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1. Progress towards edge-localized mode suppression via magnetic perturbations in hydrogen plasmas

Author: N. Leuthold, W. Suttrop, C. Paz-Soldan, M.G. Dunne, R. Fischer, E. Hinson, M. Knolker, F. Laggner, N.C. Logan, T. Osborne, D. Orlov, L. Schmitz, M. Shafer, M. Willensdorfer, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, and the EUROfusion MST1 Team
Subjects: resonant magnetic perturbations, edge-localized modes, suppression, hydrogen, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: The suppression of edge-localized modes (ELMs) by applying resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) is well studied in low collisionality deuterium plasmas as a measure to reduce transient divertor heat loads. However, ELM suppression has yet to be demonstrated in non-nuclear fuels such as hydrogen and hydrogen + helium mixtures which are the main ion species to be used in the ITER pre-fusion power operation (PFPO) phase. For the first time, attempts have been made to access ELM suppression with RMPs in ITER-like low collisionality hydrogen plasmas at DIII-D and ASDEX Upgrade. The DIII-D experiments focused on operation with injected power slightly above the L–H power threshold similar to the expected conditions in the ITER PFPO phase with limited external heating power. The RMPs were found to trigger H–L backtransitions, which is shown to be avoided by reducing the L–H power threshold by diluting the plasma with helium. The additional helium combined with a larger measured neutral density of hydrogen inside the separatrix compared to ELM suppressed deuterium plasmas precluded access to a pedestal top density below the known RMP-ELM suppression threshold. At ASDEX Upgrade, RMP-ELM suppression has been achieved when the concentration of ^1 H in the hydrogen isotope mix is below $40\%$ . While all known access criteria for RMP-ELM suppression were met above this threshold, full ELM suppression was replaced by strong mitigation. The most prominent difference between the hydrogen and deuterium plasmas was a change of turbulence characteristics in the pedestal where Doppler reflectometry measurements suggest a significant reduction of turbulence even at small hydrogen concentrations. In conclusion, these experiments not only identify issues that may prevent access to RMP-ELM suppression in the ITER PFPO phase, but also highlight missing physics in our current understanding of RMP-ELM suppression such as potentially the role of turbulence in the pedestal gradient region.
Published: 2024
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2. The role of isotope mass on neutral fueling and density pedestal structure in the DIII-D tokamak

Author: R.A. Chaban, S. Mordijck, A.M. Rosenthal, A. Bortolon, J.W. Hughes, M. Knolker, F.M. Laggner, T.H. Osborne, L. Schmitz, K.E. Thome, and T.M. Wilks
Subjects: isotope, pedestal, electron density, neutral fueling, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Experimental measurements on DIII-D of hydrogen neutral penetration lengths ( $\lambda_{n_0}$ ) on the high field side (HFS) are longer by a factor of $\sqrt{2}$ than for deuterium consistent with the thermal velocity ratio for neutrals at the same temperature $(v_\mathrm{th}^H / v_\mathrm{th}^D = \sqrt{2})$ . This ratio is constant for both low and high pedestal electron density. At low pedestal density $(n_e \sim4 \times 10^{19}$ m $^{-3})$ , the neutral penetration length is greater than the density pedestal width for both isotopes, and the additional 40% increase of neutral penetration in hydrogen widens the pedestal by the same amount. As the density pedestal height increases $(n_e\sim6 \times 10^{19}$ m $^{-3})$ , the neutral penetration lengths drop below the density pedestal widths for both isotopes, and the increased penetration of hydrogen has no increased effect on the pedestal width compared to deuterium. Extrapolating to future reactor-relevant high electron density pedestals, the isotope-mass change in neutral fueling on the HFS from the deepest neutral penetration of hydrogen, to the shortest neutral penetration of tritium will be negligible (0.2–0.4 cm) in comparison to estimates of the density pedestal width (6–8.5 cm).
Published: 2024
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3. DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy

Author: C.T. Holcomb, for the DIII-D Team:, J. Abbate, A. Abe, A. Abrams, P. Adebayo-Ige, S. Agabian, S. Ahmed, N. Aiba, N. Akcay, T. Akiyama, R. Albosta, P. Aleynikov, S. Allen, H. Anand, J. Anderson, Y. Andrew, M. Ashburn, A. Ashourvan, M. Austin, G. Avdeeva, D. Ayala, M. Ayub, E. Bagdy, S. Banerjee, K. Barada, L. Bardoczi, O. Bardsley, J. Barr, E. Bass, A. Battey, Z. Bayler, L. Baylor, T. Bechtel, M. Beidler, E. Belli, T. Benedett, Z. Bergstrom, M. Berkel, T. Bernard, N. Bertelli, R. Bielajew, G. Bodner, J. Boedo, R. Boivin, T. Bolzonella, P. Bonoli, A. Bortolon, S. Bose, M. Boyer, W. Boyes, L. Bradley, R. Brambila, A. Braun, D. Brennan, S. Bringuier, L. Brodsky, M. Brookman, J. Brooks, D. Brower, W. Brown, J. Buck, S. Buczek, D. Burgess, M. Burke, K. Burrell, J. Butt, R. Buttery, I. Bykov, P. Byrne, A. Cacheris, K. Callahan, J. Callen, D. Campbell, J. Candy, J. Canik, L. Cappelli, T. Carlstrom, R. Carr, W. Carrig, B. Carter, T. Carter, I. Carvalho, W. Cary, L. Casali, L. Ceelen, M. Cengher, M. Cha, R. Chaban, V. Chan, B. Chapman, I. Char, J. Chen, R. Chen, X. Chen, Y. Chen, J. Chiriboga, E. Cho, G. Choi, W. Choi, H. Choudhury, S. Chowdhury, C. Chrystal, Y. Chung, R. Churchill, R. Clark, M. Clement, J. Coburn, S. Coda, R. Coffee, C. Collins, J. Colmenares-Fernandez, W. Conlin, R. Coon, T. Cote, A. Creely, N. Crocker, C. Crowe, B. Crowley, T. Crowley, M. Curie, D. Curreli, A. Dal Molin, J. Damba, E. Dart, A. Dautt-Silva, K. Davda, A. De, N. de Boucaud, Y. de Jong, P. DE VRIES, A. de-Villeroche, G. DeGrandchamp, J. deGrassie, D. Demers, S. Denk, E. DeShazer, S. Di Genova, A. Diallo, A. Dimits, R. Ding, S. Ding, D. Donovan, X. Du, J. Dunsmore, A. Dupuy, J. Duran, A. Dvorak, F. Effenberg, N. Eidietis, D. Elder, D. Eldon, Y. Elsey, D. Ennis, K. Erickson, D. Ernst, M. Fajardo, H. Farre-Kaga, M. Fenstermacher, N. Ferraro, J. Ferron, A. Feyrer, P. Fimognari, R. Finden, D. Finkenthal, R. Fitzpatrick, S. Flanagan, B. Ford, W. Fox, S. Freiberger, L. Fu, K. Gage, V. Gajaraj, I. Garcia, F. Garcia, A. Garcia, M. Garcia Munoz, D. Garnier, A. Garofalo, A. Gattuso, B. Geiger, K. Gentle, Y. Ghai, K. Gill, F. Glass, P. Gohil, X. Gong, J. Gonzalez-Martin, Y. Gorelov, V. Graber, R. Granetz, C. Gray, C. Greenfield, B. Grierson, R. Groebner, W. Grosnickle, M. Groth, S. Gu, H. Guo, J. Guterl, W. Guttenfelder, R. Hager, S. Hahn, M. Halfmoon, J. Hall, V. Hall-Chen, F. Halpern, G. Hammett, X. Han, C. Hansen, E. Hansen, J. Hanson, M. Hanson, A. Harris, R. Harvey, S. Haskey, D. Hatch, W. Hayashi, A. Hayes, W. Heidbrink, J. Herfindal, J. Hicok, E. Hinson, T. Hisakado, C. Holcomb, C. Holland, L. Holland, E. Hollmann, A. Holm, I. Holmes, K. Holtrop, R. Hong, R. Hood, L. Horvath, S. Houshmandyar, N. Howard, E. Howell, W. Hu, Y. Hu, Q. Hu, Y. Huang, J. Huang, A. Huang, A. Hubbard, J. Hughes, D. Humphreys, J. Hurtado, A. Hyatt, K. Imada, V. Izzo, A. Jalalvand, S. Jardin, A. Jarvinen, Y. Jeon, H. Ji, X. Jian, L. Jian, Y. Jiang, C. Johnson, J. Johnson, M. Jones, S. Joung, P. Jouzdani, E. Jung, E. Kallenberg, R. Kalling, D. Kaplan, A. Kaptanoglu, D. Kellman, J. Kennedy, F. Khabanov, J. Kim, H. Kim, E. Kim, S. Kim, K. Kim, C. Kim, T. Kim, J. King, A. Kinsey, D. Kirk, D. Klasing, A. Kleiner, M. Knolker, M. Kochan, B. Koel, J. Koenders, M. Koepke, R. Kolasinski, E. Kolemen, E. Kostadinova, M. Kostuk, G. Kramer, R. Kube, N. Kumar, R. La Haye, F. Laggner, C. Lahban, H. Lan, R. Landry, R. Lantsov, L. Lao, C. Lasnier, C. Lau, R. Leccacorvi, J. Leddy, M. Lee, S. Lee, K. Lee, R. Lee, M. Lehnen, A. Leonard, E. Leppink, M. LeSher, J. Lestz, J. Leuer, N. Leuthold, G. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, L. Li, N. Li, Z. Li, D. Lin, Z. Lin, Y. Lin, E. Linsenmayer, J. Liu, D. Liu, C. Liu, Z. Liu, Y. Liu, A. Loarte-Prieto, S. Loch, L. LoDestro, N. Logan, J. Lohr, J. Lore, U. Losada Rodriguez, J. Loughran, M. Lowell, T. Luce, N. Luhmann, P. Lunia, R. Lunsford, L. Lupin-Jimenez, A. Lvovskiy, B. Lyons, X. Ma, J. MacDonald, T. Macwan, R. Maingi, M. Major, L. Malhotra, M. Margo, C. Marini, A. Marinoni, A. Maris, E. Martin, J. Mateja, R. Mattes, R. Maurizio, D. Mauzey, L. McAllister, G. McArdle, J. McClenaghan, K. McCollam, G. McKee, K. McLaughlin, A. McLean, V. Mehta, E. Meier, S. Meitner, J. Menard, O. Meneghini, G. Merlo, S. Messer, W. Meyer, C. Michael, D. Miller, M. Miller, J. Mitchell, E. Mitra, C. Moeller, M. Mohamed, S. Molesworth, K. Montes, S. Mordijck, S. Morosohk, A. Moser, D. Mueller, S. Munaretto, C. Murphy, C. Muscatello, R. Myers, A. Nagy, D. Nath, M. Navarro, R. Nazikian, T. Neiser, A. Nelson, P. Nesbet, F. Nespoli, P. Nguyen, D. Nguyen, R. Nguyen, J. Nichols, M. Nocente, L. Nuckols, R. Nygren, T. Odstrcil, M. Okabayashi, E. Olofsson, D. Orlov, D. Orozco, N. Osborne, T. Osborne, F. OShea, D. Pace, D. Packard, A. Pajares Martinez, C. Pakosta, C. Pan, M. Pandya, D. Panici, A. Pankin, Y. Park, J. Park, C. Parker, S. Parker, P. Parks, M. Parsons, S. Paruchuri, C. Paz-Soldan, T. Pederson, W. Peebles, B. Penaflor, E. Perez, L. Periasamy, R. Perillo, C. Petty, M. Pharr, D. Pierce, C. Pierren, S. Pierson, A. Pigarov, L. Pigatto, D. Piglowski, S. Pinches, R. Pinsker, R. Pitts, J. Pizzo, M. Podesta, Z. Popovic, M. Porkolab, Q. Pratt, G. Prechel, I. Pusztai, P. Puthan-Naduvakkate, J. Qian, X. Qin, O. Ra, T. Raines, K. Rakers, K. Rath, J. Rauch, C. Rea, R. Reed, A. Reiman, M. Reinke, R. Reksoatmodjo, Q. Ren, J. Ren, Y. Ren, M. Rensink, T. Rhodes, N. Richner, J. Ridzon, G. Riggs, J. Riquezes, P. Rodriguez Fernandez, T. Rognlien, G. Ronchi, L. Rondini, R. Rosati, A. Rosenthal, M. Ross, J. Rost, A. Rothstein, J. Roveto, J. Ruane, D. Rudakov, R. Rupani, G. Rutherford, S. Sabbagh, J. Sachdev, N. Sadeghi, A. Salmi, F. Salvador, B. Sammuli, C. Samuell, A. Sandorfi, C. Sang, D. Santa, J. Sarff, O. Sauter, H. Savelli, C. Schaefer, H. Schamis, J. Schellpfeffer, D. Schissel, L. Schmitz, O. Schmitz, P. Schroeder, K. Schultz, E. Schuster, F. Sciortino, F. Scotti, J. Scoville, A. Seltzman, J. Seo, J. Serrano, I. Sfiligoi, M. Shafer, R. Shapov, H. Shen, N. Shi, D. Shiraki, B. Short, R. Shousha, H. Si, C. Sierra, G. Sinclair, P. Sinha, G. Sips, C. Skinner, T. Slendebroek, J. Slief, R. Smirnov, S. Smith, D. Smith, G. Snoep, P. Snyder, W. Solomon, X. Song, A. Sontag, V. Soukhanovskii, D. Spong, J. Squire, G. Staebler, L. Stagner, T. Stange, P. Stangeby, E. Starling, S. Stewart, T. Stoltzfus-Dueck, S. Storment, E. Strait, D. Su, L. Sugiyama, P. Sun, Y. Sun, X. Sun, C. Sung, W. Suttrop, Y. Suzuki, R. Sweeney, B. Taczak, Y. Takemura, S. Tang, W. Tang, G. Tardini, D. Taussig, K. Teixeira, K. Thackston, D. Thomas, K. Thome, Y. Tinguely, M. Tobin, J. Tooker, A. Torrezan de Sousa, P. Traverso, G. Trevisan, E. Trier, D. Truong, C. Tsui, F. Turco, A. Turnbull, L. Turner, E. Unterberg, B. Van Compernolle, R. van Kampen, M. Van Zeeland, B. Victor, R. Vieira, E. Viezzer, S. Vincena, D. Vollmer, J. Wai, M. Walker, R. Waltz, W. Wampler, L. Wang, Y. Wang, H. Wang, Z. Wang, G. Wang, A. Wang, J. Watkins, M. Watkins, T. Watts, L. Webber, K. Weber, W. Wehner, X. Wei, D. Weisberg, A. Welander, A. Welsh, A. White, R. Wilcox, G. Wilkie, T. Wilks, M. Willensdorfer, H. Wilson, A. Wingen, M. Wu, D. Wu, S. Wukitch, J. Xia, R. Xie, Z. Xing, G. Xu, X. Xu, Z. Yan, X. Yang, L. Yang, S. Yang, J. Yang, M. Yoo, G. YU, J. Yu, A. Zalzali, A. Zamengo, V. Zamkovska, S. Zamperini, K. Zarrabi, E. Zeger, K. Zeller, L. Zeng, X. Zhang, J. Zhang, B. Zhang, B. Zhao, C. Zhao, Y. Zheng, Y. Zhu, J. Zhu, J. Ziegel, J. Zimmerman, and C. Zuniga
Subjects: DIII-D, tokamak, overview, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: The DIII-D tokamak has elucidated crucial physics and developed projectable solutions for ITER and fusion power plants in the key areas of core performance, boundary heat and particle transport, and integrated scenario operation, with closing the core-edge integration knowledge gap being the overarching mission. New experimental validation of high-fidelity, multi-channel, non-linear gyrokinetic turbulent transport models for ITER provides strong confidence it will achieve Q ⩾ 10 operation. Experiments identify options for easing H-mode access in hydrogen, and give new insight into the isotopic dependence of transport and confinement. Analysis of 2,1 islands in unoptimized low-torque IBS demonstration discharges suggests their onset time occurs randomly in the constant β phase, most often triggered by non-linear 3-wave coupling, thus identifying an NTM seeding mechanism to avoid. Pure deuterium SPI for disruption mitigation is shown to provide favorable slow cooling, but poor core assimilation, suggesting paths for improved SPI on ITER. At the boundary, measured neutral density and ionization source fluxes are strongly poloidally asymmetric, implying a 2D treatment is needed to model pedestal fuelling. Detailed measurements of pedestal and SOL quantities and impurity charge state radiation in detached divertors has validated edge fluid modelling and new self-consistent ‘pedestal-to-divertor’ integrated modeling that can be used to optimize reactors. New feedback adaptive ELM control minimizes confinement reduction, and RMP ELM suppression with sustained high core performance was obtained for the first time with the outer strike point in a W-coated, compact and unpumped small-angle slot divertor. Advances have been made in integrated operational scenarios for ITER and power plants. Wide pedestal intrinsically ELM-free QH-modes are produced with more reactor-relevant conditions, Low torque IBS with W-equivalent radiators can exhibit predator-prey oscillations in T _e and radiation which need control. High- β _P scenarios with q _min > 2, q _95 –7.9, β _N > 4, β _T –3.3% and H _98y2 > 1.5 are sustained with high density ( $\bar n$ = 7E19 m ^−3 , f _G –1) for 6 τ _E , improving confidence in steady-state tokamak reactors. Diverted NT plasmas achieve high core performance with a non-ELMing edge, offering a possible highly attractive core-edge integration solution for reactors.
Published: 2024
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4. Overview of T and D–T results in JET with ITER-like wall

Author: C.F. Maggi, D. Abate, N. Abid, P. Abreu, O. Adabonyan, M. Afzal, I. Ahmad, M. Akhtar, R. Albanese, S. Aleiferis, E. Alessi, P. Aleynikov, J. Alguacil, J. Alhage, M. Ali, H. Allen, M. Allinson, M. Alonzo, E. Alves, R. Ambrosino, E. Andersson Sundén, P. Andrew, M. Angelone, C. Angioni, I. Antoniou, L. Appel, C. Appelbee, C. Aramunde, M. Ariola, G. Arnoux, G. Artaserse, J.-F. Artaud, W. Arter, V. Artigues, F.J. Artola, A. Ash, O. Asztalos, D. Auld, F. Auriemma, Y. Austin, L. Avotina, J. Ayllón, E. Aymerich, A. Baciero, L. Bähner, F. Bairaktaris, I. Balboa, M. Balden, N. Balshaw, V.K. Bandaru, J. Banks, A. Banon Navarro, C. Barcellona, O. Bardsley, M. Barnes, R. Barnsley, M. Baruzzo, M. Bassan, A. Batista, P. Batistoni, L. Baumane, B. Bauvir, L. Baylor, C. Bearcroft, P. Beaumont, D. Beckett, A. Begolli, M. Beidler, N. Bekris, M. Beldishevski, E. Belli, F. Belli, S. Benkadda, J. Bentley, E. Bernard, J. Bernardo, M. Bernert, M. Berry, L. Bertalot, H. Betar, M. Beurskens, P.G. Bhat, S. Bickerton, J. Bielecki, T. Biewer, R. Bilato, P. Bílková, G. Birkenmeier, R. Bisson, J.P.S. Bizarro, P. Blatchford, A. Bleasdale, V. Bobkov, A. Boboc, A. Bock, G. Bodnar, P. Bohm, L. Bonalumi, N. Bonanomi, D. Bonfiglio, X. Bonnin, P. Bonofiglo, J. Booth, D. Borba, D. Borodin, I. Borodkina, T.O.S.J. Bosman, C. Bourdelle, M. Bowden, I. Božičević Mihalić, S.C. Bradnam, B. Breizman, S. Brezinsek, D. Brida, M. Brix, P. Brown, D. Brunetti, M. Buckley, J. Buermans, H. Bufferand, P. Buratti, A. Burckhart, A. Burgess, A. Buscarino, A. Busse, D. Butcher, G. Calabrò, L. Calacci, R. Calado, R. Canavan, B. Cannas, M. Cannon, M. Cappelli, S. Carcangiu, P. Card, A. Cardinali, S. Carli, P. Carman, D. Carnevale, B. Carvalho, I.S. Carvalho, P. Carvalho, I. Casiraghi, F.J. Casson, C. Castaldo, J.P. Catalan, N. Catarino, F. Causa, M. Cavedon, M. Cecconello, L. Ceelen, C.D. Challis, B. Chamberlain, R. Chandra, C.S. Chang, A. Chankin, B. Chapman, P. Chauhan, M. Chernyshova, A. Chiariello, G.-C. Chira, P. Chmielewski, A. Chomiczewska, L. Chone, J. Cieslik, G. Ciraolo, D. Ciric, J. Citrin, Ł. Ciupinski, R. Clarkson, M. Cleverly, P. Coates, V. Coccorese, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, I.H. Coffey, A. Colangeli, L. Colas, J. Collins, S. Conroy, C. Contré, N.J. Conway, D. Coombs, P. Cooper, S. Cooper, L. Cordaro, C. Corradino, Y. Corre, G. Corrigan, D. Coster, T. Craciunescu, S. Cramp, D. Craven, R. Craven, G. Croci, D. Croft, K. Crombé, T. Cronin, N. Cruz, A. Cufar, A. Cullen, A. Dal Molin, S. Dalley, P. David, A. Davies, J. Davies, S. Davies, G. Davis, K. Dawson, S. Dawson, I. Day, G. De Tommasi, J. Deane, M. Dearing, M. De Bock, J. Decker, R. Dejarnac, E. Delabie, E. de la Cal, E. de la Luna, D. Del Sarto, A. Dempsey, W. Deng, A. Dennett, G.L. Derks, G. De Temmerman, F. Devasagayam, P. de Vries, P. Devynck, A. di Siena, D. Dickinson, T. Dickson, M. Diez, P. Dinca, T. Dittmar, L. Dittrich, J. Dobrashian, T. Dochnal, A.J.H. Donné, W. Dorland, S. Dorling, S. Dormido-Canto, R. Dotse, D. Douai, S. Dowson, R. Doyle, M. Dreval, P. Drews, G. Drummond, Ph. Duckworth, H.G. Dudding, R. Dumont, P. Dumortier, D. Dunai, T. Dunatov, M. Dunne, I. Ďuran, F. Durodié, R. Dux, T. Eade, E. Eardley, J. Edwards, T. Eich, A. Eksaeva, H. El-Haroun, R.D. Ellis, G. Ellwood, C. Elsmore, S. Emery, G. Ericsson, B. Eriksson, F. Eriksson, J. Eriksson, L.G. Eriksson, S. Ertmer, G. Evans, S. Evans, E. Fable, D. Fagan, M. Faitsch, D. Fajardo Jimenez, M. Falessi, A. Fanni, T. Farmer, I. Farquhar, B. Faugeras, S. Fazinić, N. Fedorczak, K. Felker, R. Felton, H. Fernandes, D.R. Ferreira, J. Ferreira, G. Ferrò, J. Fessey, O. Février, O. Ficker, A.R. Field, A. Figueiredo, J. Figueiredo, A. Fil, N. Fil, P. Finburg, U. Fischer, G. Fishpool, L. Fittill, M. Fitzgerald, D. Flammini, J. Flanagan, S. Foley, N. Fonnesu, M. Fontana, J.M. Fontdecaba, L. Fortuna, E. Fortuna-Zalesna, M. Fortune, C. Fowler, P. Fox, O. Franklin, E. Fransson, L. Frassinetti, R. Fresa, D. Frigione, T. Fülöp, M. Furseman, S. Gabriellini, D. Gadariya, S. Gadgil, K. Gál, S. Galeani, A. Galkowski, D. Gallart, M. Gambrioli, T. Gans, J. Garcia, M. García-Muñoz, L. Garzotti, J. Gaspar, R. Gatto, P. Gaudio, D. Gear, T. Gebhart, S. Gee, M. Gelfusa, R. George, S.N. Gerasimov, R. Gerru, G. Gervasini, M. Gethins, Z. Ghani, M. Gherendi, P.-I. Gherghina, F. Ghezzi, L. Giacomelli, C. Gibson, L. Gil, M.R. Gilbert, A. Gillgren, E. Giovannozzi, C. Giroud, G. Giruzzi, J. Goff, V. Goloborodko, R. Gomes, J.-F. Gomez, B. Gonçalves, M. Goniche, J. Gonzalez-Martin, A. Goodyear, S. Gore, G. Gorini, T. Görler, N. Gotts, E. Gow, J.P. Graves, J. Green, H. Greuner, E. Grigore, F. Griph, W. Gromelski, M. Groth, C. Grove, R. Grove, N. Gupta, S. Hacquin, L. Hägg, A. Hakola, M. Halitovs, J. Hall, C.J. Ham, M. Hamed, M.R. Hardman, Y. Haresawa, G. Harrer, J.R. Harrison, D. Harting, D.R. Hatch, T. Haupt, J. Hawes, N.C. Hawkes, J. Hawkins, S. Hazael, J. Hearmon, P. Heesterman, P. Heinrich, M. Held, W. Helou, O. Hemming, S.S. Henderson, R. Henriques, R.B. Henriques, D. Hepple, J. Herfindal, G. Hermon, J.C. Hillesheim, K. Hizanidis, A. Hjalmarsson, A. Ho, J. Hobirk, O. Hoenen, C. Hogben, A. Hollingsworth, S. Hollis, E. Hollmann, M. Hölzl, M. Hook, M. Hoppe, J. Horáček, N. Horsten, A. Horton, L.D. Horton, L. Horvath, S. Hotchin, Z. Hu, Z. Huang, E. Hubenov, A. Huber, V. Huber, T. Huddleston, G.T.A. Huijsmans, Y. Husain, P. Huynh, A. Hynes, D. Iglesias, M.V. Iliasova, M. Imríšek, J. Ingleby, P. Innocente, V. Ioannou-Sougleridis, N. Isernia, I. Ivanova-Stanik, E. Ivings, S. Jachmich, T. Jackson, A.S. Jacobsen, P. Jacquet, H. Järleblad, A. Järvinen, F. Jaulmes, N. Jayasekera, F. Jenko, I. Jepu, E. Joffrin, T. Johnson, J. Johnston, C. Jones, E. Jones, G. Jones, L. Jones, T.T.C. Jones, A. Joyce, M. Juvonen, A. Kallenbach, P. Kalnina, D. Kalupin, P. Kanth, A. Kantor, A. Kappatou, O. Kardaun, J. Karhunen, E. Karsakos, Ye.O. Kazakov, V. Kazantzidis, D.L. Keeling, W. Kelly, M. Kempenaars, D. Kennedy, K. Khan, E. Khilkevich, C. Kiefer, H.-T. Kim, J. Kim, S.H. Kim, D.B. King, D.J. Kinna, V.G. Kiptily, A. Kirjasuo, K.K. Kirov, A. Kirschner, T. Kiviniemi, G. Kizane, C. Klepper, A. Klix, G. Kneale, M. Knight, P. Knight, R. Knights, S. Knipe, U. Knoche, M. Knolker, M. Kocan, F. Köchl, G. Kocsis, J.T.W. Koenders, Y. Kolesnichenko, Y. Kominis, M. Kong, B. Kool, V. Korovin, S.B. Korsholm, B. Kos, D. Kos, M. Koubiti, Y. Kovtun, E. Kowalska-Strzęciwilk, K. Koziol, Y. Krasikov, A. Krasilnikov, V. Krasilnikov, M. Kresina, A. Kreter, K. Krieger, A. Krivska, U. Kruezi, I. Książek, H. Kumpulainen, B. Kurzan, S. Kwak, O.J. Kwon, B. Labit, M. Lacquaniti, A. Lagoyannis, L. Laguardia, A. Laing, V. Laksharam, N. Lam, H.T. Lambertz, B. Lane, M. Langley, E. Lascas Neto, E. Łaszyńska, K.D. Lawson, A. Lazaros, E. Lazzaro, G. Learoyd, C. Lee, K. Lee, S. Leerink, T. Leeson, X. Lefebvre, H.J. Leggate, J. Lehmann, M. Lehnen, D. Leichtle, F. Leipold, I. Lengar, M. Lennholm, E. Leon Gutierrez, L.A. Leppin, E. Lerche, A. Lescinskis, S. Lesnoj, L. Lewin, J. Lewis, J. Likonen, Ch. Linsmeier, X. Litaudon, E. Litherland-Smith, F. Liu, T. Loarer, A. Loarte, R. Lobel, B. Lomanowski, P.J. Lomas, J. Lombardo, R. Lorenzini, S. Loreti, V.P. Loschiavo, M. Loughlin, T. Lowe, C. Lowry, T. Luce, R. Lucock, T. Luda Di Cortemiglia, M. Lungaroni, C.P. Lungu, T. Lunt, V. Lutsenko, B. Lyons, J. Macdonald, E. Macusova, R. Mäenpää, H. Maier, J. Mailloux, S. Makarov, P. Manas, A. Manning, P. Mantica, M.J. Mantsinen, J. Manyer, A. Manzanares, Ph. Maquet, M. Maraschek, G. Marceca, G. Marcer, C. Marchetto, O. Marchuk, A. Mariani, G. Mariano, M. Marin, A. Marin Roldan, M. Marinelli, T. Markovič, L. Marot, C. Marren, S. Marsden, S. Marsen, J. Marsh, R. Marshall, L. Martellucci, A.J. Martin, C. Martin, R. Martone, S. Maruyama, M. Maslov, M. Mattei, G.F. Matthews, D. Matveev, E. Matveeva, A. Mauriya, F. Maviglia, M. Mayer, M.-L. Mayoral, S. Mazzi, C. Mazzotta, R. McAdams, P.J. McCarthy, P. McCullen, R. McDermott, D.C. McDonald, D. McGuckin, V. McKay, L. McNamee, A. McShee, D. Mederick, M. Medland, S. Medley, K. Meghani, A.G. Meigs, S. Meitner, S. Menmuir, K. Mergia, S. Mianowski, P. Middleton, J. Mietelski, K. Mikszuta-Michalik, D. Milanesio, E. Milani, E. Militello-Asp, F. Militello, J. Milnes, A. Milocco, S. Minucci, I. Miron, J. Mitchell, J. Mlynář, V. Moiseenko, P. Monaghan, I. Monakhov, A. Montisci, S. Moon, R. Mooney, S. Moradi, R.B. Morales, L. Morgan, F. Moro, J. Morris, T. Mrowetz, L. Msero, S. Munot, A. Muñoz-Perez, M. Muraglia, A. Murari, A. Muraro, B. N’Konga, Y.S. Na, F. Nabais, R. Naish, F. Napoli, E. Nardon, V. Naulin, M.F.F. Nave, R. Neu, S. Ng, M. Nicassio, D. Nicolai, A.H. Nielsen, S.K. Nielsen, D. Nina, C. Noble, C.R. Nobs, M. Nocente, H. Nordman, S. Nowak, H. Nyström, J. O’Callaghan, M. O’Mullane, C. O’Neill, C. Olde, H.J.C. Oliver, R. Olney, J. Ongena, G.P. Orsitto, A. Osipov, R. Otin, N. Pace, L.W. Packer, E. Pajuste, D. Palade, J. Palgrave, O. Pan, N. Panadero, T. Pandya, E. Panontin, A. Papadopoulos, G. Papadopoulos, G. Papp, V.V. Parail, A. Parsloe, K. Paschalidis, M. Passeri, A. Patel, A. Pau, G. Pautasso, R. Pavlichenko, A. Pavone, E. Pawelec, C. Paz-Soldan, A. Peacock, M. Pearce, I.J. Pearson, E. Peluso, C. Penot, K. Pepperell, A. Perdas, T. Pereira, E. Perelli Cippo, C. Perez von Thun, D. Perry, P. Petersson, G. Petravich, N. Petrella, M. Peyman, L. Pigatto, M. Pillon, S. Pinches, G. Pintsuk, C. Piron, A. Pironti, F. Pisano, R. Pitts, U. Planck, N. Platt, V. Plyusnin, M. Podesta, G. Pokol, F.M. Poli, O.G. Pompilian, M. Poradzinski, M. Porkolab, C. Porosnicu, G. Poulipoulis, A.S. Poulsen, I. Predebon, A. Previti, D. Primetzhofer, G. Provatas, G. Pucella, P. Puglia, K. Purahoo, O. Putignano, T. Pütterich, A. Quercia, G. Radulescu, V. Radulovic, R. Ragona, M. Rainford, P. Raj, M. Rasinski, D. Rasmussen, J. Rasmussen, J.J. Rasmussen, A. Raso, G. Rattá, S. Ratynskaia, R. Rayaprolu, M. Rebai, A. Redl, D. Rees, D. Réfy, R. Reichle, H. Reimerdes, B.C.G. Reman, C. Reux, S. Reynolds, D. Rigamonti, E. Righi, F.G. Rimini, J. Risner, J.F. Rivero-Rodriguez, C.M. Roach, J. Roberts, R. Robins, S. Robinson, D. Robson, S. Rode, P. Rodrigues, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, S. Romanelli, J. Romazanov, E. Rose, C. Rose-Innes, R. Rossi, S. Rowe, D. Rowlands, C. Rowley, M. Rubel, G. Rubinacci, G. Rubino, M. Rud, J. Ruiz Ruiz, F. Ryter, S. Saarelma, A. Sahlberg, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, R. Salmon, F. Salzedas, F. Sanchez, I. Sanders, D. Sandiford, F. Sanni, O. Sauter, P. Sauvan, G. Schettini, A. Shevelev, A.A. Schekochihin, K. Schmid, B.S. Schmidt, S. Schmuck, M. Schneider, P.A. Schneider, N. Schoonheere, R. Schramm, D. Scoon, S. Scully, M. Segato, J. Seidl, L. Senni, J. Seo, G. Sergienko, M. Sertoli, S.E. Sharapov, R. Sharma, A. Shaw, R. Shaw, H. Sheikh, U. Sheikh, N. Shi, P. Shigin, D. Shiraki, G. Sias, M. Siccinio, B. Sieglin, S.A. Silburn, A. Silva, C. Silva, J. Silva, D. Silvagni, D. Simfukwe, J. Simpson, P. Sirén, A. Sirinelli, H. Sjöstrand, N. Skinner, J. Slater, T. Smart, R.D. Smirnov, N. Smith, P. Smith, T. Smith, J. Snell, L. Snoj, E.R. Solano, V. Solokha, C. Sommariva, K. Soni, M. Sos, J. Sousa, C. Sozzi, T. Spelzini, F. Spineanu, L. Spolladore, D. Spong, C. Srinivasan, G. Staebler, A. Stagni, I. Stamatelatos, M.F. Stamp, Ž. Štancar, P.A. Staniec, G. Stankūnas, M. Stead, B. Stein-Lubrano, A. Stephen, J. Stephens, P. Stevenson, C. Steventon, M. Stojanov, D.A. St-Onge, P. Strand, S. Strikwerda, C.I. Stuart, S. Sturgeon, H.J. Sun, S. Surendran, W. Suttrop, J. Svensson, J. Svoboda, R. Sweeney, G. Szepesi, M. Szoke, T. Tadić, B. Tal, T. Tala, P. Tamain, K. Tanaka, W. Tang, G. Tardini, M. Tardocchi, D. Taylor, A.S. Teimane, G. Telesca, A. Teplukhina, A. Terra, D. Terranova, N. Terranova, D. Testa, B. Thomas, V.K. Thompson, A. Thorman, A.S. Thrysoe, W. Tierens, R.A. Tinguely, A. Tipton, H. Todd, M. Tomeš, A. Tookey, P. Tsavalas, D. Tskhakaya, L.-P. Turică, A. Turner, I. Turner, M. Turner, M.M. Turner, G. Tvalashvili, A. Tykhyy, S. Tyrrell, A. Uccello, V. Udintsev, A. Vadgama, D.F. Valcarcel, A. Valentini, M. Valisa, M. Vallar, M. Valovic, M. Van Berkel, K.L. van de Plassche, M. van Rossem, D. Van Eester, J. Varela, J. Varje, T. Vasilopoulou, G. Vayakis, M. Vecsei, J. Vega, M. Veis, P. Veis, S. Ventre, M. Veranda, G. Verdoolaege, C. Verona, G. Verona Rinati, E. Veshchev, N. Vianello, E. Viezzer, L. Vignitchouk, R. Vila, R. Villari, F. Villone, P. Vincenzi, A. Vitins, Z. Vizvary, M. Vlad, I. Voldiner, U. Von Toussaint, P. Vondráček, B. Wakeling, M. Walker, R. Walker, M. Walsh, R. Walton, E. Wang, F. Warren, R. Warren, J. Waterhouse, C. Watts, T. Webster, M. Weiland, H. Weisen, M. Weiszflog, N. Wendler, A. West, M. Wheatley, S. Whetham, A. Whitehead, D. Whittaker, A. Widdowson, S. Wiesen, M. Willensdorfer, J. Williams, I. Wilson, T. Wilson, M. Wischmeier, A. Withycombe, D. Witts, A. Wojcik-Gargula, E. Wolfrum, R. Wood, R. Woodley, R. Worrall, I. Wyss, T. Xu, D. Yadykin, Y. Yakovenko, Y. Yang, V. Yanovskiy, R. Yi, I. Young, R. Young, B. Zaar, R.J. Zabolockis, L. Zakharov, P. Zanca, A. Zarins, D. Zarzoso Fernandez, K.-D. Zastrow, Y. Zayachuk, M. Zerbini, W. Zhang, B. Zimmermann, M. Zlobinski, A. Zocco, V.K. Zotta, M. Zuin, W. Zwingmann, and I. Zychor
Subjects: magnetic fusion, JET-ILW, D–T, tritium, alpha particles, fusion prediction, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: In 2021 JET exploited its unique capabilities to operate with T and D–T fuel with an ITER-like Be/W wall (JET-ILW). This second major JET D–T campaign (DTE2), after DTE1 in 1997, represented the culmination of a series of JET enhancements—new fusion diagnostics, new T injection capabilities, refurbishment of the T plant, increased auxiliary heating, in-vessel calibration of 14 MeV neutron yield monitors—as well as significant advances in plasma theory and modelling in the fusion community. DTE2 was complemented by a sequence of isotope physics campaigns encompassing operation in pure tritium at high T-NBI power. Carefully conducted for safe operation with tritium, the new T and D–T experiments used 1 kg of T (vs 100 g in DTE1), yielding the most fusion reactor relevant D–T plasmas to date and expanding our understanding of isotopes and D–T mixture physics. Furthermore, since the JET T and DTE2 campaigns occurred almost 25 years after the last major D–T tokamak experiment, it was also a strategic goal of the European fusion programme to refresh operational experience of a nuclear tokamak to prepare staff for ITER operation. The key physics results of the JET T and DTE2 experiments, carried out within the EUROfusion JET1 work package, are reported in this paper. Progress in the technological exploitation of JET D–T operations, development and validation of nuclear codes, neutronic tools and techniques for ITER operations carried out by EUROfusion (started within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme and continuing under the Horizon Europe FP) are reported in (Litaudon et al Nucl. Fusion accepted), while JET experience on T and D–T operations is presented in (King et al Nucl. Fusion submitted).
Published: 2024
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5. Observation of a new pedestal stability regime in MAST Upgrade H-mode plasmas

Author: K. Imada, T.H. Osborne, S. Saarelma, J.G. Clark, A. Kirk, M. Knolker, R. Scannell, P.B. Snyder, C. Vincent, H.R. Wilson, and the MAST Upgrade Team
Subjects: MAST Upgrade, spherical tokamak, pedestal stability, ELITE, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: The first pedestal stability and structure analysis on the new MAST Upgrade (MAST-U) spherical tokamak H-mode plasmas is presented. Our results indicate that MAST-U pedestals are close to the low toroidal mode number ( n ) peeling branch of the peeling-ballooning instability, in contrast with MAST H-mode pedestals which were deeply in the high- n ballooning branch. This offers the possibility of reaching the ELM-free quiescent H-mode (Burrell et al 2005 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 47 B37–B52) or high-performance super H-mode (Snyder et al 2015 Nucl. Fusion 55 083026; Snyder et al 2019 Nucl. Fusion 59 086017) regimes. In addition, the coupling between the peeling and ballooning branches is weak in MAST-U, suggesting that a path to very high pedestal pressure gradient at high density may exist with sufficient heating power. A possible explanation for the differences between MAST and MAST-U pedestal stability is given in terms of plasma shaping parameters, in particular squareness and elongation, as well as the pedestal top temperature and collisionality.
Published: 2024
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6. Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration

Author: J.R. Harrison, A. Aboutaleb, S. Ahmed, M. Aljunid, S.Y. Allan, H. Anand, Y. Andrew, L.C. Appel, A. Ash, J. Ashton, O. Bachmann, M. Barnes, B. Barrett, D. Baver, D. Beckett, J. Bennett, J. Berkery, M. Bernert, W. Boeglin, C. Bowman, J. Bradley, D. Brida, P.K. Browning, D. Brunetti, P. Bryant, J. Bryant, J. Buchanan, N. Bulmer, A. Carruthers, M. Cecconello, Z.P. Chen, J. Clark, C. Cowley, M. Coy, N. Crocker, G. Cunningham, I. Cziegler, T. Da Assuncao, Y. Damizia, P. Davies, I.E. Day, G.L. Derks, S. Dixon, R. Doyle, M. Dreval, M. Dunne, B.P. Duval, T. Eagles, J. Edmond, H. El-Haroun, S.D. Elmore, Y. Enters, M. Faitsch, F. Federici, N. Fedorczak, F. Felici, A.R. Field, M. Fitzgerald, I. Fitzgerald, R. Fitzpatrick, L. Frassinetti, W. Fuller, D. Gahle, J. Galdon-Quiroga, L. Garzotti, S. Gee, T. Gheorghiu, S. Gibson, K.J. Gibson, C. Giroud, D. Greenhouse, V.H. Hall-Chen, C.J. Ham, R. Harrison, S.S. Henderson, C. Hickling, B. Hnat, L. Howlett, J. Hughes, R. Hussain, K. Imada, P. Jacquet, P. Jepson, B. Kandan, I. Katramados, Y.O. Kazakov, D. King, R. King, A. Kirk, M. Knolker, M. Kochan, L. Kogan, B. Kool, M. Kotschenreuther, M. Lees, A.W. Leonard, G. Liddiard, B. Lipschultz, Y.Q. Liu, B.A. Lomanowski, N. Lonigro, J. Lore, J. Lovell, S. Mahajan, F. Maiden, C. Man-Friel, F. Mansfield, S. Marsden, R. Martin, S. Mazzi, R. McAdams, G. McArdle, K.G. McClements, J. McClenaghan, D. McConville, K. McKay, C. McKnight, P. McKnight, A. McLean, B.F. McMillan, A. McShee, J. Measures, N. Mehay, C.A. Michael, F. Militello, D. Morbey, S. Mordijck, D. Moulton, O. Myatra, A.O. Nelson, M. Nicassio, M.G. O’Mullane, H.J.C. Oliver, P. Ollus, T. Osborne, N. Osborne, E. Parr, B. Parry, B.S. Patel, D. Payne, C. Paz-Soldan, A. Phelps, L. Piron, C. Piron, G. Prechel, M. Price, B. Pritchard, R. Proudfoot, H. Reimerdes, T. Rhodes, P. Richardson, J. Riquezes, J.F. Rivero-Rodriguez, C.M. Roach, M. Robson, K. Ronald, E. Rose, P. Ryan, D. Ryan, S. Saarelma, S. Sabbagh, R. Sarwar, P. Saunders, O. Sauter, R. Scannell, T. Schuett, R. Seath, R. Sharma, P. Shi, B. Sieglin, M. Simmonds, J. Smith, A. Smith, V. A. Soukhanovskii, D. Speirs, G. Staebler, R. Stephen, P. Stevenson, J. Stobbs, M. Stott, C. Stroud, C. Tame, C. Theiler, N. Thomas-Davies, A.J. Thornton, M. Tobin, M. Vallar, R.G.L. Vann, L. Velarde, K. Verhaegh, E. Viezzer, C. Vincent, G. Voss, M. Warr, W. Wehner, S. Wiesen, T.A. Wijkamp, D. Wilkins, T. Williams, T. Wilson, H.R. Wilson, H. Wong, M. Wood, and V. Zamkovska
Subjects: MAST upgrade, exhaust, integrated scenarios, alternative divertors, pedestal, fast ions, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Recent results from MAST Upgrade are presented, emphasising understanding the capabilities of this new device and deepening understanding of key physics issues for the operation of ITER and the design of future fusion power plants. The impact of MHD instabilities on fast ion confinement have been studied, including the first observation of fast ion losses correlated with Compressional and Global Alfvén Eigenmodes. High-performance plasma scenarios have been developed by tailoring the early plasma current ramp phase to avoid internal reconnection events, resulting in a more monotonic q profile with low central shear. The impact of m / n = 3/2, 2/1 and 1/1 modes on thermal plasma confinement and rotation profiles has been quantified, and scenarios optimised to avoid them have transiently reached values of normalised beta approaching 4.2. In pedestal and ELM physics, a maximum pedestal top temperature of ∼350 eV has been achieved, exceeding the value achieved on MAST at similar heating power. Mitigation of type-I ELMs with n = 1 RMPs has been observed. Studies of plasma exhaust have concentrated on comparing conventional and Super-X divertor configurations, while X-point target, X-divertor and snowflake configurations have been developed and studied in parallel. In L-mode discharges, the separatrix density required to detach the outer divertors is approximately a factor 2 lower in the Super-X than the conventional configuration, in agreement with simulations. Detailed analysis of spectroscopy data from studies of the Super-X configuration reveal the importance of including plasma-molecule interactions and D _2 Fulcher band emission to properly quantify the rates of ionisation, plasma-molecule interactions and volumetric recombination processes governing divertor detachment. In H-mode with conventional and Super-X configurations, the outer divertors are attached in the former and detached in the latter with no impact on core or pedestal confinement.
Published: 2024
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7. Investigation of pedestal parameters and divertor heat fluxes in small ELM regimes in DIII-D

Author: P.J. Traverso, M. Knolker, M. Austin, C. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, T. Osborne, and H. Wang
Subjects: small ELMs, pedestal, heat fluxes, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Divertor heat flux and its correlation with pedestal parameters within various small edge localized mode (ELM) regimes, including high beta poloidal, type-II and ELMs with negative triangularity H-modes were investigated in DIII-D. The parallel energy fluences of type-II and high beta poloidal small ELM regimes fall below the linear scaling with pedestal electron pressure for type-I ELMs put forward in Eich et al 2017 ( Nucl. Mater. Energy 12 84–90). The negative triangularity of H-mode ELMs follow the Eich scaling for type-I ELMs. The parallel heat flux and total heat loads to the divertor were determined using high-time resolution infrared thermography, while pedestal parameters were obtained through self-consistent kinetic equilibrium reconstructions. Linear regressions for the type-II and high beta poloidal regimes demonstrate that an equivalent 7.5 MA small ELM scenario in ITER would fall below the ~5 ${\mathrm{MJ}}\,{\mathrm m^{-2}}$ leading edge melting limit for tungsten (Gunn et al 2017 Nucl. Fusion 57 046025). Utilizing fast thermography, the scrape-off layer power fall-off length for both inter-ELM and intra-ELM was determined and compared to the Eich scaling with poloidal magnetic field in Eich et al (ASDEX Upgrade Team and JET EFDA Contributors 2013 Nucl. Fusion 53 093031). Except for the high beta poloidal scenario, all the small ELM regimes during both inter- and intra-ELM periods had power fall-off lengths $\left(\lambda_q\right)$ larger then would be expected from the $B^{-1}_{\mathrm{pol}, \mathrm{MP}}$ scaling associated with type-I ELMs, signifying their potential in managing heat loads and offering a solution for core–edge integration.
Published: 2024
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8. Understanding the L-H isotope effect at the DIII-D tokamak and advancements in synthetic turbulence diagnostics

Author: K.J. Callahan, L. Schmitz, Q. Pratt, T.A. Carter, G. Wang, H. Zhang, C. Holland, S.R. Haskey, A. Angulo, A. Bortolon, F. Effenberg, E.A. Belli, C. Chrystal, K.E. Thome, A. Ashourvan, T. Neiser, M. Knolker, F. Khabanov, Z. Yan, G.R. McKee, R. Chaban, R.S. Wilcox, A. Holm, F. Scotti, D. Truong, and R. Gerrú
Subjects: L-H transition, isotope, turbulence, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: It is determined that while heat flux differences between hydrogen and deuterium isotope experiments result from natural differences in carbon impurity content at DIII-D, it is not the origin of the low to high confinement mode (L-H) transition isotope effect. More specifically, a two times larger edge radial electric field in hydrogen compared to deuterium is uncovered and believed to play an important role. The origin of this radial electric field difference is determined to have two possible origins: differences in poloidal rotation and turbulent Reynolds stress in the closed field line region, and increased outer strike point temperatures and space potentials on open field lines. Experimental observations from both profile and turbulence diagnostics are supported by nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations using the code CGYRO. Simulations illustrated heat transport isotope effects in the plasma edge and shear layer resulting from differences in impurity content, electron non-adiabaticity, and main ion mass dependent E × B shear stabilization. Turbulence prediction comparisons from flux-matched CGYRO simulations to experimental measurements including electron temperature, density and velocity fluctuations are found to be in good agreement with available data. A dedicated DIII-D experiment in hydrogen was performed to seed more carbon than naturally occurring, to match deuterium experiments, and possibly reduce the L-H power threshold based on gyro-kinetic predictions. To our surprise, while ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence was stabilized, nodiscernible change in L-H power threshold were observed in these special hydrogen experiments. In particular, it is noticed that the edge radial electric field and Reynolds stress were observed as nearly unchanging in the presence of ITG stabilization. These experimental data have enabled a more comprehensive picture of the multitude of isotope effects at play in fusion experiments, and the important potential connection between the confined and unconfined plasma regions in regulating L-H transition dynamics.
Published: 2024
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9. Access to stable, high pressure tokamak pedestals using local electron cyclotron current drive

Author: N.C. Logan, B.C. Lyons, M. Knolker, Q. Hu, T. Cote, and P. Snyder
Subjects: ELM suppression, electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD), resonant magnetics perturbations (RMP), Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Experiments on the DIII-D tokamak demonstrate that edge localized mode (ELM) stability can be manipulated using localized electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) in conjunction with resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs). The injection of counter-plasma-current edge ECCD reduces the RMP amplitude required to suppress ELMs and bifurcates the pedestal into a high-confinement regime with 7 kPA pedestal pressure. This is the first time such a high confinement regime has been accessed through the bifurcation from the ballooning stability branch predicted by existing models. These observations are consistent with modeled ECCD manipulation of magnetic islands induced by the RMPs.
Published: 2023
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10. Observation of divertor currents during type-I ELMs on the DIII-D tokamak

Author: M. Knolker, T.E. Evans, A. Wingen, A. Bortolon, C. Chrystal, F. Laggner, R.A. Moyer, R. Nazikian, and H. Zohm
Subjects: Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401
Abstract: In DIII-D, large currents flowing into the divertor floor during edge-localized modes (ELMs) have been measured by an array of shunt current resistors before an increase of heat flux is measured by IR thermography. The diagnostic consists of 40 tiles distributed in five concentric circles in the lower divertor with sampling rates range between 50 and 500 kHz. Typically, the current measured by a single tile during an ELM can reach 500 A. This amounts to 5–25 kA flowing in the divertor tiles. The temporal evolution of the ELM currents shows a first phase with large amplitude oscillations, occurring before the heat flux increase measured by infrared thermography at the same location, lasting between 0.05 ms and 0.3 ms. A second phase follows where the time evolution of the divertor current mimics the evolution of the divertor heat flux. These currents could affect the plasma edge stability in the nonlinear ELM phase and provide a mechanism leading to explosive growth of edge stochasticity, the need of which and existence is predicted in contemporary nonlinear ELM simulations.
Published: 2019
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11. Experimental validation of a model for particle recycling and tungsten erosion during ELMs in the DIII-D divertor

Author: T. Abrams, E.A. Unterberg, A.G. McLean, D.L. Rudakov, W.R. Wampler, M. Knolker, C. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, P.C. Stangeby, D.M. Thomas, and H.Q. Wang
Subjects: Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401
Abstract: A refined version of the Fundamenksi-Moulton 'free-streaming' model (FSM) for the dynamics of divertor density, particle flux, and heat flux during edge localized modes (ELMs) is presented. This model depends only on inter-ELM pedestal and divertor conditions and, crucially, incorporates particle recycling: a FSM with recycling model, FSRM. The effective particle recycling coefficient, Reff, is the only empirical fitting parameter in the FSRM. The predictions of the FSRM are systematically tested against a DIII-D database of ELM ion and energy fluence measurements and are shown to be consistent with the model across a wide range of pedestal and divertor conditions using a constant value of 0.96 for Reff . Predictions for W sputtering during ELMs are developed based on the FSRM. It is concluded that energetic free-streaming D+ ions and C6+ impurities are the dominant contributors to the intra-ELM gross erosion of W in the DIII-D divertor, i.e., recycling ions and impurities have relatively little impact on the total W sputtering rate. These calculations are also shown to be consistent with spectroscopic measurements of W gross erosion for three different pedestal conditions after incorporating the strong electron density dependence of the WI 400.8 nm ionizations/photon (S/XB) coefficient. Keywords: Tungsten sputtering, Tungsten Erosion, WI spectroscopy, Edge Localized Modes, Recycling
Published: 2018
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12. DIII-D research advancing the physics basis for optimizing the tokamak approach to fusion energy

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Zhu, B, Zhu, J, Zhu, Y, Zsutty, M, Zuin, M, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, General Atomics, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Imperial College London, National Institute for Fusion Science, Universidade de São Paulo, University of Texas at Austin, ITER, College of William and Mary, University of California Los Angeles, University of California San Diego, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Eindhoven University of Technology, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, West Virginia University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, National Research Council of Italy, Stony Brook University, Purdue University, University of Seville, University of Science and Technology of China, Carnegie Mellon University, Institute for Plasma Research, Peking University, University of California Davis, University of California Irvine, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, University of Liverpool, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Milan - Bicocca, Georgia Institute of Technology, Southwestern Institute of Physics, University of Toronto, Auburn University, Polytechnic University of Turin, Universidade Lisboa, Association CCFE, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, San Diego State University, Durham University, Lehigh University, Fusion and Plasma Physics, University of Washington, Department of Applied Physics, Sandia National Laboratories, Ghent University, Technical University of Denmark, CEA, University of Colorado Boulder, Harvard University, National Technical University of Athens, Coventry University, University of Stuttgart, Czech Academy of Sciences, Harvey Mudd College, Seoul National University, Donghua University, University of York, Dalian University of Technology, University of California Berkeley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, University of British Columbia, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, University of Strathclyde, Pennsylvania State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Southern California, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Virginia, University of Naples Federico II, University of Oxford, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, National Institute of Technology, University of Connecticut, DIFFER, CIEMAT, Hanyang University, Brigham Young University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Australian National University, Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Zhejiang University, The University of Tokyo, University of Michigan, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, DIII-D Team, Complex Ionized Media, Elementary Processes in Gas Discharges, Applied Physics and Science Education, Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion, and Control Systems Technology
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, Technology and Engineering, DIII-D, Nuclear engineering, TOKAMAKS, MITIGATION, law.invention, Plasma physics, mitigation, law, plasma physic, tokamak, Physics, Core-edge integration, Basis (linear algebra), plasma physics, core-edge integration, scenarios, Fusion power, Condensed Matter Physics, SCENARIOS, fusion energy, Fusion energy
Abstract: Funding Information: This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, using the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility, under Awards DE-FC02-04ER54698 and DE-AC52-07NA27344. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 IAEA, Vienna. DIII-D physics research addresses critical challenges for the operation of ITER and the next generation of fusion energy devices. This is done through a focus on innovations to provide solutions for high performance long pulse operation, coupled with fundamental plasma physics understanding and model validation, to drive scenario development by integrating high performance core and boundary plasmas. Substantial increases in off-axis current drive efficiency from an innovative top launch system for EC power, and in pressure broadening for Alfven eigenmode control from a co-/counter-I p steerable off-axis neutral beam, all improve the prospects for optimization of future long pulse/steady state high performance tokamak operation. Fundamental studies into the modes that drive the evolution of the pedestal pressure profile and electron vs ion heat flux validate predictive models of pedestal recovery after ELMs. Understanding the physics mechanisms of ELM control and density pumpout by 3D magnetic perturbation fields leads to confident predictions for ITER and future devices. Validated modeling of high-Z shattered pellet injection for disruption mitigation, runaway electron dissipation, and techniques for disruption prediction and avoidance including machine learning, give confidence in handling disruptivity for future devices. For the non-nuclear phase of ITER, two actuators are identified to lower the L-H threshold power in hydrogen plasmas. With this physics understanding and suite of capabilities, a high poloidal beta optimized-core scenario with an internal transport barrier that projects nearly to Q = 10 in ITER at ∼8 MA was coupled to a detached divertor, and a near super H-mode optimized-pedestal scenario with co-I p beam injection was coupled to a radiative divertor. The hybrid core scenario was achieved directly, without the need for anomalous current diffusion, using off-axis current drive actuators. Also, a controller to assess proximity to stability limits and regulate β N in the ITER baseline scenario, based on plasma response to probing 3D fields, was demonstrated. Finally, innovative tokamak operation using a negative triangularity shape showed many attractive features for future pilot plant operation.
Published: 2022

13. Advances in prediction of tokamak experiments with theory-based models

Author: E. Fable, M. Knolker, M. Marin, Chanyoung Lee, Jonathan Citrin, M. Q. Wu, G. M. Staebler, Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez, Hyun-Tae Kim, J. E. Kinsey, Clarisse Bourdelle, Teobaldo Luda di Cortemiglia, Yong-Su Na, Jin Myung Park, Clemente Angioni, P. B. Snyder, and Jeronimo Garcia
Subjects: Physics, validation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, law, integrated modeling, Nuclear engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, tokamak, Theory based, law.invention
Abstract: The successful validation of theory-based models of transport, magnetohydrodynamic stability, heating and current drive, with tokamak measurements over the last 20 years, has laid the foundation for a new era where these models can be routinely used in a ‘predict first’ approach to design and predict the outcomes of experiments on tokamaks today. The capability to predict the plasma confinement and core profiles with a quantified uncertainty, based on a multi-machine, international, database of experience, will provide confidence that a proposed discharge will remain within the operational limits of the tokamak. Developing this predictive capability for the first generation of burning plasma devices, beginning with ITER, and progressing to tokamak demonstration reactors, is a critical mission of fusion energy research. Major advances have been made implementing this predict first methodology on today’s tokamaks. An overview of several of these recent advances will be presented, providing the integrated modeling foundations of the experimental successes. The first steps to include boundary plasmas, and tokamak control systems, have been made. A commitment to predicting experiments as part of the planning process is needed in order to collect predictive accuracy data and evolve the models and software into a robust whole discharge pulse design simulator.
Published: 2022

14. Resistive wall tearing mode disruptions in DIII-D and ITER tokamaks

Author: H. R. Strauss, B. C. Lyons, and M. Knolker
Subjects: Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract: Disruptions are a serious problem in tokamaks, in which thermal and magnetic energy confinement is lost. This paper uses data from the DIII-D experiment, theory, and simulations to demonstrate that resistive wall tearing modes (RWTMs) produce the thermal quench (TQ) in a typical locked mode shot. Analysis of the linear RWTM dispersion relation shows the parameter dependence of the growth rate, particularly on the resistive wall time. Linear simulations of the locked mode equilibrium show that it is unstable with a resistive wall and stable with an ideally conducting wall. Nonlinear simulations demonstrate that the RWTM grows to sufficient amplitude to cause a complete thermal quench. The RWTM growth time is proportional to the thermal quench time. The nonlinearly saturated RWTM magnetic perturbation amplitude agrees with experimental measurements. The onset condition is that the q = 2 rational surface is sufficiently close to the resistive wall. Collectively, this identifies the RWTM as the cause of the TQ. In ITER, RWTMs will produce long TQ times compared to present-day experiments. ITER disruptions may be significantly more benign than previously predicted.
Published: 2022

15. Local measurements of the pedestal magnetic field profile throughout the ELM cycle on DIII-D

Author: M. G. Burke, R. J. Fonck, G. R. McKee, K. H. Burrell, S. R. Haskey, M. Knolker, F. M. Laggner, T. H. Osborne, B. S. Victor, and Z. Yan
Subjects: Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract: New high speed localized measurements of the pedestal magnetic field during the edge localized mode (ELM) cycle of a DIII-D High confinement mode (H-mode) discharge indicate a temporally and spatial complex redistribution of the edge current density profile, jedge. The measurement technique extracts the magnetic field magnitude, B, via the spectral separation of Stark-split neutral beam radiation in the pedestal. Single spatial channel measurements from a novel spatial heterodyne spectrometer are validated in discharges with core current profile changes. The technique measures Stark-splitting changes that imply B changes as small as 1 mT with high time resolution (50 μs). At normalized poloidal flux [Formula: see text], B appears saturated in the inter-ELM period and then rapidly decreases in edge, B increases at the ELM crash. The behavior is consistent with a rapid collapse of jedge at the ELM crash and subsequent pedestal recovery. In some discharges, at [Formula: see text], changes in B are observed throughout the ELM cycle. In others, B recovers and is relatively stable until a few ms leading up to the next crash. Measurements of B during the H-mode transition show a large increase at [Formula: see text] with little change at [Formula: see text], consistent with the formation of the edge bootstrap current density peak. The [Formula: see text] spectrum is complicated by predicted changes to the Stark component intensities with density at the L–H transition.
Published: 2022

16. Multiscale Chirping Modes Driven by Thermal Ions in a Plasma with Reactor-Relevant Ion Temperature

Author: Xiaodi Du, N. W. Eidietis, M. Knolker, Wen Wu, M. A. Van Zeeland, Yueqiang Liu, T. L. Rhodes, Max E Austin, Huiqian Wang, William Heidbrink, Antti Snicker, Xiang Jian, R. Hong, Neal Crocker, K. Särkimäki, General Atomics, University of California Los Angeles, University of California Irvine, University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
Subjects: Range (particle radiation), Materials science, Tokamak, General Physics and Astronomy, Plasma, Instability, Molecular physics, law.invention, Ion, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, Excited state, Thermal, Microturbulence
Abstract: Funding Information: The author (X. D. Du) would like to thank F. Zonca and L. Chen for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the US DOE under DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-AC02-09CH11466, DE-SC0015878, and DE-SC0018287. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 American Physical Society. A thermal ion driven bursting instability with rapid frequency chirping, considered as an Alfvénic ion temperature gradient mode, has been observed in plasmas having reactor-relevant temperature in the DIII-D tokamak. The modes are excited over a wide spatial range from macroscopic device size to microturbulence size and the perturbation energy propagates across multiple spatial scales. The radial mode structure is able to expand from local to global in ∼0.1 ms and it causes magnetic topology changes in the plasma edge, which can lead to a minor disruption event. Since the mode is typically observed in the high ion temperature ≳10 keV and high-β plasma regime, the manifestation of the mode in future reactors should be studied with development of mitigation strategies, if needed. This is the first observation of destabilization of the Alfvén continuum caused by the compressibility of ions with reactor-relevant ion temperature.
Published: 2021

17. Observation of divertor currents during type-I ELMs on the DIII-D tokamak

Author: H. Zohm, Alessandro Bortolon, R.A. Moyer, Raffi Nazikian, Andreas Wingen, M. Knolker, Todd Evans, Florian Laggner, and Colin Chrystal
Subjects: 010302 applied physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, Materials science, DIII-D, Materials Science (miscellaneous), Divertor, Time evolution, Mechanics, lcsh:TK9001-9401, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Amplitude, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Heat flux, law, 0103 physical sciences, Thermography, lcsh:Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, Resistor
Abstract: In DIII-D, large currents flowing into the divertor floor during edge-localized modes (ELMs) have been measured by an array of shunt current resistors before an increase of heat flux is measured by IR thermography. The diagnostic consists of 40 tiles distributed in five concentric circles in the lower divertor with sampling rates range between 50 and 500 kHz. Typically, the current measured by a single tile during an ELM can reach 500 A. This amounts to 5–25 kA flowing in the divertor tiles. The temporal evolution of the ELM currents shows a first phase with large amplitude oscillations, occurring before the heat flux increase measured by infrared thermography at the same location, lasting between 0.05 ms and 0.3 ms. A second phase follows where the time evolution of the divertor current mimics the evolution of the divertor heat flux. These currents could affect the plasma edge stability in the nonlinear ELM phase and provide a mechanism leading to explosive growth of edge stochasticity, the need of which and existence is predicted in contemporary nonlinear ELM simulations.
Published: 2019

18. Understanding the core confinement in DIII-D super-H experiments by transport modeling

Author: X. Jian, C. Holland, S. Ding, M. Knolker, P.B. Snyder, V.S. Chan, A.M. Garofalo, and B. Grierson
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract: The DIII-D super-H (SH) scenario, which is characterized by a significantly higher pedestal pressure compared to standard high confinement mode (H mode) plasmas, typically exhibits two phases in its temporal dynamics. The early hot ion (SH–HI) phase has higher core ion temperatures and normalized confinement factor (H 98(y,2) ∼ 2) than the later ‘standard’ SH phase, which has similar pedestal pressure characteristics to the SH–HI phase but a lower confinement factor (H 98(y,2) ∼ 1.2) as well as lower pedestal T i/T e ratio. However, beyond the pedestal differences, it is also observed that in the core plasma T i is more peaked and has a significantly larger normalized gradient scale length a/L Ti in the SH–HI phase than in the SH phase. This paper identifies the physics responsible for the different core profiles via gyrokinetic and gyrofluid modeling. It is found that the ion temperature gradient (ITG) mode dominates the core transport for both phases. Absent flow shear effects, the ITG critical gradient (a/L Ti,crit) is shown to be far smaller in the SH–HI phase than the SH phase. The lower a/L Ti,crit in the SH–HI phase is shown to be mainly induced by the hollow carbon (impurity) density profile, which is strongly destabilizing relative to the nearly flat carbon density profile in the SH phase. Differences in the T i/T e ratio between these phases are found to have a minor impact. However, the significantly stronger flow shearing in the SH–HI phase relative to the SH phase enables the achievement of higher core a/L Ti values and is therefore mainly responsible for the higher core T i values observed in the early SH–HI phase. Predictive transport modeling shows that the confinement in the lower-rotation SH phase could be elevated significantly if a peaked impurity density profile can be achieved, and potential applications to the performance improvement of future reactors are discussed.
Published: 2022

19. Experimental validation of a model for particle recycling and tungsten erosion during ELMs in the DIII-D divertor

Author: C.J. Lasnier, Adam McLean, Tyler Abrams, M. Knolker, Huiqian Wang, Daniel Thomas, William R. Wampler, D.L. Rudakov, A.W. Leonard, Ezekial A Unterberg, and P.C. Stangeby
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electron density, Range (particle radiation), Materials science, DIII-D, Materials Science (miscellaneous), Divertor, lcsh:TK9001-9401, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Ion, Pedestal, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Heat flux, Sputtering, 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics
Abstract: A refined version of the Fundamenksi-Moulton 'free-streaming' model (FSM) for the dynamics of divertor density, particle flux, and heat flux during edge localized modes (ELMs) is presented. This model depends only on inter-ELM pedestal and divertor conditions and, crucially, incorporates particle recycling: a FSM with recycling model, FSRM. The effective particle recycling coefficient, Reff, is the only empirical fitting parameter in the FSRM. The predictions of the FSRM are systematically tested against a DIII-D database of ELM ion and energy fluence measurements and are shown to be consistent with the model across a wide range of pedestal and divertor conditions using a constant value of 0.96 for Reff . Predictions for W sputtering during ELMs are developed based on the FSRM. It is concluded that energetic free-streaming D+ ions and C6+ impurities are the dominant contributors to the intra-ELM gross erosion of W in the DIII-D divertor, i.e., recycling ions and impurities have relatively little impact on the total W sputtering rate. These calculations are also shown to be consistent with spectroscopic measurements of W gross erosion for three different pedestal conditions after incorporating the strong electron density dependence of the WI 400.8 nm ionizations/photon (S/XB) coefficient. Keywords: Tungsten sputtering, Tungsten Erosion, WI spectroscopy, Edge Localized Modes, Recycling
Published: 2018

20. On the stability and stationarity of the Super H-mode combined with an ion transport barrier in the core

Author: W. M. Solomon, Jeremy Hanson, M. Knolker, A.E. Jaervinen, Carlos Paz-Soldan, P. B. Snyder, Joseph McClenaghan, Brian Grierson, Theresa Wilks, T.H. Osborne, Xiang Jian, and Todd Evans
Subjects: Materials science, Pedestal, Mode (statistics), Condensed Matter Physics, Stability (probability), Molecular physics, Core (optical fiber), Transients, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Physics::Plasma Physics, Stability, Ion transporter, Super H-mode
Abstract: The Super H-mode, a regime with high pedestal pressure and stored energy, is explored on DIII-D and combined with an ion transport barrier in the plasma core to increase performance. A significant improvement of ion temperatures and confinement is facilitated by favorable conditions such as high rotational shear and high ion pedestal temperatures. As a result of a rise in density and simultaneous decrease in rotation, the ion transport barrier disappears during the discharge evolution, leading to a transition from a very high confinement state at early times, to a reduced but still high confinement phase. Additionally, in many discharges, a global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) event consistent with the coupling of a destabilized internal mode to an edge localized mode causes a large energy loss and leads to a reorganization of the plasma into a lower temperature, higher density state. Depending on the magnitude of the global MHD event, the plasma edge collisionality can increase significantly and shift the operational boundary from the peeling to the ballooning side, which can be understood as a drop out of the Super H-mode channel into standard H-mode. Hence, in Super H-mode discharges with ion transport barriers, both the improved pedestal height and rotational shear contribute to the high stored energy. At very low levels of rotation, the confinement factor for SH modes is still expected to exceed standard H-mode by 20%–30%. With their overall stationarity and high-performance levels, Super H-mode discharges provide an attractive regime for ITER and may enable a more compact design of future fusion power plants.
Published: 2021

21. Deconvolving the roles of E × B shear and pedestal structure in the energy confinement quality of super H-mode experiments

Author: A.M. Garofalo, S. Ding, W.M. Solomon, B.A. Grierson, X. Jian, T.H. Osborne, C. Holland, M. Knolker, F.M. Laggner, C. Chrystal, A. Marinoni, and C.C. Petty
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract: Analysis of ‘super H-mode’ experiments on DIII-D has put forward that high plasma toroidal rotation, not high pedestal, plays the essential role in achieving energy confinement qualityH98y2≫ 1 (Dinget al2020Nucl. Fusion60034001). Recently, super H-mode experiments with variable input torque have confirmed that high rotation shear discharges have very high levels ofH98y2(>1.5), independent of the pedestal height, and that high pedestal discharges with low rotation shear have levels ofH98y2only slightly above 1 (⩽1.2). Although some increase in stored energy with higher pedestal occurs, the energy confinement quality mainly depends on the toroidal rotation shear, which varies according to different levels of injected neutral beam torque per particle. Quasi-linear gyrofluid modeling achieves a good match of the experiment when including theE×Bshear; without including plasma rotation, the modeling predicts a confinement quality consistent with the empirical observation ofH98y2∼ 1.2 at low rotation. Nonlinear gyrokinetic transport modeling shows that the effect ofE×Bturbulence stabilization is far larger than other mechanisms, such as the so-called hot-ion stabilization (Ti/Te) effect. Consistent with these experimental and modeling results are previous simulations of the ITER baseline scenario using a super H-mode pedestal solution (Solomonet al2016Phys. Plasmas23056105), which showed the potential to exceed theQ= 10 target if the pedestal density could be increased above the Greenwald limit. A close look at these simulations reveals that the predicted energy confinement quality is below 1 even at the highest pedestal pressure. The improvement inQat higher pedestal density is due to the improved fusion power generation at the higher core density associated with higher pedestal density, not to an improved energy confinement quality.
Published: 2022

22. Optimizing the Super H-mode pedestal to improve performance and facilitate divertor integration

Author: Adam McLean, Theresa Wilks, A.E. Jaervinen, M. Knolker, Filippo Scotti, Tamsin Osborne, Florian Laggner, Xiang Jian, David Eldon, Carlos Paz-Soldan, W. M. Solomon, Todd Evans, Brian Grierson, Joseph McClenaghan, and P. B. Snyder
Subjects: Physics, Jet (fluid), Tokamak, Nuclear engineering, Divertor, Plasma, Fusion power, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Pedestal, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Radiative transfer, 010306 general physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract: Access to Super H-mode is demonstrated for moderately shaped plasmas in agreement with EPED [Snyder et al., Phys. Plasmas 16, 056118 (2009)] predictions. In particular, Super H-mode is realized in a DIII-D shape that is accessible to the JET tokamak. The reduced triangularity of the JET-compatible shape compared to previous Super H-mode plasma shapes does not prevent deep ascension into the so-called Super H-mode "channel."Operationally, access is enabled and optimized by delaying the neutral beam power injection and, thus, protracting the L-H transition. In highly shaped DIII-D plasmas, the injection of nitrogen sufficient for the establishment of a radiative divertor is shown to be possible during Super H-mode without pedestal degradation. Due to its increased stored energy and radiative divertor integration capabilities, Super H-mode is a promising candidate as operating regime for JET, ITER, and future fusion reactors.
Published: 2020

23. Ion thermal transport in the H-mode edge transport barrier on DIII-D

Author: S. R. Haskey, Arash Ashourvan, S. Banerjee, K. Barada, E. A. Belli, A. Bortolon, J. Candy, J. Chen, C. Chrystal, B. A. Grierson, R. J. Groebner, F. M. Laggner, M. Knolker, G. J. Kramer, M. R. Major, G. Mckee, G. M. Staebler, Z. Yan, and M. A. Van Zeeland
Subjects: Condensed Matter Physics
Published: 2022

24. Pellet triggering of edge localized modes in low collisionality pedestals at DIII-D

Author: Daisuke Shiraki, Robert Wilcox, Filippo Scotti, Colin Chrystal, M. Knolker, Larry R. Baylor, Alessandro Bortolon, C.J. Lasnier, Carlos Paz-Soldan, Igor Bykov, and Andreas Wingen
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, DIII-D, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Plasma Physics, Pellet, Atomic physics, Edge (geometry), Collisionality, Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract: Edge localized modes (ELMs) are triggered using deuterium pellets injected into plasmas with ITER-relevant low collisionality pedestals, and the resulting peak ELM energy fluence is reduced by approximately 25%–50% relative to natural ELMs destabilized at similar pedestal pressures. Cryogenically frozen deuterium pellets are injected from the low-field side of the DIII-D tokamak at frequencies lower than the natural ELM frequency, and heat flux is measured by infrared cameras. Ideal MHD pedestal stability calculations show that without pellet injection, these low collisionality pedestals were limited by their current density (peeling-limited) rather than their pressure gradient (ballooning-limited). ELM triggering success correlates strongly with pellet mass, consistent with the theory that a large pressure perturbation is required to trigger an ELM in low collisionality discharges that are far from the ballooning stability boundary. For sufficiently large pellets, both instantaneous and time-integrated ELM energy deposition measured by infrared cameras is reduced with respect to naturally occurring ELMs at the inner strike point, which is the position where it is largest for natural ELMs. Energy fluence at the outer strike point is less effected. Cameras observing both heat flux and D-alpha emission often find significant toroidally asymmetric striations in the outboard far scrape-off layer resulting from ELMs that are triggered by pellets. Toroidal asymmetries at the inner strike point are similar between natural and pellet-triggered ELMs, suggesting that the reduction in peak heat flux and total fluence at that location is robust for the conditions reported here.
Published: 2021

25. Development of an integrated core–edge scenario using the super H-mode

Author: Adam McLean, Florian Laggner, P. B. Snyder, L. Casali, Tom Osborne, Jerry Hughes, David Eldon, Theresa Wilks, Colin Chrystal, C.J. Lasnier, J.G. Watkins, Carlos Paz-Soldan, Brian Grierson, M. Knolker, Filippo Scotti, and Huiqian Wang
Subjects: Core (optical fiber), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, Mode (statistics), Development (differential geometry), Edge (geometry), Condensed Matter Physics, Computational physics
Abstract: An optimized pedestal regime called the super-H (SH) mode is leveraged to couple a fusion relevant core plasma with a high density scrape-off layer appropriate for realistic reactor power exhaust solutions. Recent DIII-D experiments have expanded the operating space of the SH regime using advanced control algorithms and investigated optimization of impurity seeding, deuterium gas puffing, and 3D magnetic perturbations. Simultaneous real-time control of the pedestal density and radiated power with in-vessel coils and nitrogen seeding enable optimal coupled divertor and pedestal conditions. Four case studies are analysed with varied levels of radiated power in the divertor volume ranging from 0 (no seeding) to 8.5 MW radiated from carbon and nitrogen emission. Plasmas with a 4.5 MW radiated power target establish a radiative mantle, leading to divertor temperatures of ∼16 eV while maintaining SH-mode, and with only marginal impact on the pedestal and core performance. Increased levels of N2 seeding with a 7.5 MW radiated power target facilitate detachment onset and divertor temperatures 2.5{\tau }_{\text{E}}$?> > 2.5 τ E . Finally, a 8.5 MW radiated power target leads to partial detachment, which is so far associated with the loss of access to SH-mode pedestal conditions.
Published: 2021

26. The role of toroidal rotation in the very high energy confinement quality observed in super H-mode experiments on DIII-D

Author: Joseph McClenaghan, W. M. Solomon, Brian Grierson, M. Knolker, S. Ding, A.M. Garofalo, Alessandro Marinoni, Xiang Jian, and Christopher Holland
Subjects: Physics, Shear (sheet metal), Quality (physics), Toroid, Pedestal, DIII-D, Physics::Plasma Physics, Particle, Plasma, Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics, Rotation
Abstract: In this paper, we report the key role that toroidal rotation and the related E × B shear physics played in the very high energy confinement quality ( H98y2>1.5) of super H-mode experiments on DIII-D. Experiments show that the energy confinement quality decreases when toroidal rotation decreases due to the decreased externally controlled torque per particle. Meanwhile, the total pedestal pressure in the experiments remains very high during the rotation and confinement quality change. TGYRO transport modeling suggests the contribution from rotation in the E × B shear is responsible for the confinement quality in excess of standard H-mode ( H98y2∼1). CGYRO gyrokinetic simulations reveal the governing physics in the core plasma of super H-modes: significant up-shift of nonlinear the ITG critical gradient is observed when applying E × B shear physics in the modeling based on experimental data. The effects of other physical parameters and contribution from pedestal height, which may play minor roles in this study, are also discussed.
Published: 2021

27. DIII-D research towards establishing the scientific basis for future fusion reactors

Author: L. Abadie, T. W. Abrams, J. Ahn, T. Akiyama, P. Aleynikov, J. Allcock, E. O. Allen, S. Allen, J. P. Anderson, A. Ashourvan, M. E. Austin, J. Bak, K. K. Barada, N. Barbour, L. Bardoczi, J. Barr, J. L. Barton, E. M. Bass, D. Battaglia, L. R. Baylor, J. Beckers, E. A. Belli, J. W. Berkery, N. Bertelli, J. M. Bialek, J. A. Boedo, R. L. Boivin, P. T. Bonoli, A. Bortolon, M. D. Boyer, R. E. Brambila, B. Bray, D. P. Brennan, A. R. Briesemeister, S. A. Bringuier, M. W. Brookman, D. L. Brower, B. R. Brown, W. D. Brown, D. Buchenauer, M. G. Burke, K. H. Burrell, J. Butt, R. J. Buttery, I. Bykov, J. M. Candy, J. M. Canik, N. M. Cao, L. Carbajal Gomez, L. C. Carlson, T. N. Carlstrom, T. A. Carter, W. Cary, L. Casali, M. Cengher, V. S. Chan, B. Chen, J. Chen, M. Chen, R. Chen, Xi Chen, W. Choi, C. Chrobak, C. Chrystal, R. M. Churchill, M. Cianciosa, C. F. Clauser, M. Clement, J. Coburn, C. S. Collins, A. W. Cooper, B. M. Covele, J. W. Crippen, N. A. Crocker, B. J. Crowley, A. Dal Molin, E. M. Davis, J. S. deGrassie, C. A. del-Castillo-Negrete, L. F. Delgado-Aparicio, A. Diallo, S. J. Diem, R. Ding, S. Ding, W. Ding, J. L. Doane, D. C. Donovan, J. Drake, D. Du, H. Du, X. Du, V. Duarte, J. D. Duran, N. W. Eidietis, D. Elder, D. Eldon, W. Elwasif, T. E. Ely, K. M. Eng, K. Engelhorn, D. Ennis, K. Erickson, D. R. Ernst, T. E. Evans, M. E. Fenstermacher, N. M. Ferraro, J. R. Ferron, D. F. Finkenthal, P. A. Fisher, B. Fishler, S. M. Flanagan, J. A. Fooks, L. Frassinetti, H. G. Frerichs, Y. Fu, T. Fulop, Q. Gao, F. Garcia, A. M. Garofalo, A. Gattuso, L. Giacomelli, E. M. Giraldez, C. Giroud, F. Glass, P. Gohil, X. Gong, Y. A. Gorelov, R. S. Granetz, D. L. Green, C. M. Greenfield, B. A. Grierson, R. J. Groebner, W. H. Grosnickle, M. Groth, H. J. Grunloh, H. Y. Guo, W. Guo, J. Guterl, R. C. Hager, S. Hahn, F. D. Halpern, H. Han, M. J. Hansink, J. M. Hanson, J. Harris, S. R. Haskey, D. R. Hatch, W. W. Heidbrink, J. Herfindal, D. N. Hill, M. D. Hill, E. T. Hinson, C. T. Holcomb, C. 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Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, fusion, model, Tokamak, DIII-D, Divertor, Mechanics, Plasma, Fusion power, Dissipation, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Pedestal, Heat flux, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, tokamak, plasma, energy
Abstract: DIII-D research is addressing critical challenges in preparation for ITER and the next generation of fusion devices through focusing on plasma physics fundamentals that underpin key fusion goals, understanding the interaction of disparate core and boundary plasma physics, and developing integrated scenarios for achieving high performance fusion regimes. Fundamental investigations into fusion energy science find that anomalous dissipation of runaway electrons (RE) that arise following a disruption is likely due to interactions with RE-driven kinetic instabilities, some of which have been directly observed, opening a new avenue for RE energy dissipation using naturally excited waves. Dimensionless parameter scaling of intrinsic rotation and gyrokinetic simulations give a predicted ITER rotation profile with significant turbulence stabilization. Coherence imaging spectroscopy confirms near sonic flow throughout the divertor towards the target, which may account for the convection-dominated parallel heat flux. Core-boundary integration studies show that the small angle slot divertor achieves detachment at lower density and extends plasma cooling across the divertor target plate, which is essential for controlling heat flux and erosion. The Super H-mode regime has been extended to high plasma current (2.0 MA) and density to achieve very high pedestal pressures (~30 kPa) and stored energy (3.2 MJ) with H 98y2 ≈ 1.6–2.4. In scenario work, the ITER baseline Q = 10 scenario with zero injected torque is found to have a fusion gain metric independent of current between q 95 = 2.8–3.7, and a lower limit of pedestal rotation for RMP ELM suppression has been found. In the wide pedestal QH-mode regime that exhibits improved performance and no ELMs, the start-up counter torque has been eliminated so that the entire discharge uses ≈0 injected torque and the operating space is more ITER-relevant. Finally, the high- (⩽3.8) hybrid scenario has been extended to the high-density levels necessary for radiating divertor operation, achieving ~40% divertor heat flux reduction using either argon or neon with P tot up to 15 MW.
Published: 2019

28. Pedestal stability analysis on MAST in preparation for MAST-U

Author: Tom Osborne, A. Kirk, L. Kogan, P. B. Snyder, Samuli Saarelma, M. Knolker, S. S. Henderson, and Emily Belli
Subjects: Mast (sailing), Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Pedestal, Biophysics, Spherical tokamak, Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract: In preparation for the upcoming MAST-U campaign, pedestal stability of spherical tokamaks is revisited by investigating standard H-mode discharges on MAST. As a step beyond previous studies, both ion and electron profiles are used for obtaining equilibria and a diverse set of pedestals is evaluated. Stability analysis with the ELITE and CGYRO codes shows that MAST pedestals are constrained by kinetic ballooning modes and medium toroidal mode number peeling-ballooning modes, with most unstable modes ranging from n = 25 to n = 45. In discharges with a steep q profile at the edge a larger number of poloidal harmonics is excited for each toroidal mode. A comparison with discharges on DIII-D with matched shape and similar non-dimensional parameters indicates that the increased shear at lower aspect ratio stabilizes low n peeling modes.
Published: 2021

29. DIII-D research towards establishing the scientific basis for future fusion reactors

Author: Abadie, L, Abrams, T, Ahn, J, Akiyama, T, Aleynikov, P, Allcock, J, Allen, E, Allen, S, Anderson, J, Ashourvan, A, Austin, M, Bak, J, Barada, K, Barbour, N, Bardoczi, L, Barr, J, Barton, J, Bass, E, Battaglia, D, Baylor, L, Beckers, J, Belli, E, Berkery, J, Bertelli, N, Bialek, J, Boedo, J, Boivin, R, Bonoli, P, Bortolon, A, Boyer, M, Brambila, R, Bray, B, Brennan, D, Briesemeister, A, Bringuier, S, Brookman, M, Brower, D, Brown, B, Brown, W, Buchenauer, D, Burke, M, Burrell, K, Butt, J, Buttery, R, Bykov, I, Candy, J, Canik, J, Cao, N, Carbajal Gomez, L, Carlson, L, Carlstrom, T, Carter, T, Cary, W, Casali, L, Cengher, M, Chan, V, Chen, B, Chen, J, Chen, M, Chen, R, Chen, X, Choi, W, Chrobak, C, Chrystal, C, Churchill, R, Cianciosa, M, Clauser, C, Clement, M, Coburn, J, Collins, C, Cooper, A, Covele, B, Crippen, J, Crocker, N, Crowley, B, Dal Molin, A, Davis, E, Degrassie, J, del-Castillo-Negrete, C, Delgado-Aparicio, L, Diallo, A, Diem, S, Ding, R, Ding, S, Ding, W, Doane, J, 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C, Montes, K, Morales, M, Mordijck, S, Moser, A, Moyer, R, Muller, S, Munaretto, S, Murakami, M, Murphy, C, Muscatello, C, Myers, C, Nagy, A, Navratil, G, Nazikian, R, Neff, A, Neiser, T, Nelson, A, Nguyen, P, Nguyen, R, Nichols, J, Nocente, M, Nygren, R, O'Neill, R, Odstrcil, T, Ohdachi, S, Okabayashi, M, Olofsson, E, Ono, M, Orlov, D, Osborne, T, Pablant, N, Pace, D, Paguio, R, Pajares Martinez, A, Pan, C, Pankin, A, Park, J, Park, Y, Parker, C, Parker, S, Parks, P, Pawley, C, Paz-Soldan, C, Peebles, W, Penaflor, B, Petrie, T, Petty, C, Peysson, Y, Pigarov, A, Piglowski, D, Pinsker, R, Piovesan, P, Piper, N, Pitts, R, Pizzo, J, Podesta, M, Poli, F, Ponce, D, Porkolab, M, Porter, G, Prater, R, Qian, J, Ra, O, Rafiq, T, Raman, R, Rand, C, Randall, G, Rauch, J, Rea, C, Reinke, M, Ren, J, Ren, Q, Ren, Y, Rhodes, T, Rice, J, Rognlien, T, Rost, J, Rowan, W, Rudakov, D, Salmi, A, Sammuli, B, Samuell, C, Sandorfi, A, Sang, C, Sauter, O, Schissel, D, Schmitz, L, Schmitz, O, Schuster, E, 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A. Peebles, B. G. Penaflor, T. W. Petrie, C. C. Petty, Y. Peysson, A. Y. Pigarov, D. A. Piglowski, R. I. Pinsker, P. Piovesan, N. Piper, R. A. Pitts, J. D. Pizzo, M. L. Podesta, F. M. Poli, D. Ponce, M. Porkolab, G. D. Porter, R. Prater, J. Qian, O. Ra, T. Rafiq, R. Raman, C. Rand, G. C. Randall, J. M. Rauch, C. Rea, M. L. Reinke, J. Ren, Q. Ren, Y. Ren, T. L. Rhodes, J. Rice, T. D. Rognlien, J. C. Rost, W. L. Rowan, D. L. Rudakov, A. Salmi, B. S. Sammuli, C. M. Samuell, A. M. Sandorfi, C. Sang, O. J. Sauter, D. P. Schissel, L. Schmitz, O. Schmitz, E. J. Schuster, J. T. Scoville, A. Seltzman, I. Sfiligoi, M. Shafer, H. Shen, T. Shi, D. Shiraki, H. Si, D. R. Smith, S. P. Smith, J. A. Snipes, P. B. Snyder, E. R. Solano, W. M. Solomon, A. C. Sontag, V. A. Soukhanovskii, D. A. Spong, W. M. Stacey, G. M. Staebler, L. Stagner, B. Stahl, P. C. Stangeby, T. J. Stoltzfus-Dueck, D. P. Stotler, E. J. Strait, D. Su, L. E. Sugiyama, A. A. Sulyman, Y. Sun, C. Sung, W. A. Suttrop, Y. Suzuki, A. Svyatkovskiy, R. M. Sweeney, S. Taimourzadeh, M. Takechi, T. Tala, H. Tan, S. Tang, X. Tang, D. Taussig, G. Taylor, N. Z. Taylor, T. S. Taylor, A. Teklu, D. M. Thomas, M. B. Thomas, K. E. Thome, A. R. Thorman, R. A. Tinguely, B. J. Tobias, J. F. Tooker, H. Torreblanca, A. Torrezan De Sousa, G. L. Trevisan, D. Truong, F. Turco, A. D. Turnbull, E. A. Unterberg, P. Vaezi, P. J. Vail, M. A. Van Zeeland, M. Velasco Enriquez, M. C. Venkatesh, B. S. Victor, F. Volpe, M. R. Wade, M. L. Walker, J. R. Wall, G. M. Wallace, R. E. Waltz, G. Wang, H. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, F. Wang, S. H. Ward, J. G. Watkins, M. Watkins, W. P. Wehner, M. Weiland, D. B. Weisberg, A. S. Welander, A. E. White, R. B. White, D. Whyte, T. A. Wijkamp, R. Wilcox, T. Wilks, H. R. Wilson, A. Wingen, E. Wolfe, M. Wu, W. Wu, S. J. Wukitch, T. Xia, N. Xiang, B. Xiao, R. Xie, G. Xu, H. Xu, X. Xu, Z. Yan, Q. Yang, X. Yang, M. Yoshida, G. Yu, J. H. Yu, M. Yu, S. A. Zamperini, L. Zeng, B. Zhao, D. Zhao, H. Zhao, Y. Zhao, Y. Zhu, and B. Zywicki
Abstract: DIII-D research is addressing critical challenges in preparation for ITER and the next generation of fusion devices through focusing on plasma physics fundamentals that underpin key fusion goals, understanding the interaction of disparate core and boundary plasma physics, and developing integrated scenarios for achieving high performance fusion regimes. Fundamental investigations into fusion energy science find that anomalous dissipation of runaway electrons (RE) that arise following a disruption is likely due to interactions with RE-driven kinetic instabilities, some of which have been directly observed, opening a new avenue for RE energy dissipation using naturally excited waves. Dimensionless parameter scaling of intrinsic rotation and gyrokinetic simulations give a predicted ITER rotation profile with significant turbulence stabilization. Coherence imaging spectroscopy confirms near sonic flow throughout the divertor towards the target, which may account for the convection-dominated parallel heat flux. Core-boundary integration studies show that the small angle slot divertor achieves detachment at lower density and extends plasma cooling across the divertor target plate, which is essential for controlling heat flux and erosion. The Super H-mode regime has been extended to high plasma current (2.0 MA) and density to achieve very high pedestal pressures (∼30 kPa) and stored energy (3.2 MJ) with H 98y2 ≈ 1.6-2.4. In scenario work, the ITER baseline Q = 10 scenario with zero injected torque is found to have a fusion gain metric independent of current between q 95 = 2.8-3.7, and a lower limit of pedestal rotation for RMP ELM suppression has been found. In the wide pedestal QH-mode regime that exhibits improved performance and no ELMs, the start-up counter torque has been eliminated so that the entire discharge uses ≈0 injected torque and the operating space is more ITER-relevant. Finally, the high- (3.8) hybrid scenario has been extended to the high-density levels ne
Published: 2019

30. Response of thermal and fast-ion transport to beam ion population, rotation and T e/T i in the DIII-D steady state hybrid scenario

Author: M. A. Van Zeeland, Christopher Holland, T. L. Rhodes, Choongki Sung, C.C. Petty, Kathreen Thome, David Pace, Sterling Smith, G. J. Kramer, Joseph McClenaghan, Long Zeng, Y. B. Zhu, Francesca Turco, Brian Grierson, Xiaodi Du, G.R. McKee, and M. Knolker
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, education.field_of_study, Steady state (electronics), DIII-D, Population, Condensed Matter Physics, Rotation, Ion, Thermal, Atomic physics, education, Ion transporter, Beam (structure)
Abstract: The thermal and fast-ion transport properties of DIII-D steady-state hybrid discharges with normalized beta β N ≳ 3 are studied at low injected torque and an increased electron to ion temperature ratio T e/T i. Linear stability analysis performed with the TGLF turbulent code indicates that a high-k mode is usually dominant at smaller radii, whereas a low-k mode is usually dominant at larger radii in these plasmas. A reduction in the net injected torque from 8.6 to 4.3 N-m leads to reduced E × B shear and hence, an enhanced turbulence that was observed on the Doppler backscattering diagnostic and was also computed with TGLF. As T e/T i in the core was increased from 0.57 to 0.66 by adding electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) to these plasmas, higher levels of transport are observed with increased high-k modes indicated by TGLF. The fast-ion transport level varied over an order of magnitude in these discharges depending on whether Alfvén eigenmodes, fishbones, or no instabilities were observed. Hybrid plasmas with fishbones have decreased fast-ion transport, compared to plasmas with Alfvén eigenmodes, since they are resonant with a smaller portion of phase space and their resonance is farther from the wall. This reduction in fast-ion transport with ECCD mitigates the increase in turbulent transport, resulting in higher performance than expected during strong electron heating. Similarly, the lowest fast-ion transport was observed in the low torque plasma, which also led to better than expected performance at this torque value. The thermal and fast-ion transport changes observed as the torque/rotation and T e/T i are varied indicate possible methods for transferring this scenario to a reactor.
Published: 2021

31. Impact of shape on pedestal characteristics in the wide pedestal quiescent H-mode in the DIII-D tokamak

Author: P. B. Snyder, D. M. Kriete, Theresa Wilks, Kshitish Barada, Xi Chen, Jerry Hughes, K. H. Burrell, Lucas Morton, T. L. Rhodes, M. Knolker, and Carlos Paz-Soldan
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Optics, Pedestal, Tokamak, DIII-D, business.industry, law, Turbulence, Mode (statistics), Condensed Matter Physics, business, law.invention
Abstract: Experiments on the DIII-D tokamak have advanced the operational limits of wide pedestal quiescent H-mode plasmas towards increased ITER relevance by simultaneously demonstrating well-matched plasma shape and net zero injected torque. Wide pedestal QH-modes are a compelling candidate regime for a future power producing device because they maintain a stationary pedestal without ELMs via additional edge transport. The pedestal is wider than what would be predicted from kinetic ballooning mode physics due to enhanced edge transport generated by broadband turbulence, a limit cycle oscillation, or some combination thereof. Compared to the double null shape, the lower single null shape is observed to have a lower density, narrower pedestal width, larger density fluctuations over a broad range of wavenumber, and operates closer to the peeling-ballooning instability boundary calculated from the simple pedestal scaling, Δ ψ N , which is still observed to be wider than the EPED prediction.
Published: 2021

32. On the very high energy confinement observed in super H-mode DIII-D experiments

Author: Joseph McClenaghan, M. Knolker, Siye Ding, Brian Grierson, A.M. Garofalo, and Alessandro Marinoni
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Toroid, Materials science, DIII-D, Phase (waves), Condensed Matter Physics, Rotation, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Shear (sheet metal), Core (optical fiber), Pedestal, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract: Analysis of recent super H-mode experiments on DIII-D shows that high rotation, not high pedestal, plays the essential role in achieving very high confinement . Very high confinement is reached early on in the H-mode phase of these discharges, when the pedestal is still very low, but after the toroidal rotation has already built-up to very high levels in the core. As the discharge evolves, the rotation drops, and so does the energy confinement, despite a sustained very high pressure pedestal. During this evolution, the confinement quality is linearly correlated with the core toroidal rotation, which varies according to different levels of injected neutral beam torque per particle. Core transport modeling shows that the contribution from rotation in the shear is responsible for confinement quality significantly in excess of standard H-mode ().
Published: 2020

33. Investigation of the role of pedestal pressure and collisionality on type-I ELM divertor heat loads in DIII-D

Author: E. M. Davis, M. Knolker, B. Sieglin, R. J. Buttery, M.E. Fenstermacher, G. P. Canal, Alessandro Bortolon, T.H. Osborne, C.J. Lasnier, A.W. Leonard, R.A. Moyer, H. Zohm, Tyler Abrams, Eric Hollmann, T.E. Evans, Carlos Paz-Soldan, R. J. Groebner, and Raffi Nazikian
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Pedestal, DIII-D, Divertor, 0103 physical sciences, Mechanics, Collisionality, 010306 general physics, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas
Published: 2018

34. Controlled neoclassical tearing mode (NTM) healing by fueling pellets and its impact on electron cyclotron current drive requirements for complete NTM stabilization

Author: Todd Evans, B. H. Park, Frank Jenko, R.J. La Haye, George McKee, Minjun Choi, M. Knolker, Se Hoon Park, Daisuke Shiraki, A. Banon Navarro, L. Bardoczi, and Minho Woo
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, law, Tearing, Cyclotron, Pellets, Mode (statistics), Electron, Mechanics, Current (fluid), Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention
Published: 2019

35. Divertor currents during type-I edge-localized modes on the DIII-D tokamak

Author: H. Zohm, M. Knolker, R. A. Moyer, Alessandro Bortolon, Raffi Nazikian, Todd Evans, Florian Laggner, and Andreas Wingen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, DIII-D, law, Divertor, Edge (geometry), Current (fluid), Condensed Matter Physics, Computational physics, law.invention
Published: 2019

36. High fusion performance in Super H-mode experiments on Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D

Author: Egemen Kolemen, Brian Grierson, Theodore Golfinopoulos, Y. B. Zhu, W. M. Solomon, T.H. Osborne, Brian LaBombard, Amanda Hubbard, P. B. Snyder, S. D. Scott, Florian Laggner, R. J. Groebner, Saskia Mordijck, Todd Evans, Huiqian Wang, David Eldon, Orso Meneghini, Jerry Hughes, T.W. Petrie, Carlos Paz-Soldan, M. Knolker, and H. R. Wilson
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, Tokamak, DIII-D, Divertor, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Pedestal, Deuterium, Alcator C-Mod, law, 0103 physical sciences, Radiative transfer, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The ‘Super H-Mode’ regime is predicted to enable pedestal height and fusion performance substantially higher than standard H-Mode operation. This regime exists due to a bifurcation of the pedestal pressure, as a function of density, that is predicted by the EPED model to occur in strongly shaped plasmas above a critical pedestal density. Experiments on Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D have achieved access to the Super H-Mode (and Near Super H) regime, and obtained very high pedestal pressure, including the highest achieved on a tokamak (p ped ~ 80 kPa) in C-Mod experiments operating near the ITER magnetic field. DIII-D Super H experiments have demonstrated strong performance, including the highest stored energy in the present configuration of DIII-D (W ~ 2.2–3.2 MJ), while utilizing only about half of the available heating power (P heat ~ 7–12 MW). These DIII-D experiments have obtained the highest value of peak fusion gain, Q DT,equiv ~ 0.5, achieved on a medium scale (R β N ~ 2.9, H98 ~ 1.6) has been achieved utilizing n = 3 magnetic perturbations for density and impurity control. Pedestal and global confinement has been maintained in the presence of deuterium and nitrogen gas puffing, which enables a more radiative divertor condition. A pair of simple performance metrics is developed to assess and compare regimes. Super H-Mode access is predicted for ITER and expected, based on both theoretical prediction and observed normalized performance, to allow ITER to achieve its goals (Q = 10) at I p
Published: 2019

37. Grassy-ELM regime with edge resonant magnetic perturbations in fully noninductive plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak

Author: Todd Evans, Alessandro Bortolon, Raffi Nazikian, C.J. Lasnier, Brian Grierson, Huiqian Wang, Francesca Turco, David Eldon, C.C. Petty, Xi Chen, T.H. Osborne, D.M. Orlov, M. Knolker, Carlos Paz-Soldan, Shaun Haskey, R.A. Moyer, David Weisberg, Nathaniel Ferraro, and Nikolas Logan
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, DIII-D, Divertor, Collisionality, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Resonant magnetic perturbations, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Computational physics, Pedestal, law, Beta (plasma physics), 0103 physical sciences, Magnetohydrodynamics, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Resonant magnetic perturbations (n = 3 RMPs) are used to suppress large amplitude ELMs and mitigate naturally occurring 'grassy'-ELMs in DIII-D plasmas relevant to the ITER steady-state mission. Fully non-inductive discharges in the ITER shape and pedestal collisionality (nu(e)* approximate to 0.05-0.15) are routinely achieved in DIII-D with RMP suppression of the Type-I ELMs. The residual grassy-ELMs deliver a low peak heat flux to the divertor as low as 1.2 x the inter-ELM heat flux in plasmas with sustained high H-factor (H-98y2 approximate to 1.2). The operating window for the RMP grassy-ELM regime is q(95) = 5.3-7.1 and external torque in the range 9-0.7 Nm in the co-Ip direction, which is in the range required for a steady-state tokamak reactor. The RMP grassy-ELM regime is associated with a two-step pedestal, with strong flattening of the density around the zero crossing in the E x B shear. The edge magnetic response of the plasma to the n = 3 RMP is found to be approximate to 2-3x larger than for comparable ITER baseline plasmas (beta(N) approximate to 1.8, q(95) approximate to 3.1). The amplification of the RMP is consistent with the weak magnetic perturbation level (delta B/B approximate to 1. x 10(-4)) required for effective Type-I ELM suppression. Cyclic variations in the pedestal pressure, width, and toroidal rotation are observed in these plasmas, correlated with cyclic variations in the strength and frequency of the grassy-ELMs. Extended MHD analysis and magnetic measurements indicate that these pedestal pulsations are driven by cyclic variations in the resonant field strength at the top of the pedestal. These pedestal pulsations reveal that the grassy-ELMs is correlated with the proximity of the pedestal to the low-n peeling-ballooning mode stability boundary. The use of low amplitude magnetic fields to access grassy-ELM conditions free of Type-I ELMs in high beta poloidal plasmas (beta(p) approximate to 1.5-2.0) opens the possibility for the further optimization of the steady-state tokamak by use of edge resonant magnetic perturbations.
Published: 2018

38. Relationship between locked modes and thermal quenches in DIII-D

Author: Ryan Sweeney, Valerie Izzo, Anthony Leonard, E. J. Strait, M. Knolker, W. Choi, Michael Brookman, Francesco Volpe, Max E Austin, and R.J. La Haye
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Safety factor, DIII-D, Divertor, Plasma, Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Instability, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Nonlinear system, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Thermal, Magnetohydrodynamic drive, 010306 general physics
Abstract: Locked modes are known to be one of the major causes of disruptions, but the physical mechanisms by which locking leads to disruptions are not well understood. Here we analyze the evolution of the temperature profile in the presence of multiple coexisting locked modes during partial and full thermal quenches. Partial quenches are often observed to be an initial, distinct stage in the full thermal quench. Near the onset of partial quenches, locked island O-points are observed to align with each other on the midplane, and their widths are sufficient to overlap each other, as indicated by the Chirikov parameter. Energy conservation analysis of one partial thermal quench shows that the energy lost is both radiated in the divertor region, and conducted or convected to the divertor. Nonlinear resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations support the interpretation of stochastic fields causing a partial axisymmetric collapse, though the simulated temperature profile exhibits less degradation than the experimental profiles. In discharges with minimum values of the safety factor above similar to 1.2, locked modes are observed to self-stabilize by inducing, possibly via double tearing modes, a minor disruption that removes their neoclassical drive. These high q(min) discharges often exhibit relatively low ratios of the plasma internal inductance to the safety factor at 95% of the poloidal flux, which might imply classical stability, in agreement with the decay of the mode when the neoclassical drive is removed.
Published: 2018

39. Validation of the model for ELM suppression with 3D magnetic fields using low torque ITER baseline scenario discharges in DIII-D

Author: George McKee, Lei Zeng, R. A. Moyer, Jeremy Hanson, Francesca Turco, Zheng Yan, W. M. Solomon, Carlos Paz-Soldan, Diii-D Team, R. J. Groebner, D.M. Orlov, Brendan Lyons, Saskia Mordijck, Brian Grierson, Sterling Smith, Raffi Nazikian, T. L. Rhodes, M.E. Fenstermacher, T.C. Luce, R.J. La Haye, M. Knolker, Todd Evans, Nathaniel Ferraro, T.H. Osborne, and Orso Meneghini
Subjects: Physics, Tokamak, DIII-D, Atmospheric-pressure plasma, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Resonant magnetic perturbations, Neutral beam injection, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, Magnetohydrodynamics, 010306 general physics, Beam (structure)
Abstract: Experiments have been executed in the DIII-D tokamak to extend suppression of Edge Localized Modes (ELMs) with Resonant Magnetic Perturbations (RMPs) to ITER-relevant levels of beam torque. The results support the hypothesis for RMP ELM suppression based on transition from an ideal screened response to a tearing response at a resonant surface that prevents expansion of the pedestal to an unstable width [Snyder et al., Nucl. Fusion 51, 103016 (2011) and Wade et al., Nucl. Fusion 55, 023002 (2015)]. In ITER baseline plasmas with I/aB = 1.4 and pedestal ν * ∼ 0.15, ELMs are readily suppressed with co- I p neutral beam injection. However, reducing the beam torque from 5 Nm to ≤ 3.5 Nm results in loss of ELM suppression and a shift in the zero-crossing of the electron perpendicular rotation ω ⊥ e ∼ 0 deeper into the plasma. The change in radius of ω ⊥ e ∼ 0 is due primarily to changes to the electron diamagnetic rotation frequency ω e * . Linear plasma response modeling with the resistive MHD code m3d-c1 in...
Published: 2017

40. ELM suppression in helium plasmas with 3D magnetic fields

Author: Brendan Lyons, A. Loarte, P. Gohil, Brian Grierson, M. Knolker, D.M. Orlov, Ezekial A Unterberg, L. Cui, T.H. Osborne, T.E. Evans, R.A. Moyer, R. J. Groebner, and Raffi Nazikian
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, Cyclotron, Electron, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Neutral beam injection, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Magnetic field, Pedestal, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Atomic physics, 010306 general physics, Edge-localized mode, Pressure gradient
Abstract: Experiments in DIII-D, using non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbation fields in high-purity low toroidal rotation, He-4 plasmas have resulted in Type-I edge localized mode (ELM) suppression and mitigation. Suppression is obtained in plasmas with zero net input torque near the L-H power threshold using either electron cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH) or balanced co- and counter-I-p neutral beam injection (NBI) resulting in conditions equivalent to those expected in ITER's non-active operating phase. In low-power ECRH H-modes, periods with uncontrolled density and impurity radiation excursions are prevented by applying n = 3 non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbation fields. ELM suppression results from a reduction and an outward shift of the electron pressure gradient peak compared to that in the high-power ELMing phase. The change in the electron pressure gradient peak is primarily due to a drop in the pedestal temperature rather than the pedestal density.
Published: 2017

41. On the very high energy confinement observed in super H-mode DIII-D experiments.

Author: S. Ding, A.M. Garofalo, M. Knolker, A. Marinoni, J. McClenaghan, and B.A. Grierson
Subjects: PEDESTALS, ROTATIONAL motion, TORQUE, PLASMA beam injection heating, NEUTRAL beams
Abstract: Analysis of recent super H-mode experiments on DIII-D shows that high rotation, not high pedestal, plays the essential role in achieving very high confinement . Very high confinement is reached early on in the H-mode phase of these discharges, when the pedestal is still very low, but after the toroidal rotation has already built-up to very high levels in the core. As the discharge evolves, the rotation drops, and so does the energy confinement, despite a sustained very high pressure pedestal. During this evolution, the confinement quality is linearly correlated with the core toroidal rotation, which varies according to different levels of injected neutral beam torque per particle. Core transport modeling shows that the contribution from rotation in the shear is responsible for confinement quality significantly in excess of standard H-mode (). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2020
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42. Divertor currents during type-I edge-localized modes on the DIII-D tokamak.

Author: M. Knolker, T.E. Evans, A. Wingen, A. Bortolon, F.M. Laggner, R.A. Moyer, R. Nazikian, and H. Zohm
Subjects: *PLASMA confinement, *HEAT flux, *PLASMA boundary layers, *TILES
Abstract: Measurements of divertor currents on DIII-D lead to new insights in nonlinear edge-localized mode (ELM) dynamics and a possible mechanism to explain their explosive growth. Rapidly oscillating currents flowing into the divertor before a significant increase in divertor heat flux occurs are measured with an array of shunted tiles and characterized. Extrapolation results in total n = 0 currents of 5–10 kA flowing into a concentric circle near the strike point. The detected Fourier harmonics appear consistent with a mix of low-n modes (n < 4) with currents up to 4 kA. A heuristic framework for ELM currents is developed based on thermoelectric origin of the tile currents with flow through regions inside of the nominal separatrix and found consistent with the current measurements. A current flow through the confined plasma leading to increased stochasticity and transport at the plasma edge could provide a mechanism for additional nonlinear growth as sought for in computational ELM simulations. Results also imply that ELM currents may open the possibility to manipulate the ELM character by perturbations through non-axisymmetric divertor bias or tile insulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2019
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43. High fusion performance in Super H-mode experiments on Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D.

Author: P.B. Snyder, J.W. Hughes, T.H. Osborne, C. Paz-Soldan, W.M. Solomon, M. Knolker, D. Eldon, T. Evans, T. Golfinopoulos, B.A. Grierson, R.J. Groebner, A.E. Hubbard, E. Kolemen, B. LaBombard, F.M. Laggner, O. Meneghini, S. Mordijck, T. Petrie, S. Scott, and H.Q. Wang
Subjects: FUSION reactor divertors, FACTORY design & construction, FUSION reactors, PILOT plants, PEDESTALS, KEY performance indicators (Management), MAGNETIC fields
Abstract: The ‘Super H-Mode’ regime is predicted to enable pedestal height and fusion performance substantially higher than standard H-Mode operation. This regime exists due to a bifurcation of the pedestal pressure, as a function of density, that is predicted by the EPED model to occur in strongly shaped plasmas above a critical pedestal density. Experiments on Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D have achieved access to the Super H-Mode (and Near Super H) regime, and obtained very high pedestal pressure, including the highest achieved on a tokamak (p ped ~ 80 kPa) in C-Mod experiments operating near the ITER magnetic field. DIII-D Super H experiments have demonstrated strong performance, including the highest stored energy in the present configuration of DIII-D (W ~ 2.2–3.2 MJ), while utilizing only about half of the available heating power (Pheat ~ 7–12 MW). These DIII-D experiments have obtained the highest value of peak fusion gain, QDT,equiv ~ 0.5, achieved on a medium scale (R < 2 m) tokamak. Sustained high performance operation (βN ~ 2.9, H98 ~ 1.6) has been achieved utilizing n = 3 magnetic perturbations for density and impurity control. Pedestal and global confinement has been maintained in the presence of deuterium and nitrogen gas puffing, which enables a more radiative divertor condition. A pair of simple performance metrics is developed to assess and compare regimes. Super H-Mode access is predicted for ITER and expected, based on both theoretical prediction and observed normalized performance, to allow ITER to achieve its goals (Q = 10) at Ip < 15 MA, and to potentially enable more compact, cost effective pilot plant and reactor designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2019
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44. Overview of JET results for optimising ITER operation

Author: J. Mailloux, N. Abid, K. Abraham, P. Abreu, O. Adabonyan, P. Adrich, V. Afanasev, M. Afzal, T. Ahlgren, L. Aho-Mantila, N. Aiba, M. Airila, M. Akhtar, R. Albanese, M. Alderson-Martin, D. Alegre, S. Aleiferis, A. Aleksa, A.G. Alekseev, E. Alessi, P. Aleynikov, J. Algualcil, M. Ali, M. Allinson, B. Alper, E. Alves, G. Ambrosino, R. Ambrosino, V. Amosov, E.Andersson Sundén, P. Andrew, B.M. Angelini, C. Angioni, I. Antoniou, L.C. Appel, C. Appelbee, S. Aria, M. Ariola, G. Artaserse, W. Arter, V. Artigues, N. Asakura, A. Ash, N. Ashikawa, V. Aslanyan, M. Astrain, O. Asztalos, D. Auld, F. Auriemma, Y. Austin, L. Avotina, E. Aymerich, A. Baciero, F. Bairaktaris, J. Balbin, L. Balbinot, I. Balboa, M. Balden, C. Balshaw, N. Balshaw, V.K. Bandaru, J. Banks, Yu.F. Baranov, C. Barcellona, A. Barnard, M. Barnard, R. Barnsley, A. Barth, M. Baruzzo, S. Barwell, M. Bassan, A. Batista, P. Batistoni, L. Baumane, B. Bauvir, L. Baylor, P.S. Beaumont, D. Beckett, A. Begolli, M. Beidler, N. Bekris, M. Beldishevski, E. Belli, F. Belli, É. Belonohy, M. Ben Yaala, J. Benayas, J. Bentley, H. Bergsåker, J. Bernardo, M. Bernert, M. Berry, L. Bertalot, H. Betar, M. Beurskens, S. Bickerton, B. Bieg, J. Bielecki, A. Bierwage, T. Biewer, R. Bilato, P. Bílková, G. Birkenmeier, H. Bishop, J.P.S. Bizarro, J. Blackburn, P. Blanchard, P. Blatchford, V. Bobkov, A. Boboc, P. Bohm, T. Bohm, I. Bolshakova, T. Bolzonella, N. Bonanomi, D. Bonfiglio, X. Bonnin, P. Bonofiglo, S. Boocock, A. Booth, J. Booth, D. Borba, D. Borodin, I. Borodkina, C. Boulbe, C. Bourdelle, M. Bowden, K. Boyd, I.Božičević Mihalić, S.C. Bradnam, V. Braic, L. Brandt, R. Bravanec, B. Breizman, A. Brett, S. Brezinsek, M. Brix, K. Bromley, B. Brown, D. Brunetti, R. Buckingham, M. Buckley, R. Budny, J. Buermans, H. Bufferand, P. Buratti, A. Burgess, A. Buscarino, A. Busse, D. Butcher, E.de la Cal, G. Calabrò, L. Calacci, R. Calado, Y. Camenen, G. Canal, B. Cannas, M. Cappelli, S. Carcangiu, P. Card, A. Cardinali, P. Carman, D. Carnevale, M. Carr, D. Carralero, L. Carraro, I.S. Carvalho, P. Carvalho, I. Casiraghi, F.J. Casson, C. Castaldo, J.P. Catalan, N. Catarino, F. Causa, M. Cavedon, M. Cecconello, C.D. Challis, B. Chamberlain, C.S. Chang, A. Chankin, B. Chapman, M. Chernyshova, A. Chiariello, P. Chmielewski, A. Chomiczewska, L. Chone, G. Ciraolo, D. Ciric, J. Citrin, Ł. Ciupinski, M. Clark, R. Clarkson, C. Clements, M. Cleverly, J.P. Coad, P. Coates, A. Cobalt, V. Coccorese, R. Coelho, J.W. Coenen, I.H. Coffey, A. Colangeli, L. Colas, C. Collins, J. Collins, S. Collins, D. Conka, S. Conroy, B. Conway, N.J. Conway, D. Coombs, P. Cooper, S. Cooper, C. Corradino, G. Corrigan, D. Coster, P. Cox, T. Craciunescu, S. Cramp, C. Crapper, D. Craven, R. Craven, M.Crialesi Esposito, G. Croci, D. Croft, A. Croitoru, K. Crombé, T. Cronin, N. Cruz, C. Crystal, G. Cseh, A. Cufar, A. Cullen, M. Curuia, T. Czarski, H. Dabirikhah, A.Dal Molin, E. Dale, P. Dalgliesh, S. Dalley, J. Dankowski, P. David, A. Davies, S. Davies, G. Davis, K. Dawson, S. Dawson, I.E. Day, M. De Bock, G. De Temmerman, G. De Tommasi, K. Deakin, J. Deane, R. Dejarnac, D. Del Sarto, E. Delabie, D. Del-Castillo-Negrete, A. Dempsey, R.O. Dendy, P. Devynck, A. Di Siena, C. Di Troia, T. Dickson, P. Dinca, T. Dittmar, J. Dobrashian, R.P. Doerner, A.J.H. Donné, S. Dorling, S. Dormido-Canto, D. Douai, S. Dowson, R. Doyle, M. Dreval, P. Drewelow, P. Drews, G. Drummond, Ph. Duckworth, H. Dudding, R. Dumont, P. Dumortier, D. Dunai, T. Dunatov, M. Dunne, I. Ďuran, F. Durodié, R. Dux, A. Dvornova, R. Eastham, J. Edwards, Th. Eich, A. Eichorn, N. Eidietis, A. Eksaeva, H. El Haroun, G. Ellwood, C. Elsmore, O. Embreus, S. Emery, G. Ericsson, B. Eriksson, F. Eriksson, J. Eriksson, L.G. Eriksson, S. Ertmer, S. Esquembri, A.L. Esquisabel, T. Estrada, G. Evans, S. Evans, E. Fable, D. Fagan, M. Faitsch, M. Falessi, A. Fanni, A. Farahani, I. Farquhar, A. Fasoli, B. Faugeras, S. Fazinić, F. Felici, R. Felton, A. Fernandes, H. 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Hu, A. Huber, V. Huber, T. Huddleston, G.T.A. Huijsmans, P. Huynh, A. Hynes, M. Iliasova, D. Imrie, M. Imríšek, J. Ingleby, P. Innocente, K. Insulander Björk, N. Isernia, I. Ivanova-Stanik, E. Ivings, S. Jablonski, S. Jachmich, T. Jackson, P. Jacquet, H. Järleblad, F. Jaulmes, J.Jenaro Rodriguez, I. Jepu, E. Joffrin, R. Johnson, T. Johnson, J. Johnston, C. Jones, G. Jones, L. Jones, N. Jones, T. Jones, A. Joyce, R. Juarez, M. Juvonen, P. Kalniņa, T. Kaltiaisenaho, J. Kaniewski, A. Kantor, A. Kappatou, J. Karhunen, D. Karkinsky, Yu Kashchuk, M. Kaufman, G. Kaveney, Ye.O. Kazakov, V. Kazantzidis, D.L. Keeling, R. Kelly, M. Kempenaars, C. Kennedy, D. Kennedy, J. Kent, K. Khan, E. Khilkevich, C. Kiefer, J. Kilpeläinen, C. Kim, Hyun-Tae Kim, S.H. Kim, D.B. King, R. King, D. Kinna, V.G. Kiptily, A. Kirjasuo, K.K. Kirov, A. Kirschner, T. kiviniemi, G. Kizane, M. Klas, C. Klepper, A. Klix, G. Kneale, M. Knight, P. Knight, R. Knights, S. Knipe, M. Knolker, S. Knott, M. Kocan, F. Köchl, I. 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Subjects: Technology, TOKAMAKS, PLASMAS, overview, CONFINEMENT, plasma facing components (PFC), ILW, tritium operations, d-t preparation, deuterium, D–T preparation, nuclear technology, JET with ITER-like wall, isotope, Física::Física de fluids::Física de plasmes [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Settore FIS/01, GAS HANDLING-SYSTEM, JET, Overview, ITER-like wall (ILW), D-T preparation, energetic particles, scenario development, Shattered Pellet Injection (SPI), plasma-wall interactions (PWI), tritium, Physics, Settore ING-IND/18 - Fisica dei Reattori Nucleari, shutdown dose-rate, gas handling-system, Condensed Matter Physics, simulation, Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics, ilw, confinement, Physical Sciences, SIMULATION, JET with ITER-like wallisotope, ddc:620, performance, plasma facing components (pfc), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, DEUTERIUM, jet with iter-like wall, Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik, Physics, Fluids & Plasmas, BERYLLIUM, divertor, TRITIUM, Science & Technology, Reactors de fusió, tritium operation, Nuclear energy, PERFORMANCE, beryllium, SHUTDOWN DOSE-RATE, Fusion reactors, Physics and Astronomy, JET programme, Energia nuclear, DIVERTOR, ddc:600
Abstract: The JET 2019–2020 scientific and technological programme exploited the results of years of concerted scientific and engineering work, including the ITER-like wall (ILW: Be wall and W divertor) installed in 2010, improved diagnostic capabilities now fully available, a major neutral beam injection upgrade providing record power in 2019–2020, and tested the technical and procedural preparation for safe operation with tritium. Research along three complementary axes yielded a wealth of new results. Firstly, the JET plasma programme delivered scenarios suitable for high fusion power and alpha particle (a) physics in the coming D–T campaign (DTE2), with record sustained neutron rates, as well as plasmas for clarifying the impact of isotope mass on plasma core, edge and plasma-wall interactions, and for ITER pre-fusion power operation. The efficacy of the newly installed shattered pellet injector for mitigating disruption forces and runaway electrons was demonstrated. Secondly, research on the consequences of long-term exposure to JET-ILW plasma was completed, with emphasis on wall damage and fuel retention, and with analyses of wall materials and dust particles that will help validate assumptions and codes for design and operation of ITER and DEMO. Thirdly, the nuclear technology programme aiming to deliver maximum technological return from operations in D, T and D–T benefited from the highest D–D neutron yield in years, securing results for validating radiation transport and activation codes, and nuclear data for ITER. 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. Peer Reviewed Article signat per 1223 autors/autores: J. Mailloux1, N. Abid1, K. Abraham1, P. Abreu2, O. Adabonyan1, P. Adrich3, V. Afanasev4, M. Afzal1, T. Ahlgren5, L. Aho-Mantila6, N. Aiba7, M. Airila6, M. Akhtar1, R. 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Zychor3 // 1 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2 Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal 3 National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock-Swierk, Poland 4 Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, St Petersburg 194021, Russia 5 University of Helsinki, PO Box 43, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 6 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, PO Box 1000, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland 7 National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Naka, Ibaraki 311-0193, Japan 8 Consorzio CREATE, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy 9 Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain 10 NCSR ‘Demokritos’ 153 10, Agia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece 11 NRC Kurchatov Institute, 1 Kurchatov Square, Moscow 123182, Russia 12 Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, CNR, via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy 13 ITER Organization, Route de Vinon-sur-Verdon, CS 90 046, 13067 Saint Paul Lez Durance Cedex, France 14 Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Dept Ingn Energet, Calle Juan del Rosal 12, E-28040 Madrid, Spain 15 Troitsk Insitute of Innovating and Thermonuclear Research (TRINITI), Troitsk 142190, Moscow Region, Russia 16 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden 17 Dip.to Fusione e Tecnologie per la Sicurezza Nucleare, ENEA C. R. Frascati, via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy 18 Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, D-85748 Garching, Germany 19 National Institute for Fusion Science, Oroshi, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan 20 MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America 21 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Grupo I2A2, Madrid, Spain 22 Centre for Energy Research, POB 49, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary 23 Consorzio RFX, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy 24 University of Latvia, 19 Raina Blvd., Riga, LV 1586, Latvia 25 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza d’Armi 09123 Cagliari, Italy 26 National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Politechniou 9, 157 73 Zografou, Athens, Greece 27 CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul Lez Durance, France 28 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e Informatica, Università degli Studi di Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy 29 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, TN, United States of America 30 EUROfusion Programme Management Unit, Culham Science Centre, Culham, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 31 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany 32 General Atomics, PO Box 85608, San Diego, CA 92186-5608, United States of America 33 Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland 34 Fusion Plasma Physics, EECS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden 35 Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198, CNRS-Université de Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France 36 Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Teilinsitut Greifswald, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany 37 Maritime University of Szczecin Faculty of Marine Engineering, Waly Chrobrego 1-2, 70-500 Szczecin, Poland 38 Institute of Nuclear Physics, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland 39 Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS, Za Slovankou 1782/3, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic 40 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 41 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States of America 42 Magnetic Sensor Laboratory, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine 43 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, James Forrestal Campus, Princeton, NJ 08543, NJ, United States of America 44 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Plasmaphysik, 52425 Jülich, Germany 45 Université Cote d’Azur, CNRS, Inria, LJAD, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France 46 Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 47 The National Institute for Optoelectronics, Magurele-Bucharest, Romania 48 Mechanics, SCI, KTH SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden 49 Fourth State Research, 503 Lockhart Dr, Austin, TX, United States of America 50 University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Fusion Studies, Austin, TX 78712, United States of America 51 Laboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium 52 University of Tuscia, DEIM, Via del Paradiso 47, 01100 Viterbo, Italy 53 Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, Roma, Italy 54 Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, PIIM, UMR 7345, 13013 Marseille, France 55 Instituto de Física, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Rua do Mat˜ao Travessa R Nr.187, CEP 05508-090 Cidade Universitária, Sao Paulo, Brasil 56 University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy 57 Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 58 Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Hery 23, 01-497 Warsaw, Poland 59 Aalto University, PO Box 14100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland 60 FOM Institute DIFFER, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 61 Warsaw University of Technology, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland 62 Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 63 The National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele-Bucharest, Romania 64 Department of Applied Physics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium 65 Slovenian Fusion Association (SFA), Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 66 The National Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technology, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania 67 Dublin City University (DCU), Dublin, Ireland 68 University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America 69 EUROfusion Programme Management Unit, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany 70 UNED, Dpto. Informática y Automática, Madrid, Spain 71 National Science Center ‘Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology’, Akademichna 1, Kharkiv 61108, Ukraine 72 York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 73 Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden 74 Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden 75 European Commission, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium 76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, TN, United States of America 77 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 78 Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain 79 Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 80 Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IUSTI, UMR 7343, 13013 Marseille, France 81 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Astronautica, Elettrica ed Energetica, SAPIENZA Università di Roma, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy 82 Institute for Nuclear Research, Prospekt Nauky 47, Kyiv 03680, Ukraine 83 Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie—Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucléaire, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium 84 University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan 85 University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States of America 86 Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Bldg 309, DK-2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark 87 Institution ‘Project Center ITER’, Moscow, 123182, Russia 88 Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Experimental Physics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University Mlynska dolina F2, 84248 Bratislava, Slovakia 89 University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland 90 Institute of Physics, Opole University, Oleska 48, 45-052 Opole, Poland 91 Daegu University, Jillyang, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-174, Republic of Korea 92 Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 93 Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking, Josep Pl. 2, Torres Diagonal Litoral B3, 08019, Barcelona, Spain 94 PELIN LLC, 27a, Gzhatskaya Ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, 195220, Russia 95 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States of America 96 Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino, Italy 97 ICREA and Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain 98 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 99 Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi—CNR and Dipartimento di Energia—Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy 100 Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands 101 Purdue University, 610 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States of America 102 Department of Material Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, 690-8504, Japan 103 Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehová 78/7, 115 19 Praha 1, Czech Republic 104 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185, United States of America 105 University of California, 1111 Franklin St., Oakland, CA 94607, United States of America 106 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 107 Kindai University, Higashi-Osaka, 577-8502, Japan 108 Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan 109 Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 110 Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, United States of America 111 Dipartimento di Fisica ‘G. Galilei’, Universita’ degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy 112 Space and Plasma Physics, EECS, KTH SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden 113 University of Ioannina, Panepistimioupoli Ioanninon, PO Box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece 114 Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal 115 The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-0882, Japan 116 Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos g. 3, LT-44403, Kaunas, Lithuania 117 HRS Fusion, West Orange, NJ, United States of America 118 Ibaraki University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Mito, Ibaraki 310-8512, Japan 119 Technische Universität Wien, Fusion@ÖAW Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Austria

45. Grassy-ELM regime with edge resonant magnetic perturbations in fully noninductive plasmas in the DIII-D tokamak.

Author: R. Nazikian, C.C. Petty, A. Bortolon, Xi Chen, D. Eldon, T.E. Evans, B.A. Grierson, N.M. Ferraro, S.R. Haskey, M. Knolker, C. Lasnier, N.C. Logan, R.A. Moyer, D. Orlov, T.H. Osborne, C. Paz-Soldan, F. Turco, H.Q. Wang, and D.B. Weisberg
Subjects: TOKAMAKS, QUANTUM perturbations, HEAT flux, FUSION reactor divertors, MAGNETIC fields
Abstract: Resonant magnetic perturbations (n = 3 RMPs) are used to suppress large amplitude ELMs and mitigate naturally occurring ‘grassy’-ELMs in DIII-D plasmas relevant to the ITER steady-state mission. Fully non-inductive discharges in the ITER shape and pedestal collisionality ( ≈ 0.05–0.15) are routinely achieved in DIII-D with RMP suppression of the Type-I ELMs. The residual grassy-ELMs deliver a low peak heat flux to the divertor as low as 1.2× the inter-ELM heat flux in plasmas with sustained high H-factor (H98y2 ≈ 1.2). The operating window for the RMP grassy-ELM regime is q95 = 5.3–7.1 and external torque in the range 9–0.7 Nm in the co-Ip direction, which is in the range required for a steady-state tokamak reactor. The RMP grassy-ELM regime is associated with a two-step pedestal, with strong flattening of the density around the zero crossing in the E × B shear. The edge magnetic response of the plasma to the n = 3 RMP is found to be ≈2–3× larger than for comparable ITER baseline plasmas (βN ≈ 1.8, q95 ≈ 3.1). The amplification of the RMP is consistent with the weak magnetic perturbation level (δB/B ≈ 1 × 10−4) required for effective Type-I ELM suppression. Cyclic variations in the pedestal pressure, width, and toroidal rotation are observed in these plasmas, correlated with cyclic variations in the strength and frequency of the grassy-ELMs. Extended MHD analysis and magnetic measurements indicate that these pedestal pulsations are driven by cyclic variations in the resonant field strength at the top of the pedestal. These pedestal pulsations reveal that the grassy-ELMs is correlated with the proximity of the pedestal to the low-n peeling-ballooning mode stability boundary. The use of low amplitude magnetic fields to access grassy-ELM conditions free of Type-I ELMs in high beta poloidal plasmas (βP ≈ 1.5–2.0) opens the possibility for the further optimization of the steady-state tokamak by use of edge resonant magnetic perturbations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2018
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46. Investigation of the role of pedestal pressure and collisionality on type-I ELM divertor heat loads in DIII-D.

Author: M. Knolker, A. Bortolon, G.p. Canal, T.e. Evans, H. Zohm, T. Abrams, R.j. Buttery, E.m. Davis, R.j. Groebner, E. Hollmann, M.e. Fenstermacher, C. Lasnier, A.w. Leonard, R.a. Moyer, R. Nazikian, T.h. Osborne, C. Paz-Soldan, and B. Sieglin
Subjects: *COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics), *PEDESTALS, *ELECTRON cyclotron resonance heating, *PLASMA beam injection heating, *THERMOGRAPHY
Abstract: A non-dimensional collisionality scan conducted on DIII-D confirms a model for ELM energy densities recently put forward by Eich (2017 Nucl. Mater. Energy12 84–90), but also reveals key effects that may explain the large scatter typically observed about the scaling. Electron cyclotron heating (ECH) close to the plasma edge was used to raise electron temperatures at the pedestal top and lower collisionality to ITER level, while the power of neutral beam injection (NBI) was decreased during discharges to operate closer to the L–H transition threshold. The scan reveals no explicit pedestal pressure dependence of the ELM energy densities. While collisionality does not play a decisive role, the ratio of heating power to the H-mode threshold power is identified as parameter determining the agreement with the model, with discharges marginally above the threshold showing the largest scatter in the database and exceeding the predicted ELM energy up to twofold. Operation close to the L–H-threshold is accompanied by low ELM frequency and large ELM heat loads. Using linear stability calculations, ELM energy densities are shown to scale inversely with to the most unstable linear mode number before the ELM crash. There are indications that the scatter in the data when compared with the Eich model prediction is caused by including only a limited set out of all quantities considered by linear stability analysis. While further ELM studies near the LH threshold are of great priority, the overall agreement of DIII-D with the Eich model recommends its use in extrapolations towards ITER. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2018
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47. Relationship between locked modes and thermal quenches in DIII-D.

Author: R. Sweeney, W. Choi, M. Austin, M. Brookman, V. Izzo, M. Knolker, R.j. La Haye, A. Leonard, E. Strait, F.a. Volpe, and Team, The Diii-D
Subjects: TOKAMAKS, DISINTEGRATION of microorganisms, MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC waves, CYCLOTRON waves, QUENCHING (Chemistry)
Abstract: Locked modes are known to be one of the major causes of disruptions, but the physical mechanisms by which locking leads to disruptions are not well understood. Here we analyze the evolution of the temperature profile in the presence of multiple coexisting locked modes during partial and full thermal quenches. Partial quenches are often observed to be an initial, distinct stage in the full thermal quench. Near the onset of partial quenches, locked island O-points are observed to align with each other on the midplane, and their widths are sufficient to overlap each other, as indicated by the Chirikov parameter. Energy conservation analysis of one partial thermal quench shows that the energy lost is both radiated in the divertor region, and conducted or convected to the divertor. Nonlinear resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations support the interpretation of stochastic fields causing a partial axisymmetric collapse, though the simulated temperature profile exhibits less degradation than the experimental profiles. In discharges with minimum values of the safety factor above ∼1.2, locked modes are observed to self-stabilize by inducing, possibly via double tearing modes, a minor disruption that removes their neoclassical drive. These high qmin discharges often exhibit relatively low ratios of the plasma internal inductance to the safety factor at 95% of the poloidal flux, which might imply classical stability, in agreement with the decay of the mode when the neoclassical drive is removed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2018
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48. Multiscale Chirping Modes Driven by Thermal Ions in a Plasma with Reactor-Relevant Ion Temperature.

Author: Du XD, Hong RJ, Heidbrink WW, Jian X, Wang H, Eidietis NW, Van Zeeland MA, Austin ME, Liu Y, Crocker NA, Rhodes TL, Särkimäki K, Snicker A, Wu W, and Knolker M
Abstract: A thermal ion driven bursting instability with rapid frequency chirping, considered as an Alfvénic ion temperature gradient mode, has been observed in plasmas having reactor-relevant temperature in the DIII-D tokamak. The modes are excited over a wide spatial range from macroscopic device size to microturbulence size and the perturbation energy propagates across multiple spatial scales. The radial mode structure is able to expand from local to global in ∼0.1 ms and it causes magnetic topology changes in the plasma edge, which can lead to a minor disruption event. Since the mode is typically observed in the high ion temperature ≳10 keV and high-β plasma regime, the manifestation of the mode in future reactors should be studied with development of mitigation strategies, if needed. This is the first observation of destabilization of the Alfvén continuum caused by the compressibility of ions with reactor-relevant ion temperature.
Published: 2021
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49. Direct Observation of Nonlinear Coupling between Pedestal Modes Leading to the Onset of Edge Localized Modes.

Author: Diallo A, Dominski J, Barada K, Knolker M, Kramer GJ, and McKee G
Abstract: Prior to eruptive events such as edge localized modes (ELMs), quasicoherent fluctuations, referred to as pedestal modes, are observed in the edge of fusion devices. We report on the investigations of nonlinear coupling between these modes during quasistationary inter-ELM phases leading to the ELM onset. Three dominant modes, with density and magnetic signatures, are identified as key players in the triggering mechanism of certain classes of ELMs. We demonstrate that one of these modes is amplified by the two others through three wave interactions. The amplified mode is radially shifted relative to the other two modes towards the last-closed flux surface as the ELM event approaches. Our results suggest that nonlinear coupling of pedestal modes, associated with radial distortions pushing out of the pedestal, is a possible mechanism for the triggering of low frequency ELMs relevant for future fusion devices.
Published: 2018
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