzi, L. Piron, J. Rosato, G. Kocsis, Stefan Kragh Nielsen, M. Garcia-Mu oz, Radomir Panek, S. F. Smith, Paolo Bettini, A. Mariani, R. Dejarnac, Lorenzo Frassinetti, D. Douai, L. Garzotti, H. J. Sun, C.K. Tsui, N. den Harder, John Elmerdahl Olsen, F. Bombarda, M. Francesco, Piero Martin, D. Hogeweij, P. Blanchard, F. Bouquey, Gabor Por, Luca Boncagni, Carlo Sozzi, Martin Hron, P. A. Schneider, V. P. Loschiavo, David Terranova, D. Aguiam, D. Choi, M. Gobbin, D. Iglesias, M. Reich, G. Avdeeva, A. Gallo, O. Biletskyi, M. Aradi, F. Liu, M. Griener, Antti Snicker, L. Kripner, Jérôme Bucalossi, L. Hesslow, Nick Walkden, M. Rodriguez-Ramos, T. C. Blanken, Cristian Galperti, F. Jaulmes, G. Calabr, G.A. Rattá, W. Bin, S. Garavaglia, V. Plyusnin, Andreas Frank Martitsch, A. Zisis, Rita Lorenzini, Duccio Testa, M. Passeri, Ola Embréus, N. Krawczyk, K. Särkimäki, Davide Galassi, D. Samaddar, M. Oberkofler, E. Seliunin, D. Brida, P. Buratti, F. Nabais, J. Ongena, J. Likonen, Yann Camenen, M. J. Mantsinen, F. Carpanese, S. Wiesen, P. Piovesan, Mirko Salewski, J. Hawke, Florian Laggner, R. Bilato, M. Wischmeier, L. Pigatto, G. I. Pokol, G. Giruzzi, Jens Madsen, D. Gadariya, L. Stipani, Christian Theiler, J. Stober, Michael Barnes, Timothy Goodman, R. D. Nem, J. J. Dominguez-Palacios Duran, F. Militello, Y. 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Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Control Systems Technology, Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion, Data Mining, Sensorics for fusion reactors, and Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic Stability of Fusion Plasmas

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Settore ING-INF/04, Work package, grassy ELM, ballooning modes, Nuclear physics, 01 natural sciences, Flattening, Ballooning, 010305 fluids & plasmas, grassy ELMs, separatrix density, ASDEX Upgrade, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Edge-localized mode, QC, H-mode, plasma triangularity, type-II ELMs, Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], type-II ELM, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, Null (physics), Shear (sheet metal), Física nuclear, Atomic physics, ballooning mode
Abstract

Within the EUROfusion MST1 work package, a series of experiments has been conducted on AUG and TCV devices to disentangle the role of plasma fueling and plasma shape for the onset of small ELM regimes. On both devices, small ELM regimes with high confinement are achieved if and only if two conditions are fulfilled at the same time. Firstly, the plasma density at the separatrix must be large enough (), leading to a pressure profile flattening at the separatrix, which stabilizes type-I ELMs. Secondly, the magnetic configuration has to be close to a double null (DN), leading to a reduction of the magnetic shear in the extreme vicinity of the separatrix. As a consequence, its stabilizing effect on ballooning modes is weakened. Peer Reviewed Article escrit per 365 autors/autores: Labit, B.; Eich, T.; Harrer, G. F.; Wolfrum, E.; Bernert, M.; Dunne, M. 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T.; Walkden, N.; Wauters, T.; Weiland, M.; Weinzettl, V.; Wensing, M.; Wiesen, S.; Wiesenberger, M.; Wilkie, G.; Willensdorfer, M.; Wischmeier, M.; Wu, K.; Xiang, L.; Zagorski, R.; Zaloga, D.; Zanca, P.; Zaplotnik, R.; Zebrowski, J.; Zhang, W.; Zisis, A.; Zoletnik, S.; Zuin, M.

Published
2019

17. Fast Ion Transport in the Three-Dimensional Reversed-Field Pinch

Author

M. Gobbin, Jan Egedal, Jay Anderson, Eli Parke, Jin Hyun Kim, P. J. Bonofiglo, Donald A. Spong, and J. Boguski

Subjects
Physics, Subdominant, Reversed field pinch, General Physics and Astronomy, Fusion power, 01 natural sciences, Molecular physics, Ion, Capillary flow, Pinch effect, Amplitude, Confinement properties, Neutron flux, Physics::Plasma Physics, Fast ion transport, 0103 physical sciences, Tearing, Physics::Space Physics, Pinch, Enchanched transports, 010306 general physics
Abstract

We report on the first comprehensive experimental and numerical study of fast ion transport in the helical reversed-field pinch (RFP). Classical orbit effects dominate the macroscopic confinement properties. The strongest effect arises from growth in the dominant fast ion guiding-center island, but substantial influence from remnant subdominant tearing modes also plays a critical role. At the formation of the helical RFP, neutron flux measurements indicate a drastic loss of fast ions at sufficient subdominant mode amplitudes. Simulations corroborate these measurements and suggest that subdominant tearing modes strongly limit fast ion behavior. Previous work details a sharp thermal transport barrier and suggests the helical RFP as an Ohmically heated fusion reactor candidate; the enhanced transport of fast ions reported here identifies a key challenge for this scheme, but a workable scenario is conceivable with low subdominant tearing mode amplitudes.

Published
2019

18. OVERVIEW OF PHYSICS STUDIES ON ASDEX UPGRADE

Author

Neville C. Luhmann, J. Mailloux, A. Kappatou, Yann Camenen, R. Arredondo Parra, P. Petersson, G. F. Harrer, I. Gomez Ortiz, E. Giovannozzi, S. S. Henderson, C. Sommariva, Thomas Schwarz-Selinger, G. Fuchert, Christopher G. Albert, P. Piovesan, A. Herrmann, C. Piron, Robert Lunsford, J. Hobirk, F. Clairet, L. Xiang, Carlo Cazzaniga, A. Burckhart, B. Kurzan, Bernhard Ploeckl, G. Kocsis, A. Mancini, Benoit Labit, M. Reich, N. den Harder, Faa Federico Felici, M. Oberparleiter, Tamás Szepesi, Sibylle Günter, K. Behler, R. Merkel, Ocleto D'Arcangelo, G. Haas, Alessandro Bortolon, T. B. Cote, E. Trier, P. Simon, A. Gude, Daniele Milanesio, Winfried Kernbichler, Dorothea Gradic, M. Rodriguez-Ramos, G.A. Rattá, G. Croci, O. Tudisco, E. Heyn, M. Groth, J. Gonzalez Martin, Olivier Sauter, Irena Ivanova-Stanik, Massimo Nocente, J. R. Harrison, Martin Heyn, C. Bruhn, C. Ham, L. Shao, M. Schubert, F. Brochard, Yu Gao, Bernd Heinemann, Sandra C. Chapman, Armin Manhard, S. S. Denk, A. Jardin, D. P. Coster, G. Schall, L. Horvath, Alexander Creely, Roman Schrittwieser, Patrick J. McCarthy, C. Castaldo, B. Wiringer, M. J. Mantsinen, Till Höschen, Ph. Lauber, V. Mertens, Anders Nielsen, G. Suarez, M. E. Manso, M. Dibon, S. Wiesen, Mirko Salewski, C. D. Challis, J. Schweinzer, D. Douai, Lorenzo Frassinetti, R. C. Wolf, Mirko Ramisch, P. de Marne, Yueqiang Liu, H. van den Brand, S. Nowak, E. Joffrin, M. Teschke, Karl Schmid, D. Silvagni, L. Giannone, D. I. Refy, E. Wolfrum, M. Sertoli, Chanho Moon, O. J. W. F. Kardaun, A. Ross, S. Elgeti, A. Shalpegin, G. D. Conway, A. Sigalov, Alberto Bottino, Benedikt Geiger, M. Willensdorfer, D. C. van Vugt, Mark Maraschek, W. Zhang, M. Oberkofler, M. Griener, Stylianos Varoutis, Bill Scott, F. Monaco, W. Suttrop, Helmut Faugel, Christian Hopf, J. Vicente, Gerhard Raupp, S. Fietz, Omar Maj, D. Terranova, Q. Yu, E. Seliunin, L. Gil, K. Lackner, I. Novikau, S. Heinzel, G. Birkenmeier, O. Linder, I. Zammuto, H. Fünfgelder, Alessandro Biancalani, D. Prisiazhniuk, Analiza M. Silva, Volker Hauer, Ulrich Stroth, M. Faitsch, Toke Koldborg Jensen, S. Brezinsek, S. Garavaglia, V. Nikolaeva, C. Angioni, T. Maceina, Antti Snicker, O. Schmitz, T. Vierle, A. Scarabosio, D. Carlton, F. Penzel, M. Tardocchi, Riccardo Maggiora, V. Plyusnin, A. Bergmann, A. Bock, G. Rocchi, Andreas Frank Martitsch, J. W. Coenen, I. Erofeev, Pierre Manas, J. Stober, O. Meyer, M. A. Van Zeeland, A. S. Jacobsen, H. Meister, Jens Madsen, E. Smigelskis, A. Lohs, T. Happel, A. Gallo, F. Ryter, P. A. Schneider, A. Kallenbach, Alf Köhn, C. Bottereau, I. Paradela Perez, N. Arden, M. Koubiti, Gergely Papp, Burkhard Plaum, Jorge Ferreira, P. Denner, H. Greuner, Daniel Told, M. Weiland, T. Hayward-Schneider, B. Sieglin, A. Buhler, B. Böswirth, A. Krämer-Flecken, F. Jaulmes, J. Galdon-Quiroga, M. Balden, J. Pinzón Acosta, C. Sozzi, T. Bolzonella, G. Neu, Simon Freethy, T. Sehmer, K. Höfler, T. T. Ribeiro, F. Mink, Ursel Fantz, Q. Yang, Jeppe Olsen, M. Wischmeier, P. Mantica, Timothy Goodman, R. Delogu, T. Tala, Panagiotis Tolias, A. Houben, G. Tardini, A. Kirk, T. Odstrcil, R. Fischer, J. Juul Rasmussen, D. Carralero, H. F. Meyer, P. Martin, J. Miettunen, E. Maljaars, Matthew Carr, Z. Yang, G. Pautasso, B. P. Duval, E. Sytova, Stefano Coda, D. Meshcheriakov, Morten Stejner, S. Zoletnik, Thomas Zehetbauer, M. Li, F. Liu, R. Neu, A. Drenik, P. Manz, E. Fable, Otto Asunta, Zhixin Lu, S. Kálvin, Bruce Lipschultz, Vinodh Bandaru, A. Di Siena, Mattia Siccinio, S. Costea, Frank Jenko, Peter Lang, V. Rohde, Manfred Zilker, F. Nabais, H. J. Sun, Chris Hegna, A. Krivska, M. Rott, S. E. Sharapov, Antoine Merle, J. Bernardo, K. Engelhardt, M. Garcia-Munoz, M. Kantor, M. Hölzl, J. M. Santos, L. Guimarais, A. Figuereido, Carlos B. da Silva, Ch. Day, P. David, U. von Toussaint, T. C. Blanken, D. A. Ryan, F. Palermo, Silvio Ceccuzzi, J.-M. Noterdaeme, M. Gobbin, A. Jansen van Vuuren, C.-P. Kasemann, D. Rittich, Wouter Tierens, Taina Kurki-Suonio, C. Martens, R. Riedl, Antti Hakola, A. Czarnecka, F. Hitzler, M. Spolaore, M. Tripský, D. Brida, A. V. Chankin, Alessandro Pau, T. Ilkei, K. Krieger, Emanuele Poli, Florian Laggner, J. F. Rivero-Rodriguez, Wolfgang Jacob, Nengchao Wang, Anne White, S. Kjer Hansen, Stefan Kragh Nielsen, M. Fröschle, R. Bilato, O. Kudlacek, Tobias Görler, A. Stegmeir, Ari Salmi, L. Colas, A. Mlynek, Istvan Cziegler, V. Bobkov, James Buchanan, A. Gräter, T. Luda di Cortemiglia, R. Drube, John Hammer Holm, Giuliana Sias, K. Galazka, Giuseppe Gorini, V. Igochine, B. Vanovac, O. P. Ford, A. Garcia-Carrasco, R. M. McDermott, B. Tal, A. Lebschy, M. Cavedon, Julia Fuchs, E. Viezzer, R. Dux, R.A. Pitts, Svetlana V. Ratynskaia, Aqsa Shabbir, Sergei Kasilov, M. Bernert, S. Saarelma, Gergö Pokol, F. Reimold, Geert Verdoolaege, M. Mayer, Marek Rubel, L. Sanchis-Sanchez, R. Maingi, William Hornsby, U. Plank, C. Cianfarani, N. Vianello, A. Huber, Gustavo Granucci, Didier Mazon, S. Glöggler, J. Simpson, I. Faust, G. L. Ravera, Laurie Porte, Johann Riesch, F. Janky, A Lyssoivan, T. Pütterich, F. Orain, M. Valisa, B. Esposito, C. Gleason-González, Juha Karhunen, M. Valovic, H. Maier, Gábor Cseh, A. Nemes-Czopf, E. Thoren, O. Pan, T. Eich, R. Coelho, M.R. de Baar, E. Strumberger, T. Hellsten, Lionello Marrelli, Boglarka Erdos, Pascale Hennequin, R. Ochoukov, H. Zohm, D. Wagner, Yevgen O. Kazakov, A. Medvedeva, M. G. Dunne, W. Treutterer, N. Leuthold, R. Zagórski, S. Potzel, V. Klevarova, Dirk Reiser, X. Wang, T. 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Subjects
Magnetic confinement, Edge-localized modes (ELMs), Nuclear engineering, PLASMAS, Nuclear physics, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, ASDEX Upgrade, ITER, MODE, Physics, iter, Divertor, magnetic confinement, Magnetic confinement fusion, mode, Dissipation, Condensed Matter Physics, ddc, Tokamak physics, Física nuclear, tokamak physics, Tokamaks, FLUX, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Technology and Engineering, DEMO, nuclear fusion, Electron cyclotron resonance, Resonant magnetic perturbations, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, SOLID TUNGSTEN DIVERTOR, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], demo, plasmas, solid tungsten divertor, flux, ___, HEAVY ALLOYS, Magnetohydrodynamics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], heavy alloys
Abstract

The ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) programme, jointly run with the EUROfusion MST1 task force, continues to significantly enhance the physics base of ITER and DEMO. Here, the full tungsten wall is a key asset for extrapolating to future devices. The high overall heating power, flexible heating mix and comprehensive diagnostic set allows studies ranging from mimicking the scrape-off-layer and divertor conditions of ITER and DEMO at high density to fully non-inductive operation (q95 = 5.5, ) at low density. Higher installed electron cyclotron resonance heating power 6 MW, new diagnostics and improved analysis techniques have further enhanced the capabilities of AUG. Stable high-density H-modes with MW m−1 with fully detached strike-points have been demonstrated. The ballooning instability close to the separatrix has been identified as a potential cause leading to the H-mode density limit and is also found to play an important role for the access to small edge-localized modes (ELMs). Density limit disruptions have been successfully avoided using a path-oriented approach to disruption handling and progress has been made in understanding the dissipation and avoidance of runaway electron beams. ELM suppression with resonant magnetic perturbations is now routinely achieved reaching transiently . This gives new insight into the field penetration physics, in particular with respect to plasma flows. Modelling agrees well with plasma response measurements and a helically localised ballooning structure observed prior to the ELM is evidence for the changed edge stability due to the magnetic perturbations. The impact of 3D perturbations on heat load patterns and fast-ion losses have been further elaborated. Progress has also been made in understanding the ELM cycle itself. Here, new fast measurements of and Er allow for inter ELM transport analysis confirming that Er is dominated by the diamagnetic term even for fast timescales. New analysis techniques allow detailed comparison of the ELM crash and are in good agreement with nonlinear MHD modelling. The observation of accelerated ions during the ELM crash can be seen as evidence for the reconnection during the ELM. As type-I ELMs (even mitigated) are likely not a viable operational regime in DEMO studies of 'natural' no ELM regimes have been extended. Stable I-modes up to have been characterised using -feedback. Core physics has been advanced by more detailed characterisation of the turbulence with new measurements such as the eddy tilt angle—measured for the first time—or the cross-phase angle of and fluctuations. These new data put strong constraints on gyro-kinetic turbulence modelling. In addition, carefully executed studies in different main species (H, D and He) and with different heating mixes highlight the importance of the collisional energy exchange for interpreting energy confinement. A new regime with a hollow profile now gives access to regimes mimicking aspects of burning plasma conditions and lead to nonlinear interactions of energetic particle modes despite the sub-Alfvénic beam energy. This will help to validate the fast-ion codes for predicting ITER and DEMO. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014–2018 and 2019–2020 under grant agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. "Article signat per més de 100 autors/es: H. Meyer, for the AUG Team: D. Aguiam, C. Angioni, C.G. Albert, N. Arden, R. Arredondo Parra, O. Asunta, M. de Baar, M. Balden, V. Bandaru, K. Behler, A. Bergmann, J. Bernardo, M. Bernert, A. Biancalani, R. Bilato, G. Birkenmeier, T.C. Blanken, V. Bobkov, A. Bock, T. Bolzonella, A. Bortolon, B. Böswirth, C. Bottereau, A. Bottino, H. van den Brand, S. Brezinsek, D. Brida, F. Brochard, C. Bruhn, J. Buchanan, A. Buhler, A. Burckhart, Y. Camenen, D. Carlton, M. Carr, D. Carralero, C. Castaldo, M. Cavedon, C. Cazzaniga, S. Ceccuzzi, C. Challis, A. Chankin, S. Chapman, C. Cianfarani, F. Clairet, S. Coda, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, L. Colas, G.D. Conway, S. Costea, D.P. Coster, T.B. Cote, A. Creely, G. Croci, G. Cseh, A. Czarnecka, I. Cziegler, O. D'Arcangelo, P. David, C. Day, R. Delogu, P. de Marné, S.S. Denk, P. Denner, M. Dibon, A. Di Siena, D. Douai, A. Drenik, R. Drube, M. Dunne, B.P. Duval, R. Dux, T. Eich, S. Elgeti, K. Engelhardt, B. Erdös, I. Erofeev, B. Esposito, E. Fable, M. Faitsch, U. Fantz, H. Faugel, I. Faust, F. Felici, J. Ferreira, S. Fietz, A. Figuereido, R. Fischer, O. Ford, L. Frassinetti, S. Freethy, M. Fröschle, G. Fuchert, J.C. Fuchs, H. Fünfgelder, K. Galazka, J. Galdon-Quiroga, A. Gallo, Y. Gao, S. Garavaglia, A. Garcia-Carrasco, M. Garcia-Muñoz, B. Geiger, L. Giannone, L. Gil, E. Giovannozzi, C. Gleason-González, S. Glöggler, M. Gobbin, T. Görler, I. Gomez Ortiz, J. Gonzalez Martin, T. Goodman, G. Gorini, D. Gradic, A. Gräter, G. Granucci, H. Greuner, M. Griener, M. Groth, A. Gude, S. Günter, L. Guimarais, G. Haas, A.H. Hakola, C. Ham, T. Happel, N. den Harder, G.F. Harrer, J. Harrison, V. Hauer, T. Hayward-Schneider, C.C. Hegna, B. Heinemann, S. Heinzel, T. Hellsten, S. Henderson, P. Hennequin, A. Herrmann, M.F. Heyn, E. Heyn, F. Hitzler, J. Hobirk, K. Höfler, M. Hölzl, T. Höschen, J.H. Holm, C. Hopf, W.A. Hornsby, L. Horvath, A. Houben, A. Huber, V. Igochine, T. Ilkei, I. Ivanova-Stanik, W. Jacob, A.S. Jacobsen, F. Janky, A. Jansen van Vuuren, A. Jardin, F. Jaulmes, F. Jenko, T. Jensen, E. Joffrin, C.-P. Käsemann, A. Kallenbach, S. Kálvin, M. Kantor, A. Kappatou, O. Kardaun, J. Karhunen, S. Kasilov,, Y. Kazakov, W. Kernbichler, A. Kirk, S. Kjer Hansen, V. Klevarova, G. Kocsis, A. Köhn, M. Koubiti, K. Krieger, A. Krivska, A. Krämer-Flecken, O. Kudlacek, T. Kurki-Suonio, B. Kurzan, B. Labit, K. Lackner, F. Laggner, P.T. Lang, P. Lauber, A. Lebschy, N. Leuthold, M. Li, O. Linder, B. Lipschultz, F. Liu, Y. Liu, A. Lohs, Z. Lu, T. Luda di Cortemiglia, N.C. Luhmann, R. Lunsford, T. Lunt, A. Lyssoivan, T. Maceina, J. Madsen, R. Maggiora, H. Maier, O. Maj, J. Mailloux, R. Maingi, E. Maljaars, P. Manas, A. Mancini, A. Manhard, M.-E. Manso, P. Mantica, M. Mantsinen, P. Manz, M. Maraschek, C. Martens, P. Martin, L. Marrelli, A. Martitsch, M. Mayer, D. Mazon, P.J. McCarthy, R. McDermott, H. Meister, A. Medvedeva, R. Merkel, A. Merle, V. Mertens, D. Meshcheriakov, O. Meyer, J. Miettunen, D. Milanesio, F. Mink, A. Mlynek, F. Monaco, C. Moon, F. Nabais, A. Nemes-Czopf, G. Neu, R. Neu, A.H. Nielsen, S.K. Nielsen, V. Nikolaeva, M. Nocente, J.-M. Noterdaeme, I. Novikau, S. Nowak, M. Oberkofler, M. Oberparleiter, R. Ochoukov, T. Odstrcil, J. Olsen, F. Orain, F. Palermo, O. Pan, G. Papp, I. Paradela Perez, A. Pau, G. Pautasso, F. Penzel, P. Petersson, J. Pinzón Acosta, P. Piovesan, C. Piron, R. Pitts, U. Plank, B. Plaum, B. Ploeckl, V. Plyusnin, G. Pokol, E. Poli, L. Porte, S. Potzel, D. Prisiazhniuk, T. Pütterich, M. Ramisch, J. Rasmussen, G.A. Rattá, S. Ratynskaia, G. Raupp, G.L. Ravera, D. Réfy, M. Reich, F. Reimold, D. Reiser, T. Ribeiro, J. Riesch, R. Riedl, D. Rittich, J.F. Rivero-Rodriguez, G. Rocchi, M. Rodriguez-Ramos, V. Rohde, A. Ross1, M. Rott, M. Rubel, D. Ryan, F. Ryter, S. Saarelma, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, L. Sanchis-Sanchez, J. Santos, O. Sauter, A. Scarabosio, G. Schall, K. Schmid, O. Schmitz, P.A. Schneider, R. Schrittwieser, M. Schubert, T. Schwarz-Selinger, J. Schweinzer, B. Scott, T. Semer, E. Seliunin, M. Sertoli, A. Shabbir, A. Shalpegin, L. Shao, S. Sharapov, G. Sias, M. Siccinio, B. Sieglin, A. Sigalov, A. Silva, C. Silva, D. Silvagni, P. Simon, J. Simpson, E. Smigelskis, A. Snicker, C. Sommariva, C. Sozzi, M. Spolaore, A. Stegmeir, M. Stejner, J. Stober, U. Stroth, E. Strumberger, G. Suarez, H.-J. Sun, W. Suttrop, E. Sytova, T. Szepesi, B. Tál, T. Tala, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, M. Teschke, D. Terranova, W. Tierens, E. Thorén, D. Told, P. Tolias, O. Tudisco, W. Treutterer, E. Trier, M. Tripský, M. Valisa, M. Valovic, B. Vanovac, D. van Vugt, S. Varoutis, G. Verdoolaege, N. Vianello, J. Vicente, T. Vierle, E. Viezzer, U. von Toussaint, D. Wagner, N. Wang, X. Wang, M. Weiland, A.E. White, S. Wiesen, M. Willensdorfer, B. Wiringer, M. Wischmeier, R. Wolf, E. Wolfrum, L. Xiang, Q. Yang, Z. Yang, Q. Yu, R. Zagórski, I. Zammuto, W. Zhang, M. van Zeeland, T. Zehetbauer, M. Zilker, S. Zoletnik, H. Zohm and the EUROfusion MST1 Team55

Published
2018

20. Runaway electron mitigation by applied magnetic perturbations in RFX-mod tokamak plasmas

Author

Maria Ester Puiatti, Luca Stevanato, D. Cester, M. Gobbin, Roscoe White, Massimo Nocente, Matteo Zuin, Lionello Marrelli, M. Valisa, P. Piovesan, Gobbin, M, Valisa, M, White, R, Cester, D, Marrelli, L, Nocente, M, Piovesan, P, Stevanato, L, Puiatti, M, and Zuin, M

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Guiding center, Tokamak, MHD, Perturbation (astronomy), Electron, 01 natural sciences, runaway electron, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, 0103 physical sciences, magnetic perturbations, Magnetohydrodynamic drive, 010306 general physics, tokamak, Nuclear and High Energy Physic, Physics, magnetic perturbation, runaway electrons, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, disruption, Computational physics, Amplitude, Atomic physics, Magnetohydrodynamics
Abstract

Thanks to its advanced system for the control of magnetohydrodynamic modes, the RFX-mod device run as a tokamak is particularly suited to the study of the possible impact on runaway electron (RE) de-confinement in response to applied magnetic perturbations. This paper shows that during the flat-top phase in RFX-mod discharges, with a plasma current of I p ∼ 150 kA and a low density ( n e < 10 19 m−3), the amount of REs scales with the m = 2,n = 1 perturbation both in q(a) q(a) > 2 plasmas. Similar results have also been obtained in post-disruption phases, but still with limited statistics. The mechanisms generating REs and the effect of magnetic perturbation (MP) on their confinement are interpreted by numerical simulations with the relativistic guiding center code ORBIT. The role played by different magnetic equilibria on the energy of REs and on their loss rates is investigated. ORBIT simulations indicate that RE-enhanced losses are associated with a raised level of stochasticity, the effect being more pronounced when the MP amplitude is higher and internally resonant.

Published
2017

21. Electron temperature gradient driven instabilities in helical reversed-field pinch plasmas

Author

I. Predebon, M. Gobbin, and Pavlos Xanthopoulos

Subjects
gyrokinetic, Physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Reversed field pinch, Physics::Plasma Physics, Electron temperature, plasma instabilities, Plasma, Atomic physics, Condensed Matter Physics, helical equilibria
Abstract

We describe the occurrence of electron temperature gradient driven micro-instabilities in the helical states of RFX-mod reversed-field pinch plasmas. These plasmas are usually characterized by the presence of large, radially localized electron temperature gradients. Using realistic geometry and profiles, micro-tearing modes and electron temperature gradient modes turn out to regularly co-exist in the region of the temperature barrier. In the paper, we discuss the main features of such instabilities, especially focusing on the distinctive aspects of the helical geometry with respect to the toroidal symmetry.

Published
2019

22. Fast ion transport in the quasi-single helical reversed-field pinch

Author

J. Boguski, Jay Anderson, Juhyung Kim, Donald A. Spong, Eli Parke, M. Gobbin, Jan Egedal, and P. J. Bonofiglo

Subjects
Ions, Physics, Electron density, Reversed field pinch, Geometry, Equilibrium reconstruction, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Madison Symmetric Torus, Resonance (particle physics), Density perturbation, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Computational physics, Ion, Pinch effect, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Energetic particles, Pinch, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Neutral particle, Repair
Abstract

The reversed-field pinch (RFP) can spontaneously transition from an axisymmetric magnetic topology to a 3D-helical geometry. Investigations on fast ion transport associated with energetic particle driven Alfven instabilities, tearing mode induced stochasticity, and neoclassical effects have been performed on the Madison Symmetric Torus. STELLGAP produced shear-Alfven continua seeded with V3FIT 3D-equilibrium reconstructions describe the response of Alfvenic bursting activity as a direct consequence of the equilibrium change on the fast ion resonance. Far infrared interferometry resolved electron density perturbations associated with the bursts provide a spatial measurement of the mode structure and support the reconstructions. The bursts produce no global resonant fast ion transport; however, their disappearance at a high core-resonant amplitude implies other transport mechanisms at play. Neutral particle analysis and neutron signals suggest fast ion losses at sufficient core tearing mode strength, supporting the lack of Alfvenic activity. The guiding-center code ORBIT corroborates rapid fast ion loss times in the helical state largely as a consequence of remnant tearing modes. Additionally, ORBIT simulations demonstrate little neoclassical enhancement of particle transport. While superbanana orbits may exist, the growth in the core-resonant fast ion island and the associated secondary mode overlap govern the largest transport process, leading to robust fast ion losses in the 3D-RFP.The reversed-field pinch (RFP) can spontaneously transition from an axisymmetric magnetic topology to a 3D-helical geometry. Investigations on fast ion transport associated with energetic particle driven Alfven instabilities, tearing mode induced stochasticity, and neoclassical effects have been performed on the Madison Symmetric Torus. STELLGAP produced shear-Alfven continua seeded with V3FIT 3D-equilibrium reconstructions describe the response of Alfvenic bursting activity as a direct consequence of the equilibrium change on the fast ion resonance. Far infrared interferometry resolved electron density perturbations associated with the bursts provide a spatial measurement of the mode structure and support the reconstructions. The bursts produce no global resonant fast ion transport; however, their disappearance at a high core-resonant amplitude implies other transport mechanisms at play. Neutral particle analysis and neutron signals suggest fast ion losses at sufficient core tearing mode strength, suppor...

Published
2019

23. Overview of the RFX-Mod Fusion Science Activity

Author

Zuin M., Dal Bello S., Marrelli L., Puiatti M.E., Agostinetti P., Agostini M., Antoni V., F. Auriemma, M. Barbisan, T. Barbui, M. Baruzzo, F. Belli, P. Bettini, M. Bigi, R. Bilel, M. Boldrin, T. Bolzonella, D. Bonfiglio, M. Brombin, A. Buffa, A. Canton, S. Cappello, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, D. Cester, L. Chacon, B.E. Chapman, G. Chitarin, W.A. Cooper, L. Cordaro, M. Dalla Palma, S. Deambrosis, R. Delogu, A. De Lorenzi, G. De Masi, J.Q. Dong, D.F. Escande, B. Esposito, A. Fassina, F. Felici, A. Ferro, C. Finotti, P. Franz, L. Frassinetti 0, E. Gaio, F. Ghezzi, L. Giudicotti, F. Gnesotto, M. Gobbin, W.A. Gonzalez, L. Grando, S.C. Guo, J.D. Hanson, S.P. Hirshman, P. Innocente, J.L. Jackson, S. Kiyama, M. Komm, O. Kudlacek, L. Laguardia, C. Li, S.F. Liu, Y.Q. Liu, D. López- Bruna, R. Lorenzini, T.C. Luce, A. Luchetta, A. Maistrello, G. Manduchi, D.K. Mansfield, G. Marchiori, N. Marconato, D. Marocco, D. Marcuzzi, P. Martin, E. Martines, S. Martini, G. Mazzitelli, E. Miorin, B. Momo, M. Moresco, Y. Narushima, M. Okabayashi, R. Paccagnella, N. Patel, M. Pavei, S. Peruzzo, N. Pilan, L. Pigatto, R. Piovan, P. Piovesan, C. Piron, L. Piron, I. Predebon, C. Rea, M. Recchia, A. Rizzolo, A.L. Roquemore, G. Rostagni, C Ruset, L. Sajò- Bohus 0, H. Sakakita, R. Sanchez, J.S. Sarff, F. Sattin, P. Scarin, O. Schmitz, W. Schneider, M. Siragusa, P. Sonato, E. Spada, S. Spagnolo, M. Spolaore, D.A. Spong, G. Spizzo, L. Stevanato, Y. Suzuki, C. Taliercio, D. Terranova, G. Urso, M. Valente, M. Valisa, M. Vallar, M. Veranda, N. Vianello, F. Villone, P. Vincenzi, N. Visonà, Z.R. Wang, R.B. White, P. Xanthopoulos, X.Y. Xu, V. Yanovskiy, A. Zamengo, P. Zanca, B. Zaniol, L. Zanotto, and E. Zilli

Subjects
Physics::Plasma Physics
Abstract

This paper reports the main results of the RFX-mod fusion science activity since the last 2014 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. The RFX-mod device is characterized by a unique flexibility in terms of accessible magnetic configurations. Axisymmetric and helically shaped Reversed-field pinch equilibria have been studied, along with tokamak plasmas in a wide range of q(a) regimes (spanning from 4 down to 1.2 values). The full range of magnetic configurations in between the two, the so-called ultra low-q ones, has been explored, with the aim of studying specific physical issues common to all equilibria, such as, for example, the density limit phenomenon. The powerful RFX-mod feedback control system has been exploited for MHD control, which allowed to extend the range of experimental parameters, as well as to induce specific magnetic perturbations for the study of 3D effects. In particular, transport, edge and isotope effect in 3D equilibria have been investigated, along with runaway mitigations through induced magnetic perturbations. The first transitions to H-mode in circular and D-shaped tokamak plasmas have been obtained thanks to an active modification of the edge electric field through a polarized electrode. The experiments are supported by intense modelling with 3D MHD, gyrokinetic, guiding center and transport codes. Proposed modifications to the RFX-mod device, which will enable further contributions to the solution of key issues in the roadmap to ITER and DEMO, are also briefly presented.

Published
2016

24. Runaway electron generation and mitigation on the European medium sized tokamaks ASDEX Upgrade and TCV

Author

Papp G., G. Pautasso, J. Decker, M. Gobbin, P.J. McCarthy, P. Blanchard, D. Carnevale, D. Choi, S. Coda, B. Duval, R. Dux, B. Erdos, B. Esposito, O. Ficker, R. Fischer, C. Fuchs, C. Galperti, L. Giannone, A. Gude, B. Labit, K. Lackner, T. Lunt, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, A. Mlynek, E. Nardon, M. Maraschek, P. Marmillod, M. Nocente, Y. Peysson, P. Piovesan, V.V. Plyusnin, G.I. Pokol, P.Zs. Poloskei, S. Potzel, C. Reux, F. Saint-Laurent, O. Sauter, B. Sieglin, U. Sheikh, C. Sommariva, W. Suttrop, G. Tardini, M. Teschke, D. Testa, W. Treutterer, M. Valisa, ASDEX Upgrade Team, TCV Team, and the EUROfusion MST Team

Abstract

ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) and TCV have recently joined the international eort of better understanding runaway electron (RE) generation and dissipation, aiding the development of the future ITER disruption & runaway electron mitigation system. The AUG post- disruption RE beams can carry up to 400 kA of current and last up to 500 ms. Suppression of REs was achieved with 0.17 barl of argon or 0.7 barl of neon massive gas injection (MGI) into a fully formed beam using the in-vessel valves. A resonant magnetic perturbation conguration was developed that leads to up to a factor of 2 decrease in the RE current. TCV quiescent RE scenarios show RE generation at E=Ec & 15. MGI induced disruptions can achieve a full conversion of Ohmic current into runaways and beam lengths of up to 650 ms. High-Z injections of argon & neon on TCV lead to enhanced RE dissipation, but not a full suppression. Elongated plasmas were found to not generate RE beams. Pre-disruption seed electrons have been found to survive the disruption on both tokamaks, indicating a partially conned core during the quench phase.

Published
2016

25. First experimental results of runaway beam control in TCV

Author

Esposito B., D. Carnevale, M. Gospodarczyk, M. Gobbin, S. Galeani, C. Galperti, J. Decker, B. Duval, H. Anand, P. Buratti, F. Causa, G. Papp, S. Coda, P. Martin, and TCV Team

Subjects
runaway beam control, TCV
Abstract

The first attempts of suppression of runaway electron (RE) beams in TCV are presented. Disruption-generated RE are obtained through small injections of high-Z impurities (Ar and Ne) in lowdensity inner limiter circular plasmas (Bt=1.43 T, Ip=200 kA). The gas injection is performed using the disruption mitigation valve system. A dedicated controller for RE suppression is implemented in the digital plasma control system. The current quench (CQ) and the RE plateau onset are detected by feeding Ip to an approximate derivative linear filter with specific logic. Once the RE plateau onset is detected, a new Ip reference, ramping-down to zero with a pre-selectable rate, replaces the standard reference. To improve the ramp-down tracking performance, a further logic block, implementing a novel double integrator scheme, is paired with the standard plasma current controller to select the appropriate voltage for the amplifiers powering the ohmic coils. The RE beam has a slow radial outward shift during the plateau phase of the order of 0.15 m, but the position control system is able to avoid RE interactions with the vessel before the RE final loss.

Published
2016

27. ITBs dynamics in helical RFX-mod states by high time resolution Te measurements

Author

M. Gobbin, A. Fassina, P. Franz, L. Marrelli, B. Momo, I. Predebon, A. Ruzzon, R. Sanchez, D. Terranova, and M. Zuin

Abstract

Electron Internal Transport Barriers (eITBs) in the core of RFX-mod plasmas with 3D helical magnetic topology are characterized by a complex dy namics which has been recently observed in detail thanks to the high time resolution T e measurements obtained by double filter technique wi th a multichords soft-x-ray (SXR) diagnostic 1 . The evolution of temperature profiles during heli cal states are used as input for heat transport analysi s in order to determine the electron thermal diffusivity evolution across the helical magnetic s urfaces for several cases of eITBs dynamics, with a special attention to those phases where the therm al structures are growing/disappearing or when the helical topology is being lost. In fact, thermal structures with important T e gradients do not persist for the entire duration of the magnetic helical states but show an intermit tent behaviour. A statistical approach has been implemented in order to investigate what causes the partial or definitive end of eITBs. Such a study has revealed different time scales involved for mag netic and thermal plasma properties; in particular, the increase of the magnetic chaos and the partial loss of the helical magnetic topology usually occur in a phase where the electron tempera ture gradient is already decreasing. For a deeper understanding of this phenomenology, more mechanism s having a role in the deterioration of thermal structures are taken into consideration: fo r instance the microtearing perturbations, measured by pick up coils at the edge of RFX-mod, o r the pressure driven instabilities, analyzed by using the stability COBRA code 2 . References [1] P.Franz et al., Nucl. Fusion 53 (2013) 053011 [2] R. Sanchez et al., Computer Physics Communicati ons 141 (2001) 55-65

Published
2013

28. Experimental investigation of electron temperature dynamics of helical states in the RFX-Mod reversed field pinch

Author

Lionello Marrelli, M. Gobbin, A. Ruzzon, Federica Bonomo, Gianluca Spizzo, Alessandro Fassina, Emilio Martines, Paolo Franz, Franz, P, Gobbin, M, Marrelli, L, Ruzzon, A, Bonomo, F, Fassina, A, Martines, E, and Spizzo, G

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, RFX-mod, ACTIVE MHD CONTROL, Reversed field pinch, Thomson scattering, business.industry, Phase (waves), reversed field pinch, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, SELF-ORGANIZATION, TRANSPORT, Computational physics, quasi-single helicity, Temperature gradient, Optics, Amplitude, RFP, Electron temperature, QSH, business, HIGH TIME RESOLUTION, Flattop, MADISON SYMMETRIC TORUS
Abstract

The study of electron temperature profiles of quasi-single helical states (QSH) in RFX-Mod (and, in general, in other RFP machines) was carried out in the past mainly using Thomson scattering, thus being limited to a time resolution of the order of some milliseconds and to the collection of single, isolated cases, which displayed clear transport barriers. A new multichord double filter SXR spectrometer was developed and installed. Temperature profiles are now measured up to a frequency of some kHz, allowing one to determine the entire time evolution of electron temperature during a QSH cycle. A mapping technique, originally developed for Thomson temperature profiles, is adapted to deal with the line-integrated nature of the SXR diagnostic. In particular, temperature gradients related to the presence of transport barriers are reconstructed and analysed in a helical reference system, coherently with the underlying plasma equilibrium. The method is discussed in its capabilities and limits and then applied to a wide QSH database. As a result, a clear difference in temperature gradient behaviour between the rising phase of QSH and the saturated (or flattop) phase is observed. In the rising phase the expected correlation of temperature gradient with magnetic spectrum is confirmed, showing a positive trend between dominant mode amplitude and thermal structure dimension, as well as a negative correlation of secondary mode amplitudes and temperature gradient. On the other hand, in the flattop phase the presence of a thermal structure is intermittent, and much less influenced by the magnetic dynamics. This suggests the simultaneous presence of different mechanisms that enhance energy transport.

Published
2013

30. SXR Diagnosis of Electron Temperature Dynamics in Reversed-Field Pinches

Author

P. Franz, M. Gobbin, L. Marrelli, A. Ruzzon, F. Bonomo, A. Fassina, E. Martines, M.B. McGarry, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Goetz, and J. Johnson

Subjects
Physics::Plasma Physics
Abstract

Sophisticated multi-chord diagnostics have been developed on RFX-Mod and MST for soft x-ray (SXR) emissivity and electron temperature (Te) profile measurements. Quasi Single Helicity (QSH) plasmas, where a single m=1 tearing mode dominates the MHD magnetic spectrum, have been analyzed. To improve the SXR and Te profile reconstructions in the presence of QSH, algorithms that reproduce the magnetic topology have been developed to map the measurements on flux surfaces. In RFX-Mod the analysis shows a strong correlation between magnetic QSH and the appearance of a SXR structure in the emissivity distribution. The SXR structure corresponds to a thermal structure in the Te profile. Differences in the temperature gradient between the rising phase and the flattop phase of QSH have been analyzed. In the rising phase the gradient increases and the thermal structure grows in size. During the flattop phase, where the dominant mode amplitude is constant, the structure is intermittent, with several crashes that make the Te profile flatter. Similar measurements at MST confirm the correspondence between QSH and SXR structure. The analysis shows that this structure can be correlated with a thermal structure but that also impurity could play an important role.

Published
2013

31. Wall conditioning and density control in the reversed field pinch RFX-mod

Author

S. Dal Bello, Paolo Scarin, David Terranova, Lorella Carraro, Lane Roquemore, Alessandro Fassina, Gianluca Spizzo, Fulvio Auriemma, Maria Ester Puiatti, Matteo Agostini, Paolo Innocente, Stefano Munaretto, Italo Predebon, Roberto Cavazzana, Paolo Franz, Luca Grando, G. Mazzitelli, D.K. Mansfield, M. Gobbin, Alessandra Canton, A.V. Vertkov, G. De Masi, Barbara Zaniol, M. Valisa, Lionello Marrelli, Piero Martin, A. Ruzzon, and Mazzitelli, G.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Glow discharge, Materials science, Hydrogen, Reversed field pinch, magnetic confinement, Evaporation, chemistry.chemical_element, reversed field pinch, Injector, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS, chemistry, law, TOKAMAK, Lithium, Atomic physics, RFX, Helium
Abstract

In the reversed field pinch RFX-mod at the highest plasma current of 2 MA, when error fields are not effectively feedback controlled, localized thermal loads up to tens of MW m-2 can be produced. The graphite tiles withstand such high power loads, but the high hydrogen retention makes density control extremely difficult. Several wall conditioning techniques have been optimized in the last campaigns, including helium glow discharge cleaning and wall boronization by diborane glow discharges. More recently, lithium conditioning has been applied for the first time in a reversed field pinch by the evaporation technique. The main results are discussed in this paper. Lithization leads to important operational advantages: a significant improvement of the density control is obtained. Densities up to n/nG ≈ 0.5 can be produced in a controlled way. At the same value of input power, plasmas at higher densities can be sustained. However, due to the short particle confinement time, such densities are reached with high rates of gas puffing and the resulting profiles at high density are edge peaked. A lithium multipellet injector, to be applied in order to obtain a more uniform deposition, has been tested. © 2013 IAEA, Vienna.

Published
2013

32. Te from SXR in Reversed Field Pinches: 2D imaging of 3D structures

Author

P. Franz, M. Gobbin, L. Marrelli, A. Ruzzon, F. Bonomo, A. Fassina, E. Martines, M.B. McGarry, D.J. Den Hartog, J.A. Goetz, J. Johnson, M. Reyfman, and M.A. Thomas

Subjects
Physics::Plasma Physics
Abstract

Reconstruction of the soft x - ray (SXR) emissivity map is an important tool in fusion devices due to the tight link with transport and Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium. A notable example is the occurrence of helical magnetic self - organized structures in the core of the reversed field pinch during Quasi Single Helicity (QSH) plasmas, when a single m=1 tearing mode dominates the MHD magnetic spectrum and all remaining modes have reduced amplitudes. More valuable information can be obtained taking into account the strong dependence of the continuum SXR radiation on electron temperature T e : the direct - brightness two - color technique can be applied to line integrated measurement s to obtain the T e along the designed lines of sight. A sophisticated multi - chord diagnostic has been developed on RFX - Mod for SXR emissivity and electron temperature profiles measurements, with good spatial and temporal resolution to identify helical stru ctures and track fast events [1] . An advanced instrument, similar to that of RFX - Mod, has been designed and installed also on MST [2] . This allows the study of QSH plasmas in both RFPs. To improve the SXR and T e data reconstruction in the presence of helical magne tic equilibria, mapping algorithms that reproduce the magnetic topology during the QSH regimes have been developed to map the measurements on flux surfaces. The analysis shows, in RFX - Mod, a clear difference in the temperature gradient (related to the pres ence of transport barriers) between the rising phase of QSH and the saturated (or flattop) phase. In the rising phase a correlation of temperature gradient with magnetic spectrum is found , showing a positive trend between dominant mode amplitude and therma l structure dimension, as well as a negative correlation of secondary modes amplitudes and temperature gradient. On the other hand, in the flattop phase the presence of a thermal structure is intermittent, with several crashes and flattening of the profile , and much less influenced by the magnetic dynamics. On the other hand, measurements at MST confirm the correlation between magnetic QSH and the appearance of a SXR structure in the emissivity distribution, but no clear indication of a thermal structure in the Te profile has been found, indicating a different origin of the SXR island. References [1] P. Franz, et al. , Nucl. Fusion, 53 053011 (2013) [2] M. B. McGarry, et al. , Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83 , 10E129 (2012)

Published
2013

33. Interaction between magnetic boundary and first wall recycling in the reversed field pinch

Author

M E Puiatti, G Spizzo, M Agostini, F Auriemma, D Bonfiglio, A Canton, S Cappello, L Carraro, R Cavazzana, G Ciaccio, G De Masi, A Fassina, P Franz, M Gobbin, S C Guo, P Innocente, R Lorenzini, L Marrelli, P Martin, L Piron, R Paccagnella, I Predebon, A Scaggion, P Scarin, D Terranova, M Valisa, N Vianello, B Zaniol, M Zuin, and the RFX-mod Team

Subjects
Materials science, ACTIVE MHD CONTROL, Reversed field pinch, Divertor, PLASMAS, chemistry.chemical_element, Plasma, Edge (geometry), Tungsten, Condensed Matter Physics, Molecular physics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, chemistry, Physics::Plasma Physics, Limiter, Radiative transfer, PARTICLE CONTROL, Convection cell, RFX
Abstract

The plasma-wall interaction (PWI) in the reversed field pinch is strongly influenced by three-dimensional edge magnetic topology. This is true both in the chaotic regime, where several modes interact producing a toroidally localized bulge, and in the helical state, which helically modulates the edge profiles. In both regimes an external region with poloidal magnetic islands, toroidally distributed, is present. The density behaviour is also determined by wall recycling, since no divertor or limiters are present and therefore the deformation of the magnetic boundary brings the plasma into contact with a large portion of the wall. In RFX-mod, the shape of PWI results in a modulation of the edge flow, which at high density leads to localized accumulation through the onset of convective cells. The accumulation process is favoured by the high hydrogen retention of the graphite wall combined with high power loads (?10 MW m-2) which can be locally deposited on the wall. The analysis of the edge plasma behaviour allows the identification of two density thresholds: the first one corresponds to an upper limit for the spontaneous development of the helical states, the second one is related to the onset of MARFE-like poloidal radiative belts. For an effective control of the plasma density through a reduction of wall recycling, a change of the first wall from carbon to tungsten is foreseen. In preparation for such a change, tungsten laser blow off experiments have been recently performed.

Published
2013

34. Characterization of Microtearing Modes in the RFX-mod Reversed- Field Pinch Plasmas

Author

M. Zuin, S. Spagnolo, I. Predebon, F. Sattin, F. Auriemma, R. Cavazzana, A. Fassina, M. Gobbin, E. Martines, R. Paccagnella, M. Spolaore, and N. Vianello

Subjects
Physics::Plasma Physics
Abstract

In the reversed-field pinch (RFP) plasmas the Quasi Single Helicity (QSH) scenario features a central plasma volume with good magnetic surfaces and appearance of transport barriers with reduced heat transport. As for the other classes of fusion devices, in such plasmas microturbulence is invoked as responsible for a non-negligible level of transport beyond collisional limits. Recently, a theoretical stability analysis performed by means of the gyrokinetic GS2 code revealed the QSH states of the RFP to be prone to microtearing modes [1]. Despite the body of theoretical work on microturbulence in fusion plasmas, up to now most proofs about the existence of the microturbulence are deduced only from measurements of large-scale quantities (profiles, fluxes, flows, etc...), and the relation between the micro- and the macro-scales needs supplementary hypotheses. We provide here direct observations of the presence of microtearing modes in the plasma core of a fusion device. The measurements are carried out in the RFX-mod device by means of a system of in-vessel probes located at the wall detecting magnetic fluctuations with good time and space resolution (of the order of few ion Larmor radii). Small-scale electromagnetic quasi-coherent instabilities are revealed during the helical states of the plasma. Their amplitude is correlated to the electron temperature gradient strength in the core. The comparison of experimental data with dedicated linear gyrokinetic simulations permits to identify such instabilities as microtearing modes. The relation between the observed time evolution of the spectral properties and the magnetic equilibrium is analyzed mainly in terms of the helical q profile. The possible effects on heat transport in RFP plasmas are also discussed. References [1] I. Predebon, F. Sattin, M. Veranda, D. Bonfiglio, and S. Cappello Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 195001 (2010)

Published
2013

35. Wall conditioning and density control in the Reversed Field Pinch RFX- mod

Author

M.E. Puiatti, M. Agostini, F. Auriemma, S. Barison, A. Canton, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, S. Dal Bello, G. De Masi, A. Fassina, S. Fiameni, P. Franz, M. Gobbin, L. Grando, P. Innocente, D. Mansfield, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, G. Mazzitelli, S. Munaretto, M. Pavei, B. Rais, L. Roquemore, A. Ruzzon, P. Scarin, P. Sonato, G. Spizzo, M. Spolaore, D. Terranova, M. Valisa, A. Vertkov, B. Zaniol, M.Zuin, and the RFX-mod team

Abstract

In the Reversed Field Pinch RFX-mod at the highest plasma current of 2MA, when error fields are not effectively feedback controlled, localized thermal loads up to tens of MW/m 2 can be produced. The graphite tiles withstand such high power loads, but their high H r etention makes the density control extremely diffic ult. Several wall conditioning techniques have been opti mized in the last campaigns, including helium glow discharge cleaning, with dedicated experiments to i dentify the conditions of better uniformity and eff ectiveness, and wall boronization by diborane glow discharges o f different duration with samples exposed and analy zed to study the uniformity, thickness, erosion and redepo sition of Boron. More recently, Lithium conditionin g has been applied for the first time in a Reversed Field Pinch. The main results are discussed in this cont ribution. Lithization leads to important operative advantages : a significant improvement of the density control is obtained. Densities up to n/n G ? 0.5 can be produced in a controlled way. At the sa me value of input power, plasmas at higher densities can be sustained. However, due to the short particle confinement time, such densities are reached with high rates of gas puffing. The resulti ng profiles at high density are edge peaked. A Lit hium multipellet injector, aiming at a more uniform depo sition, has been also tested.

Published
2012

36. High Current Plasmas in RFX-mod Reversed Field Pinch

Author

L. Carraro, P. Innocente, F. Auriemma, T. Bolzonella, A. Canton, S. Cappello, R. Cavazzana, S. Dal Bello, A. Fassina, A. Ferro, P. Franz, M. Gobbin, L. Grando, R. Lorenzini, G. Marchiori, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, E. Martines, B. Momo, P. Piovesan, I. Predebon, M.E. Puiatti, A. Ruzzon, P. Scarin, A. Soppelsa, D. Terranova, M. Valisa, A. Zamengo, L. Zanotto, and M. Zuin

Published
2012

37. Overview of the RFX Fusion Science Program

Author

P. Martin, Puiatti M.E., P. Agostinetti, M. Agostini, J. A. Alonso, V. Antoni, L. Apolloni, F. Auriemma, F. Avino, A. Barbalace, M. Barbisan, T. Barbui, S. Barison, M. Barp, M. Baruzzo, P. Bettini, M. Bigi, R. Bilel, M. Boldrin, T. Bolzonella, D. Bonfiglio, F. Bonomo, M. Brombin, A. Buffa, C. Bustreo, A. Canton, S. Cappello, D. Carralero, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, L. Chacon, B. Chapman, G. Chitarin, G. Ciaccio, W. A. Cooper, S. Dal Bello, M. Dalla Palma, R. Delogu, A. De Lorenzi, G.L. Delzanno, G. De Masi, M. De Muri, J. Q. Dong, D.F. Escande, F. Fantini, A. Fasoli, A. Fassina, F. Fellin, A. Ferro, S. Fiameni, J.M. Finn, C. Finotti, A. Fiorentin, N. Fonnesu, J. Framarin, P. Franz, L. Frassinetti, I. Furno, M. Furno Palumbo, E. Gaio, E. Gazza, F. Ghezzi, L. Giudicotti, F. Gnesotto, M. Gobbin, W.A. Gonzales, L. Grando, S. C. Guo, J.D. Hanson, C. Hidalgo, Y. Hirano, S. P. Hirshman, S. Ide, Y. In, P. Innocente, J. L. Jackson, S. Kiyama, S. F. Liu, Y. Q. Liu, D. Lòpez Bruna, R. Lorenzini, T. C. Luce, A. Luchetta, A. Maistrello, G. Manduchi, D. K. Mansfield, G. Marchiori, Marconato N., D. Marcuzzi, L. Marrelli, S. Martini, G. Matsunaga, E. Martines, G. Mazzitelli, K. McCollam, B. Momo, M. Moresco, S. Munaretto, L. Novello, M. Okabayashi, E. Olofsson, R. Paccagnella, R. Pasqualotto, M. Pavei, S. Peruzzo, A. Pesce, N. Pilan, R. Piovan, P. Piovesan, C. Piron, L. Piron, N. Pomaro, I. Predebon, M. Recchia, V. Rigato, A. Rizzolo, A.L. Roquemore, G. Rostagni, A. Ruzzon, H. Sakakita, R. Sanchez, J. S.Sarff, E. Sartori, F. Sattin, A. Scaggion, P. Scarin, W. Schneider, G. Serianni, P. Sonato, E. Spada, A. Soppelsa, S. Spagnolo, M. Spolaore, D. A. Spong, G. Spizzo, M. Takechi, C. Taliercio, D. Terranova, C. Theiler, V. Toigo, G.L. Trevisan, M. Valente, M. Valisa, P. Veltri, M. Veranda, N. Vianello, F. Villone, Z.R. Wang, R. B. White, X. Y. Xu, P. Zaccaria, A. Zamengo, P. Zanca, B. Zaniol, L. Zanotto, E. Zilli, G. Zollino, and M. Zuin

Abstract

The RFX-mod fusion science program has made significant progress since the last 2010 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. The activities focused on the goal of exploring the fusion potential of the RFP magnetic configuration and that of contributing to the solution of key science and technology problems in the roadmap to ITER. Active control of several plasma parameters has been a key tool in this program. New upgrades on the system for active control of MHD stability are under way and will be presented here. Unique in the portfolio of existing fusion devices, RFX-mod has been operated both as a RFP and as a tokamak. The latter operation has allowed the exploration of qedge

Published
2012

40. Overview of the RFX fusion science program

Author

M. Gobbin, Roberto Pasqualotto, D. Bonfiglio, Enrico Zilli, Giuseppe Marchiori, Piero Martin, S. Martini, Fulvio Auriemma, E. Gazza, D.K. Mansfield, P. Zaccaria, Piergiorgio Sonato, S. Ortolani, Wolf-Dieter Schneider, D. Yadikin, Stefano Munaretto, L. Piron, M. Valisa, Fabio Sattin, Susanna Cappello, G. V. Perverezev, F. Milani, Roberto Paccagnella, Paolo Bettini, S. Fiameni, Roscoe White, A. Ruzzon, V. Antoni, Leonardo Giudicotti, Yueqiang Liu, Lionello Marrelli, Nicola Vianello, S. Dal Bello, A. Scaggion, V. Rigato, Fabio Villone, A. Zamengo, Federica Bonomo, R. Cavazzana, M. Baruzzo, L. Carraro, F. Fantini, Giuseppe Zollino, Barbara Zaniol, Rita Lorenzini, Luis Chacon, X. Garbet, C. Angioni, Andrea Rizzolo, G. De Masi, G. Rostagni, W. A. Cooper, Manabu Takechi, Piero Agostinetti, Paolo Scarin, A. Pizzimenti, Yongkyoon In, Sheena Menmuir, Silvia Spagnolo, M. Moresco, Satoru Kiyama, S. P. Hirshman, M. Okabayashi, Giuseppe Chitarin, S. C. Guo, Gabriele Manduchi, Dominique Escande, Gianluigi Serianni, Alessandro Fassina, Luca Grando, Simona Barison, Allen H. Boozer, Michael Drevlak, Diego Marcuzzi, M. Pavei, J.Q. Dong, Anton Soppelsa, B. Momo, Gianluca Spizzo, Hajime Sakakita, Neil Pomphrey, Shunsuke Ide, Donald A. Spong, J. S. Sarff, Alessandra Canton, D. Lopez Bruna, M. Brombin, Matteo Zuin, T. Bolzonella, R. Piovan, Songfen Liu, Alberto Ferro, Italo Predebon, V. Igochine, L. Zanotto, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, P. Piovesan, Cesare Taliercio, J. Adamek, Go Matsunaga, P. Zanca, A. Buffa, M. Veranda, N. Pomaro, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Francesco Gnesotto, Emilio Martines, M. Dalla Palma, Paolo Franz, David Terranova, Yoichi Hirano, Matteo Agostini, G. Mazzitelli, Alberto Alfier, L. Novello, Vanni Toigo, M. Boldrin, R. Delogu, Guglielmo Rubinacci, Maria Ester Puiatti, A. Fiorentin, Karsten McCollam, E. Spada, M. Cavinato, A. De Lorenzi, L. Apolloni, J. Brotankova, F. Fellin, P. Innocente, Raul Sanchez, Zhirui Wang, Adriano Luchetta, Martin, P, Adamek, J, Agostinetti, P, Agostini, M, Alfier, A, Angioni, C, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Barana, O, Barison, S, Baruzzo, M, Bettini, P, Boldrin, M, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Boozer, A, Brombin, M, Brotankova, J, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Cavinato, M, Chacon, L, Chitarin, G, Cooper, W, Dal Bello, S, Dalla Palma, M, Delogu, R, De Lorenzi, A, De Masi, G, Dong, J, Drevlak, M, Escande, D, Fantini, F, Fassina, A, Fellin, F, Ferro, A, Fiameni, S, Fiorentin, A, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Garbet, X, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gobbin, M, Grando, L, Guo, S, Hirano, Y, Hirshman, S, Ide, S, Igochine, V, In, Y, Innocente, P, Kiyama, S, Liu, S, Liu, Y, Bruna, D, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Manduchi, G, Mansfield, D, Marchiori, G, Marcuzzi, D, Marrelli, L, Martini, S, Matsunaga, G, Martines, E, Mazzitelli, G, Mccollam, K, Menmuir, S, Milani, F, Momo, B, Moresco, M, Munaretto, S, Novello, L, Okabayashi, M, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Pavei, M, Perverezev, G, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Piron, L, Pizzimenti, A, Pomaro, N, Pomphrey, N, Predebon, I, Puiatti, M, Rigato, V, Rizzolo, A, Rostagni, G, Rubinacci, G, Ruzzon, A, Sakakita, H, Sanchez, R, Sarff, J, Sattin, F, Scaggion, A, Scarin, P, Schneider, W, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Spong, D, Spizzo, G, Takechi, M, Taliercio, C, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Valisa, M, Veranda, M, Vianello, N, Villone, F, Wang, Z, White, R, Yadikin, D, Zaccaria, P, Zamengo, A, Zanca, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zollino, G, Zuin, M, Martin, P., Adamek, J., Agostinetti, P., Agostini, M., Alfier, A., Angioni, C., Antoni, V., Apolloni, L., Auriemma, F., Barana, O., Barison, S., Baruzzo, M., Bettini, P., Boldrin, M., Bolzonella, T., Bonfiglio, D., Bonomo, F., Boozer, A. H., Brombin, M., Brotankova, J., Buffa, A., Canton, A., Cappello, S., Carraro, L., Cavazzana, R., Cavinato, M., Chacon, L., Chitarin, G., Cooper, W. A., Bello, S. D., Palma, M. D., Delogu, R., Lorenzi, A. D., Masi, G. D., Dong, J. Q., Drevlak, M., Escande, D. F., Fantini, F., Fassina, A., Fellin, F., Ferro, A., Fiameni, S., Fiorentin, A., Franz, P., Gaio, E., Garbet, X., Gazza, E., Giudicotti, L., Gnesotto, F., Gobbin, M., Grando, L., Guo, S. C., Hirano, Y., Hirshman, S. P., Ide, S., Igochine, V., In, Y., Innocente, P., Kiyama, S., Liu, S. F., Liu, Y. Q., Bruna, D. L., Lorenzini, R., Luchetta, A., Manduchi, G., Mansfield, D. K., Marchiori, G., Marcuzzi, D., Marrelli, L., Martini, S., Matsunaga, G., Martines, E., Mazzitelli, G., Mccollam, K., Menmuir, S., Milani, F., Momo, B., Moresco, M., Munaretto, S., Novello, L., Okabayashi, M., Ortolani, S., Paccagnella, R., Pasqualotto, R., Pavei, M., Perverezev, G. V., Peruzzo, S., Piovan, R., Piovesan, P., Piron, L., Pizzimenti, A., Pomaro, N., Pomphrey, N., Predebon, I., Puiatti, M. E., Rigato, V., Rizzolo, A., Rostagni, G., Rubinacci, Guglielmo, Ruzzon, A., Sakakita, H., Sanchez, R., Sarff, J. S., Sattin, F., Scaggion, A., Scarin, P., Schneider, W., Serianni, G., Sonato, P., Spada, E., Soppelsa, A., Spagnolo, S., Spolaore, M., Spong, D. A., Spizzo, G., Takechi, M., Taliercio, C., Terranova, D., Toigo, V., Valisa, M., Veranda, M., Vianello, N., Villone, F., Wang, Z., White, R. B., Yadikin, D., Zaccaria, P., Zamengo, A., Zanca, P., Zaniol, B., Zanotto, L., Zilli, E., Zollino, G., and Zuin, M.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, RFX-mod, Tokamak, Nuclear engineering, PLASMAS, CONFINEMENT, reversed field pinch, magnetic confinement, law.invention, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, Scaling, Mod, Physics, Reversed field pinch, STABILITY, Magnetic confinement fusion, INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIER, Plasma, Fusion power, Condensed Matter Physics, REVERSED-FIELD-PINCH, Atomic physics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Stellarator
Abstract

This paper summarizes the main achievements of the RFX fusion science program in the period between the 2008 and 2010 IAEA Fusion Energy Conferences. RFX-mod is the largest reversed field pinch in the world, equipped with a system of 192 coils for active control of MHD stability. The discovery and understanding of helical states with electron internal transport barriers and core electron temperature >1.5 keV significantly advances the perspectives of the configuration. Optimized experiments with plasma current up to 1.8 MA have been realized, confirming positive scaling. The first evidence of edge transport barriers is presented. Progress has been made also in the control of first-wall properties and of density profiles, with initial first-wall lithization experiments. Micro-turbulence mechanisms such as ion temperature gradient and micro-tearing are discussed in the framework of understanding gradient-driven transport in low magnetic chaos helical regimes. Both tearing mode and resistive wall mode active control have been optimized and experimental data have been used to benchmark numerical codes. The RFX programme also provides important results for the fusion community and in particular for tokamaks and stellarators on feedback control of MHD stability and on three-dimensional physics. On the latter topic, the result of the application of stellarator codes to describe three-dimensional reversed field pinch physics will be presented. © 2011 IAEA, Vienna.

Published
2011

41. Magnetic coordinate systems for helical SHAx states in reverse field pinch plasmas

Author

M. Gobbin, B. Momo, Emilio Martines, Dominique Escande, Momo, B, Martines, E, Escande, D, and Gobbin, M

Subjects
RFX-mod, Field (physics), EQUILIBRIA, Coordinate system, reversed field pinch, equilibrium, symbols.namesake, helical coordinate, RFP, QSH, RFX, Hamiltonian mechanics, Physics, Curvilinear coordinates, Quantitative Biology::Biomolecules, Safety factor, ACTIVE MHD CONTROL, Condensed Matter Physics, Action (physics), EVOLUTION, Magnetic field, quasi-single helicity, Classical mechanics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, SINGLE, Pinch, symbols
Abstract

Single helical axis (SHAx) states are the improved confinement RFP helical states, which have been observed at high plasma currents (beyond 1 MA) in the RFX-mod device. A reconstruction of these equilibrium configurations has been implemented in a code named SHEq, where SHAx states are modelled as pure single helicity (SH) states. We consider the helical flux in this work, which happens to be a good flux function for SH equilibrium, and its contours give the shape of the flux surfaces in the helical equilibrium. New curvilinear and non-orthogonal 'helical' coordinate systems are defined in SHEq, with the fundamental request that angles are defined with respect to the helical axis. We look for helical coordinates beginning from the canonical form of the magnetic field B and the Hamiltonian mechanics theory enables us to obtain straight-field-line helical coordinates computing action-angle coordinates. These coordinate systems are used to determine the helical safety factor q, using the simple formula valid in action-angle coordinates. Very good agreement with the computation of the safety factor using the ORBIT code has been found. © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Published
2011

42. Vanishing magnetic shear and electron transport barriers in the RFX-mod reversed field pinch

Author

Alberto Alfier, Ambrogio Fassina, D. Bonfiglio, Dominique Escande, M. Gobbin, Emilio Martines, Lionello Marrelli, B. Momo, David Terranova, Gobbin, M, Bonfiglio, D, Escande, D, Fassina, A, Marrelli, L, Alfier, A, Martines, E, Momo, B, and Terranova, D

Subjects
Physics, RFX-mod, Safety factor, Condensed matter physics, Reversed field pinch, Thomson scattering, Scattering, TOKAMAKS, PLASMAS, General Physics and Astronomy, CONFINEMENT, reversed field pinch, Plasma, magnetic shear, Inelastic scattering, Magnetic flux, PHYSICS, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, Magnetohydrodynamic drive, Atomic physics, transport barrier
Abstract

We define the safety factor q for the helical plasmas of the experiment RFX-mod by accounting for the actual three-dimensional nature of the magnetic flux surfaces. Such a profile is not monotonic but goes through a maximum located in the vicinity of the electron transport barriers measured by a high resolution Thomson scattering diagnostic. Helical states with a single axis obtained in viscoresistive magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulations exhibit similar nonmonotonic q profiles provided that the final states are preceded by a magnetic island phase, like in the experiment. © 2011 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

43. Neoclassical transport in the helical reversed-field pinch

Author

M. Gobbin, Gianluca Spizzo, Roscoe White, and L. Marrelli

Subjects
Physics, Fusion, Deformation (mechanics), Reversed field pinch, PLASMAS, General Physics and Astronomy, CONFINEMENT, Plasma, SELF-ORGANIZATION, Collision frequency, Physics::Plasma Physics, Pinch, STELLARATORS, Test particle, Diffusion (business), Atomic physics, OPTIMIZATION
Abstract

Test particle evaluation of the diffusion coefficient in a fusion plasma in the reversed-field pinch (RFP) configuration shows distinct similarities with stellarators when the plasma spontaneously evolves towards a helical shape. The almost total absence of superbanana particles at the levels of helical deformation seen in experiment (Bh/B=10%) causes transport to be proportional to collision frequency (at low collisions). This fact excludes the possibility that the minimum conceivable transport could be inversely proportional to collision frequency, which is typical of unoptimized stellarators. This result strengthens the perspectives of the helical RFP as a fusion configuration. © 2010 The American Physical Society

Published
2010

44. Internal and edge electron transport barriers in the RFX-mod Reversed Field Pinch

Author

Puiatti M.E., M. Valisa, A. Alfier, M. Agostini, L. Apolloni, F. Auriemma, M. Baruzzo, T. Bolzonella, D. Bonfiglio, F. Bonomo, A. Canton, S. Cappello, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, S. Dal Bello, G. De Masi, D.F. Escande, A. Fassina, P. Franz, E. Gazza, M. Gobbin, S. Guo, P. Innocente, R. Lorenzini, G. Marchiori, L. Marrelli, P. Martin, E. Martines, S. Martini, S. Menmuir, B. Momo, L. Novello, R. Paccagnella, P. Piovesan, L. Piron, I. Predebon, A. Ruzzon, F. Sattin, and A. Scaggion

Abstract

IAEA Fusion Energy Conference 2010 Proceedings of the 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Daejeon, 11-16 October 2010 Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea IAEA-CN-180 (EXC/P4-10) Internal and Edge Electron Transport Barriers in the RFX-Mod Reversed Field Pinch M.E. Puiatti1), M. Valisa1), A. Alfier1), M. Agostini1), L. Apolloni1), F. Auriemma1), M. Baruzzo1), T. Bolzonella1), D. Bonfiglio1), F. Bonomo1), A. Canton1), S. Cappello1), L. Carraro1), R. Cavazzana1), S. Dal Bello1), G. De Masi1), D.F. Escande2), A. Fassina1), P. Franz1), E. Gazza1), M. Gobbin1), S. Guo1), P. Innocente1), R. Lorenzini1), G. Marchiori1), L. Marrelli1), P. Martin1), E. Martines1), S. Martini1), S. Menmuir1), B. Momo1), L. Novello1), R. Paccagnella1), P. Piovesan1), L. Piron1), I. Predebon1), A. Ruzzon1), F. Sattin1), A. Scaggion1), P. Scarin1), A. Soppelsa1), G. Spizzo1), S. Spagnolo1), M. Spolaore1), D. Terranova1), M. Veranda1), N. Vianello1), P. Zanca1), B. Zaniol1), L. Zanotto1), M. Zuin1) 1) Consorzio RFX, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Padova, Italy 2) Laboratoire PIIM, UMR 6633 CNRS-Aix Marseille Université, France Abstract. An interesting result of the self-organization processes in RFX-mod high current discharges is the development of strong electron transport barriers. An internal heat and particle transport barrier is formed when a bifurcation process changes the magnetic configuration into a helical equilibrium (SH) and chaos reduction follows, together with the formation of a null in the q shear. Turbulence analysis shows that the large electron temperature gradients are likely limited by the onset of micro-tearing modes. A new type of electron transport barrier with strong temperature gradients develops more externally (r/a = 0.8), independently on the presence of the helical equilibrium, accompanied by a 30% improvement of the global confinement time. Both types of barriers occur in high current low collisionality regimes. Analogies with Tokamak and Stellarators are discussed.

Published
2010

45. Three-dimensional physics studies in RFX-mod

Author

Marrelli L., E. Martines, A. Alfier, D. Bonfiglio, F. Bonomo, A.H. Boozer, A. Canton, S. Cappello, A.W. Cooper, D.F. Escande, A. Fassina, P. Franz, M. Gobbin, S.P. Hirshman, P. Innocente, R. Lorenzini, P. Martin, B. Momo, N. Pomphrey, I. Predebon, M.E. Puiatti, D. Terranova, R. Sanchez, G. Spizzo, D.A. Spong, R.B. White, and P. Zanca

Abstract

In RFX-mod high current experiments the plasma frequently reaches the Single Helical Axis (SHAx) state, in which the core electron temperature assumes a helical shape and significant gradients appear. The plasma magnetic topology is strongly helical in the core while it is almost axisymmetric at the edge, thanks to the active control of the edge radial field. The weak helical field produced by the plasma profoundly affects the shape of the equilibrium going from 2D to 3D, therefore three-dimensional tools are being developed for the description of these states. On one hand the SHEq code, based on a perturbative approach, is used to determine the magnetic field topology. On the other hand, the VMEC code has been modified for the helical RFP, in order to describe the SHAx states by using tools developed by the Stellarator community. The effect of three-dimensional fields on transport is also being actively investigated. The magnetic shear is found to be correlated with regions with reduced transport: an investigation on the effect of 3D fields on transport mechanisms underlying such barriers is being performed by adopting several approaches.

Published
2010

46. A 3D approach to equilibrium, stability and transport studies in RFX-mod improved regimes

Author

R. Piovan, A. Fassina, Stefano Munaretto, M. Baruzzo, D. Bonfiglio, E. Gaio, F. Bonomo, D. Lòpez-Bruna, R. Delogu, S. Dal Bello, A. W. Cooper, G. Marchiori, P. Innocente, M. Brombin, G. Serianni, E. Gazza, A. Ferro, S. Martini, R. Paccagnella, A. Alfier, A. Zamengo, A. Canton, Emilio Martines, I. Predebon, A. Soppelsa, B. Momo, M. Zuin, P. Martin, F. Sattin, N. Vianello, L. Apolloni, R. Lorenzini, P. Zanca, M. Agostini, R. Cavazzana, P. Franz, C. Taliercio, G. V. Pereverzev, M. Recchia, Fulvio Auriemma, R. Sanchez, S. C. Guo, D. Terranova, L. Novello, Gianluca Spizzo, M. E. Puiatti, Sheena Menmuir, L. Giudicotti, B. Zaniol, L. Piron, Michael Drevlak, L. Marrelli, Neil Pomphrey, L. Grando, Zhirui Wang, S. Cappello, Gabriele Manduchi, M. Valisa, Roberto Pasqualotto, L. Carraro, G. De Masi, L. Zanotto, S. P. Hirshman, M. Spolaore, S. Spagnolo, P. Scarin, P. Piovesan, T. Bolzonella, M. Gobbin, Allen H. Boozer, Terranova, D, Bonfiglio, D, Boozer, A, Cooper, A, Gobbin, M, Hirshman, S, Lorenzini, R, Marrelli, L, Martines, E, Momo, B, Pomphrey, N, Predebon, I, Sanchez, R, Spizzo, G, Agostini, M, Alfier, A, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Baruzzo, M, Bolzonella, T, Bonomo, F, Brombin, M, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Dal Bello, S, Delogu, R, De Masi, G, Drevlak, M, Fassina, A, Ferro, A, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Grando, L, Guo, S, Innocente, P, Lopez-Bruna, D, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Martin, P, Martini, S, Menmuir, S, Munaretto, S, Novello, L, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Pereverzev, G, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Piron, L, Puiatti, M, Recchia, M, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Taliercio, C, Valisa, M, Vianello, N, Wang, Z, Zamengo, A, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zanca, P, and Zuin, M

Subjects
Tokamak, RFX-mod, CONFINEMENT, reversed field pinch, law.invention, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, QSH, Statistical physics, Physics, Reversed field pinch, Magnetic confinement fusion, Mechanics, Plasma, Fusion power, Condensed Matter Physics, EVOLUTION, quasi-single helicity, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, REVERSED-FIELD PINCH, Magnetohydrodynamics, TOROIDAL PLASMAS, Plasma stability, Stellarator, COEFFICIENTS
Abstract

The full three-dimensional (3D) approach is now becoming an important issue for all magnetic confinement configurations. It is a necessary condition for the stellarator but also the tokamak and the reversed field pinch (RFP) now cannot be completely described in an axisymmetric framework. For the RFP the observation of self-sustained helical configurations with improved plasma performances require a better description in order to assess a new view on this configuration. In this new framework plasma configuration studies for RFX-mod have been considered both with tools developed for the RFP as well as considering codes originally developed for the stellarator and adapted to the RFP. These helical states are reached through a transition to a very low/reversed shear configuration leading to internal electron transport barriers. These states are interrupted by MHD reconnection events and the large Te gradients at the barriers indicate that both current and pressure driven modes are to be considered. Furthermore the typically flat Te profiles in the helical core have raised the issue of the role of electrostatic and electromagnetic turbulence in these reduced chaos regions, so that a stability analysis in the correct 3D geometry is required to address an optimization of the plasma setup. In this viewtheVMECcode proved to be an effectiveway to obtain helical equilibria to be studied in terms of stability and transport with a suite of well tested codes. In this work, the equilibrium reconstruction technique as well as the experimental evidence of 3D effects and their first interpretation in terms of stability and transport are presented using both RFP and stellarator tools. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Published
2010

47. Overview of the RFX-mod Results

Author

P. Martin, L. Apolloni, M.E. Puiatti, J. Adamek, M. Agostini, A. Alfier, S.V. Annibaldi, V. Antoni, F. Auriemma, O. Barana, M. Baruzzo, P. Bettini, T. Bolzonella, D. Bonfiglio, F. Bonomo, M. Brombin, J. Brotankova, A. Buffa, P. Buratti, A. Canton, S. Cappello, L. Carraro, R. Cavazzana, M. Cavinato, B.E. Chapman, G. Chitarin, S. Dal Bello, A. De Lorenzi, G. De Masi, D.F. Escande, A. Fassina, A. Ferro, P. Franz, E. Gaio, E. Gazza, L. Giudicotti, F. Gnesotto, M. Gobbin, L. Grando, L. Guazzotto, S.C. Guo, V. Igochine, P. Innocente, Y.Q. Liu, R. Lorenzini, A. Luchetta, G. Manduchi, G. Marchiori, D. Marcuzzi, L. Marrelli, S. Martini, E. Martines, K. McCollam, F. Milani, M. Moresco, L. Novello, S. Ortolani, R. Paccagnella, R. Pasqualotto, S. Peruzzo, R. Piovan, P. Piovesan, L. Piron, A. Pizzimenti, N. Pomaro, I. Predebon, J.A. Reusch, G. Rostagni, G. Rubinacci, J.S. Sarff, F. Sattin, P. Scarin, G. Serianni, P. Sonato, E. Spada, A. Soppelsa, S. Spagnolo, M. Spolaore, G. Spizzo, C. Taliercio, D. Terranova, V. Toigo, M. Valisa, N. Vianello, F. Villone, D. Yadikin, P. Zaccaria, A. Zamengo, P. Zanca, B. Zaniol, L. Zanotto, E. Zilli, H. Zohm, and M. Zuin

Subjects
Physics::Plasma Physics
Abstract

With the exploration of the MA plasma current regime in up to 0.5 s long discharges, RFX-mod has opened new and promising perspectives for the Reversed Field Pinch (RFP). A big leap with respect to previous knowledge and expectations on RFP physics and performance has been made by RFX-mod since the last 2006 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. We present results, which are relevant for the understanding of the RFP physics and confinement performance, and contribute to the solution of issues for the optimization of ITER construction and operation. RFX-mod is a large ohmically heated RFP (R = 2 m, a = 0.457 m, volume 10 m3), equipped with an advanced system for feedback control of MHD instabilities, based on 192 independently driven coils covering the whole plasma boundary. An axisymmetric magnetic boundary is produced, with differential rotation of tearing modes and full stabilization of multiple RWM. The operation above 1 MA (up to 1.6 MA reported at this conference) has revealed a new self-organised helical equilibrium (the Single Helical Axis - SHAx - state), which is the preferred state at high current. This regime is characterized by strong core electron transport barriers, with electron temperature gradients comparable to those achieved in tokamaks, and by a factor four improvement in confinement time with respect to the standard RFP. The electron temperature shows peak values in the 1 keV range, linearly increasing with plasma current with no degradation of beta. The RFP dominated by magnetic chaos belongs to the past, and the new findings open an exciting and clear path, which deserved to be explored. The achievements in the field of MHD stability real-time control have been of high quality. Progresses in control of tearing modes and RWM have been reported. Besides providing an improved magnetic boundary for the high current operation, the feedback experiments address general issues like multi-mode control, tools for mode unlocking and for forcing mode rotation, implementation of advanced control theory, development of a plant model including features of the plasma, wall, sensors, actuators, field error environment, noise environment and controller dynamics, incorporation of 3-d effects due to a non-axisymmetric wall, benchmarking of numerical stability codes also used for ITER. All these results give strong confidence in the RFX-mod future programme.

Published
2009

48. Numerical studies of transport mechanisms in RFX-mod low magnetic chaos regimes

Author

Roscoe White, M. Gobbin, and Lionello Marrelli

Subjects
Physics, Magnetic structure, Condensed matter physics, Reversed field pinch, Ambipolar diffusion, Field line, Plasma, Electron, Collisionality, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Physics::Plasma Physics, REVERSED-FIELD PINCH, Diffusion (business)
Abstract

The magnetic topology of quasi-single helicity (QSH) regimes, in the reversed field pinch experiment RFX-mod, is characterized by a helical magnetic structure surrounded by partially chaotic field lines. In this paper we investigate the transport mechanisms within these helical structures, in particular, the particle diffusion due to the residual magnetic chaos. The diffusion coefficients have been estimated for different plasma temperatures, collisionality and magnetic perturbation amplitudes. In the typical high temperature QSH regimes of RFX-mod, ambipolar transport between ions and electrons is found to be ensured by the non-zero but very low level of secondary modes and by the reduced collisionality. Trapped ions give the largest contribution to particles diffusion, while those passing are almost well confined within the helical structure. In the best QSH experimental performances, ion diffusion coefficients computed by numerical simulations are not affected significantly by the residual magnetic chaos and are very close to those expected in a regime with only helical conserved surfaces.

Published
2009
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49. Helical equilibria and magnetic structures in the reversed field pinch and analogies to the tokamak and stellarator

Author

Stefano Munaretto, L. Carraro, Alessandra Canton, S. Dal Bello, Matteo Zuin, A. Pizzimenti, D. Bonfiglio, S. Martini, V. Antoni, Elena Gaio, Fulvio Auriemma, Lionello Marrelli, Fabio Sattin, B. Momo, Tommaso Bolzonella, Nicola Vianello, L. Apolloni, Emilio Martines, Gianluca Spizzo, M. Baruzzo, R. Delogu, Paolo Franz, Susanna Cappello, P. Piovesan, Italo Predebon, M. Moresco, Rita Lorenzini, Leonardo Giudicotti, L. Novello, Sheena Menmuir, Paolo Scarin, P. Zanca, Anton Soppelsa, Luca Grando, G. De Masi, M. Spolaore, Giuseppe Marchiori, Roberto Pasqualotto, Neil Pomphrey, S. C. Guo, David Terranova, A. Zamengo, P. Innocente, Maria Ester Puiatti, Piero Martin, E. Gazza, Dominique Escande, Alberto Alfier, Allen H. Boozer, M. Valisa, L. Piron, Matteo Agostini, Barbara Zaniol, M. Brombin, R. Piovan, L. Zanotto, E. Spada, Gabriele Manduchi, Gianluigi Serianni, Alessandro Fassina, Roberto Paccagnella, Federica Bonomo, R. Cavazzana, Silvia Spagnolo, Cesare Taliercio, M. Gobbin, Puiatti, M, Alfier, A, Auriemma, F, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Dal Bello, S, Fassina, A, Escande, D, Franz, P, Gobbin, M, Innocente, P, Lorenzini, R, Marrelli, L, Martin, P, Piovesan, P, Predebon, I, Sattin, F, Spizzo, G, Terranova, D, Valisa, M, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zuin, M, Agostini, M, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Baruzzo, M, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Boozer, A, Brombin, M, Canton, A, Delogu, R, De Masi, G, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Grando, L, Guo, S, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Martines, E, Martini, S, Menmuir, S, Momo, B, Moresco, M, Munaretto, S, Novello, L, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Piovan, R, Piron, L, Pizzimenti, A, Pomphrey, N, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Taliercio, C, Vianello, N, Zamengo, A, and Zanca, P

Subjects
Physics, Tokamak, RFX-mod, Reversed field pinch, Field (physics), Condensed matter physics, Magnetic confinement fusion, reversed field pinch, Edge (geometry), SELF-ORGANIZATION, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, Core (optical fiber), quasi-single helicity, INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIERS, MHD ACTIVE CONTROL, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, RFP, QSH, plasma equilibrium, Atomic physics, Pressure gradient, Stellarator
Abstract

The reversed field pinch configuration is characterized by the presence of magnetic structures both in the core and at the edge: in the core, at high plasma current the spontaneous development of a helical structure is accompanied by the appearance of internal electron transport barriers; at the edge strong pressure gradients, identifying an edge transport barrier, are observed too, related to the position of the field reversal surface. The aim of this paper is the experimental characterization of both the internal and edge transport barriers in relation to the magnetic topology, discussing possible analogies and differences with other confinement schemes. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Published
2009

50. Self-organized helical equilibria in the RFX-mod reversed field pinch

Author

D. Terranova, M. Gobbin, A. H. Boozer, S. P. Hirshman, L. Marrelli, N. Pomphrey, and null the RFX-Mod Team

Subjects
Physics, Reversed field pinch, Physics::Plasma Physics, Rotational symmetry, Electron temperature, Flux, Plasma, Electric current, Atomic physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Kinetic energy, Topology (chemistry)
Abstract

With operation at high plasma current (Ip similar to 1.5 MA), the plasma in the RFX-mod reversed field pinch self-organises in a 3D helical state with almost conserved flux surfaces featuring strong electron temperature barriers. Up to now the equilibrium of such states was obtained by a perturbative solution of the Newcomb equation in toroidal geometry. This allowed for the mapping of the electron temperature, density and SXR emissivity profiles on helical flux surfaces thus proving the correlation between kinetic plasma quantities and the underlying helical magnetic topology. In order to obtain a full 3D equilibrium reconstruction, the magnetic topology of a SHAx state has been also reconstructed with the VMEC code adapted for the RFP using experimental profiles as input data. Previous results for the axisymmetric case were used as benchmark. It is found that helical equilibria are characterised by a particular q profile with a region of zero magnetic shear as this has been found to be a key ingredient to trigger internal transport barriers. (C) 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Published
2009

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