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1. Double Poloidal Field System With Superconducting and Conventional Copper Coils for Induced High Loop Voltage: A New Concept and a Feasibility Study for an RFP FFHR

Author: Roberto Piovan, Piero Agostinetti, Chiara Bustreo, Roberto Cavazzana, Dominique Franck Escande, Elena Gaio, Francesco Lunardon, Alberto Maistrello, Lionello Marrelli, Maria Ester Puiatti, Marco Valisa, Giuseppe Zollino, and Matteo Zuin
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Published: 2022
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2. THE REVERSED FIELD PINCH

Author: Brett Chapman, J.S. Sarff, Sadao Masamune, James R. Drake, Dominique Escande, Maria Ester Puiatti, Piero Martin, Lionello Marrelli, Escande, Dominique, CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires (PIIM), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Reversed field pinch, business.industry, Computer science, MHD, magnetic confinement, Magnetic confinement fusion, reversed field pinch, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Magnetic flux, 010305 fluids & plasmas, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], Control system, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], 0103 physical sciences, Active feedback, Electricity, High current, Magnetohydrodynamics, Aerospace engineering, 010306 general physics, business
Abstract: This paper reviews the research on the reversed field pinch (RFP) in the last three decades. Substantial experimental and theoretical progress and transformational changes have been achieved since the last review (Bodin 1990 Nucl. Fusion 30 1717–37). The experiments have been performed in devices with different sizes and capabilities. The largest are RFX-mod in Padova (Italy) and MST in Madison (USA). The experimental community includes also EXTRAP-T2R in Sweden, RELAX in Japan and KTX in China. Impressive improvements in the performance are the result of exploration of two lines: the high current operation (up to 2 MA) with the spontaneous occurrence of helical equilibria with good magnetic flux surfaces and the active control of the current profile. A crucial ingredient for the advancements obtained in the experiments has been the development of state-of-art active feedback control systems allowing the control of MHD instabilities in presence of a thin shell. The balance between achievements and still open issues leads us to the conclusion that the RFP can be a valuable and diverse contributor in the quest for fusion electricity.
Published: 2020
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3. Dependence on plasma shape and plasma fueling for small edge-localized mode regimes in TCV and ASDEX Upgrade

Author: V. Piergotti, F. Pesamosca, Bogdan Hnat, A. Sperduti, A. Krivska, J. Vicente, Panagiotis Tolias, Emanuele Poli, Matthias Hoelzl, Benedikt Geiger, A. Jardin, J. Ayllon-Guerola, G. Apruzzese, T. Lunt, J. Galdon-Quiroga, Riccardo Maggiora, M. Tardocchi, M. Koubiti, T. Jonsson, Bruce Lipschultz, P. Innocente, A. Gude, I Miron, M. G. Dunne, G. F. Harrer, A. Moro, A. Iantchenko, K. Galazka, P. Poloskei, K. Bogar, Roberto Ambrosino, G. Ferr, Vladimir E. Moiseenko, Istvan Cziegler, L. Guimarais, S. Vartanian, B. Erds, G. Pucella, V. Bobkov, James Buchanan, Raffaele Albanese, Harry M. Meyer, D. Boeyaert, G. F. Matthews, Eva Macusova, V. S. Marchenko, R. Zagórski, J. Buermans, A. Fil, W. Zhang, Giuseppe Gorini, B. Tal, D. Zaloga, Hugo Bufferand, A. Romano, L. Colas, J. Zebrowski, M. Weiland, L. Barrera-Orte, Matjaž Panjan, A.J. Thornton, E. Wolfrum, Miglena Dimitrova, R. M. McDermott, R. Lombroni, O. Tudisco, F. Reimold, E. R. Solano, X. Feng, Petra Bilkova, M. Groth, E. Alessi, D. S. Gahle, Olivier Février, I. Voitsekhovitch, Matthew Carr, A. Bock, O. Vasilovici, C. Ham, Lorenzo Figini, Guglielmo Rubinacci, Peter Lang, Pierre Manas, S. Costea, A. Kirk, F. Causa, J. Adamek, Vu N. M. T., M. Cavedon, O. Grover, Geert Verdoolaege, M. Spolaore, L. Sanchis-Sanchez, P. Bohm, P. V. Kazantzidis, Sarah Newton, M. Tomes, M.-L. Mayoral, J. R. Harrison, C. Mazzotta, H. Reimerdes, Jorge Morales, D. Brunetti, J. Gonzalez-Martin, Tomas Markovic, S. S. Henderson, D. Ricci, J. Juul Rasmussen, F. Janky, S. Saarelma, Z. Popovic, C. Tsironis, J. J. Rasmussen, S. K. Hansen, Sandra C. Chapman, Volker Naulin, H. Arnichand, Roberto Paccagnella, M. Faitsch, Anders Nielsen, M. Kong, V. Igochine, C. Piron, C. Bowman, Jorge Ferreira, D. Sytnykov, K. G. McClements, Olivier Sauter, Ondrej Ficker, Matthias Wiesenberger, T. Ravensbergen, C. Reux, Irena Ivanova-Stanik, Dirk Reiser, M. Bernert, M. Vallar, J-M Moret, M. Gruca, D. I. Refy, P. Cano Megias, Benoit Labit, M. Schubert, Giuliana Sias, O. Bogar, P. J. Mc Carthy, I. Faust, Gergely Papp, F. Matos, J. Garcia, C. Marini, E. L. Sorokovoy, Dimitri Voltolina, George Wilkie, J. M. Santos, R. R. Sheeba, Vladimir Weinzettl, Sergei Kasilov, J. Cerovsky, Matteo Agostini, G. Tardini, Laurie Porte, F. Dolizy, L. Gil, Matthias Komm, A. Dal Molin, B. Sieglin, Roch Kwiatkowski, M. C. C Messmer, Toke Koldborg Jensen, Vinodh Bandaru, Ben F. McMillan, Alessandra Fanni, Daniele Carnevale, Shimpei Futatani, D. P. Coster, V. Korovin, S. E. Sharapov, Patrik Ollus, J. Gath, A. Czarnecka, D. Gallart, M. Peterka, P. Vallejos Olivares, Jernej Kovacic, Nicolas Fedorczak, Silvio Ceccuzzi, L. Piron, J. Rosato, G. Kocsis, Stefan Kragh Nielsen, M. Garcia-Mu oz, Radomir Panek, S. F. Smith, Paolo Bettini, A. Mariani, R. Dejarnac, Lorenzo Frassinetti, D. Douai, L. Garzotti, H. J. Sun, C.K. Tsui, N. den Harder, John Elmerdahl Olsen, F. Bombarda, M. Francesco, Piero Martin, D. Hogeweij, P. Blanchard, F. Bouquey, Gabor Por, Luca Boncagni, Carlo Sozzi, Martin Hron, P. A. Schneider, V. P. Loschiavo, David Terranova, D. Aguiam, D. Choi, M. Gobbin, D. Iglesias, M. Reich, G. Avdeeva, A. Gallo, O. Biletskyi, M. Aradi, F. Liu, M. Griener, Antti Snicker, L. Kripner, Jérôme Bucalossi, L. Hesslow, Nick Walkden, M. Rodriguez-Ramos, T. C. Blanken, Cristian Galperti, F. Jaulmes, G. Calabr, G.A. Rattá, W. Bin, S. Garavaglia, V. Plyusnin, Andreas Frank Martitsch, A. Zisis, Rita Lorenzini, Duccio Testa, M. Passeri, Ola Embréus, N. Krawczyk, K. Särkimäki, Davide Galassi, D. Samaddar, M. Oberkofler, E. Seliunin, D. Brida, P. Buratti, F. Nabais, J. Ongena, J. Likonen, Yann Camenen, M. J. Mantsinen, F. Carpanese, S. Wiesen, P. Piovesan, Mirko Salewski, J. Hawke, Florian Laggner, R. Bilato, M. Wischmeier, L. Pigatto, G. I. Pokol, G. Giruzzi, Jens Madsen, D. Gadariya, L. Stipani, Christian Theiler, J. Stober, Michael Barnes, Timothy Goodman, R. D. Nem, J. J. Dominguez-Palacios Duran, F. Militello, Y. Kulyk, D. J. Cruz Zabala, A. Drenik, P. Manz, M. Scheffer, V. Pericoli Radolfini, B. Tilia, John Omotani, B. Vanovac, B. S. Schneider, E. Fable, Jakub Urban, T. Gyergyek, A. N. Karpushov, M. Farnik, Jakub Seidl, Christopher G. Albert, Antoine Merle, A. Cathey, D. A. Ryan, Sergio Galeani, R. Scannell, A. Havranek, G. de Carolis, C. Soria-Hoyo, S. Gibson, D. Carralero, D. Meshcheriakov, Morten Stejner, B. P. Duval, Francesco Cordella, Mitja Kelemen, Svetlana V. Ratynskaia, Stefano Coda, L. Calacci, C. Cianfarani, Faa Federico Felici, A. C. A. Figueiredo, L. Panaccione, E. Viezzer, Fabio Villone, Daniele Milanesio, Winfried Kernbichler, Mario Sassano, A. Teplukhina, S. Zoletnik, L. Laguardia, P. Molina Cabrera, Taina Kurki-Suonio, D. Micheletti, P. Zanca, Daniel Dunai, S. Feng, J. Decker, Stylianos Varoutis, Lorella Carraro, M. Wensing, Gustavo Granucci, Artur Palha, A. Kappatou, J. Garcia-Lopez, Felix I. Parra, Ye. O. Kazakov, S. Brezinsek, Didier Mazon, A. Lahtinen, I. Paradela Perez, P. Chmielewski, L. Giacomelli, Alessandro Pau, Gianluca Spizzo, R. Delogu, R. J. Akers, H. De Oliveira, Petr Vondracek, F. P. Orsitto, J. Hobirk, L. Xiang, A. Burckhart, B. Maljaars, V. Petrzilka, Ocleto D'Arcangelo, P. David, D. Grekov, Tamás Szepesi, Y. Andr be, P. Hacek, M. Toscano-Jimenez, T. Pütterich, L. Cordaro, V. Nikolaeva, F. Orain, M. Rabinski, C. Ionita-Schrittwieser, T. Tala, Maria Ester Puiatti, A. Casolari, T. Happel, Pär Strand, Benjamin Daniel Dudson, P. Mantica, Z. Huang, D. Colette, G. Ciraolo, Jan Mlynar, W. Suttrop, C. Meineri, J. Horacek, Seppo Sipilä, M. Gospodarczyk, S. Mastrostefano, Jesús Vega, Antti Hakola, Kevin Verhaegh, Roman Schrittwieser, C. Marchetto, M. Willensdorfer, Jari Varje, D. C. van Vugt, J. Faustin, Mathias Hoppe, M. Dreval, A. Perek, C. Angioni, Laure Vermare, U. A. Sheikh, J. F. Rivero-Rodriguez, G. Rubino, S.N. Reznik, Tsv K Popov, S. Nowak, A. S. Jacobsen, J. R. Martin Solis, David Moulton, Heinz Isliker, K. Wu, Anna Salmi, F. Nespoli, S. Elmore, O. Kudlacek, A. Kallenbach, Rok Zaplotnik, D. L. Keeling, L. Giannone, M. Maraschek, Carlos B. da Silva, F. Hitzler, M. Valovic, M. W. Jakubowski, L. Gabellieri, Jozef Varju, Marco Cecconello, M. Valisa, Vlado Menkovski, Gábor Cseh, E. Thoren, T. Eich, R. Coelho, F. Bagnato, Matteo Zuin, Alexander Kendl, G. Rocchi, G. Pautasso, D. Naydenkova, R. O. Pavlichenko, M. Fontana, Lionello Marrelli, Tommaso Bolzonella, Nicola Vianello, Pascale Hennequin, R. Ochoukov, Tom Wauters, Christian Hopf, Ch. Fuchs, E. Giovannozzi, Fulvio Auriemma, Roberto Maurizio, Stefan Buller, Massimo Nocente, K. Krieger, G. Grenfell, N. Rispoli, R. Dux, Barbara Cannas, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), Université Paris-Saclay-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École polytechnique (X)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Labit, B., Eich, T., Harrer, G. F., Wolfrum, E., Bernert, M., Dunne, M. G., Frassinetti, L., Hennequin, P., Maurizio, R., Merle, A., Meyer, H., Saarelma, S., Sheikh, U., Adamek, J., Agostini, M., Aguiam, D., Akers, R., Albanese, R., Albert, C., Alessi, E., Ambrosino, R., Andr be, Y., Angioni, C., Apruzzese, G., Aradi, M., Arnichand, H., Auriemma, F., Avdeeva, G., Ayllon-Guerola, J. M., Bagnato, F., Bandaru, V. K., Barnes, M., Barrera-Orte, L., Bettini, P., Bilato, R., Biletskyi, O., Bilkova, P., Bin, W., Blanchard, P., Blanken, T., Bobkov, V., Bock, A., Boeyaert, D., Bogar, K., Bogar, O., Bohm, P., Bolzonella, T., Bombarda, F., Boncagni, L., Bouquey, F., Bowman, C., Brezinsek, S., Brida, D., Brunetti, D., Bucalossi, J., Buchanan, J., Buermans, J., Bufferand, H., Buller, S., Buratti, P., Burckhart, A., Calabr, G., Calacci, L., Camenen, Y., Cannas, B., Cano Megias, P., Carnevale, D., Carpanese, F., Carr, M., Carralero, D., Carraro, L., Casolari, A., Cathey, A., Causa, F., Cavedon, M., Cecconello, M., Ceccuzzi, S., Cerovsky, J., Chapman, S., Chmielewski, P., Choi, D., Cianfarani, C., Ciraolo, G., Coda, S., Coelho, R., Colas, L., Colette, D., Cordaro, L., Cordella, F., Costea, S., Coster, D., Cruz Zabala, D. J., Cseh, G., Czarnecka, A., Cziegler, I., D'Arcangelo, O., Dal Molin, A., David, P., De Carolis, G., De Oliveira, H., Decker, J., Dejarnac, R., Delogu, R., Den Harder, N., Dimitrova, M., Dolizy, F., Dominguez-Palacios Duran, J. J., Douai, D., Drenik, A., Dreval, M., Dudson, B., Dunai, D., Duval, B. P., Dux, R., Elmore, S., Embreus, O., Erds, B., Fable, E., Faitsch, M., Fanni, A., Farnik, M., Faust, I., Faustin, J., Fedorczak, N., Felici, F., Feng, S., Feng, X., Ferreira, J., Ferr, G., Fevrier, O., Ficker, O., Figini, L., Figueiredo, A., Fil, A., Fontana, M., Francesco, M., Fuchs, C., Futatani, S., Gabellieri, L., Gadariya, D., Gahle, D., Galassi, D., Galazka, K., Galdon-Quiroga, J., Galeani, S., Gallart, D., Gallo, A., Galperti, C., Garavaglia, S., Garcia, J., Garcia-Lopez, J., Garcia-Mu oz, M., Garzotti, L., Gath, J., Geiger, B., Giacomelli, L., Giannone, L., Gibson, S., Gil, L., Giovannozzi, E., Giruzzi, G., Gobbin, M., Gonzalez-Martin, J., Goodman, T. P., Gorini, G., Gospodarczyk, M., Granucci, G., Grekov, D., Grenfell, G., Griener, M., Groth, M., Grover, O., Gruca, M., Gude, A., Guimarais, L., Gyergyek, T., Hacek, P., Hakola, A., Ham, C., Happel, T., Harrison, J., Havranek, A., Hawke, J., Henderson, S., Hesslow, L., Hitzler, F., Hnat, B., Hobirk, J., Hoelzl, M., Hogeweij, D., Hopf, C., Hoppe, M., Horacek, J., Hron, M., Huang, Z., Iantchenko, A., Iglesias, D., Igochine, V., Innocente, P., Ionita-Schrittwieser, C., Isliker, H., Ivanova-Stanik, I., Jacobsen, A., Jakubowski, M., Janky, F., Jardin, A., Jaulmes, F., Jensen, T., Jonsson, T., Kallenbach, A., Kappatou, A., Karpushov, A., Kasilov, S., Kazakov, Y., Kazantzidis, P. V., Keeling, D., Kelemen, M., Kendl, A., Kernbichler, W., Kirk, A., Kocsis, G., Komm, M., Kong, M., Korovin, V., Koubiti, M., Kovacic, J., Krawczyk, N., Krieger, K., Kripner, L., Krivska, A., Kudlacek, O., Kulyk, Y., Kurki-Suonio, T., Kwiatkowski, R., Laggner, F., Laguardia, L., Lahtinen, A., Lang, P., Likonen, J., Lipschultz, B., Liu, F., Lombroni, R., Lorenzini, R., Loschiavo, V. P., Lunt, T., Macusova, E., Madsen, J., Maggiora, R., Maljaars, B., Manas, P., Mantica, P., Mantsinen, M. J., Manz, P., Maraschek, M., Marchenko, V., Marchetto, C., Mariani, A., Marini, C., Markovic, T., Marrelli, L., Martin, P., Martin Solis, J. R., Martitsch, A., Mastrostefano, S., Matos, F., Matthews, G., Mayoral, M. -L., Mazon, D., Mazzotta, C., Mc Carthy, P., Mcclements, K., Mcdermott, R., Mcmillan, B., Meineri, C., Menkovski, V., Meshcheriakov, D., Messmer, M., Micheletti, D., Milanesio, D., Militello, F., Miron, I. G., Mlynar, J., Moiseenko, V., Molina Cabrera, P. A., Morales, J., Moret, J. -M., Moro, A., Moulton, D., Nabais, F., Naulin, V., Naydenkova, D., Nem, R. D., Nespoli, F., Newton, S., Nielsen, A. H., Nielsen, S. K., Nikolaeva, V., Nocente, M., Nowak, S., Oberkofler, M., Ochoukov, R., Ollus, P., Olsen, J., Omotani, J., Ongena, J., Orain, F., Orsitto, F. P., Paccagnella, R., Palha, A., Panaccione, L., Panek, R., Panjan, M., Papp, G., Paradela Perez, I., Parra, F., Passeri, M., Pau, A., Pautasso, G., Pavlichenko, R., Perek, A., Pericoli Radolfini, V., Pesamosca, F., Peterka, M., Petrzilka, V., Piergotti, V., Pigatto, L., Piovesan, P., Piron, C., Piron, L., Plyusnin, V., Pokol, G., Poli, E., Poloskei, P., Popov, T., Popovic, Z., Por, G., Porte, L., Pucella, G., Puiatti, M. E., Putterich, T., Rabinski, M., Juul Rasmussen, J., Rasmussen, J., Ratta, G. A., Ratynskaia, S., Ravensbergen, T., Refy, D., Reich, M., Reimerdes, H., Reimold, F., Reiser, D., Reux, C., Reznik, S., Ricci, D., Rispoli, N., Rivero-Rodriguez, J. F., Rocchi, G., Rodriguez-Ramos, M., Romano, A., Rosato, J., Rubinacci, G., Rubino, G., Ryan, D. A., Salewski, M., Salmi, A., Samaddar, D., Sanchis-Sanchez, L., Santos, J., Sarkimaki, K., Sassano, M., Sauter, O., Scannell, R., Scheffer, M., Schneider, B. S., Schneider, P., Schrittwieser, R., Schubert, M., Seidl, J., Seliunin, E., Sharapov, S., Sheeba, R. R., Sias, G., Sieglin, B., Silva, C., Sipila, S., Smith, S., Snicker, A., Solano, E. R., Hansen, S. K., Soria-Hoyo, C., Sorokovoy, E., Sozzi, C., Sperduti, A., Spizzo, G., Spolaore, M., Stejner, M., Stipani, L., Stober, J., Strand, P., Sun, H., Suttrop, W., Sytnykov, D., Szepesi, T., Tal, B., Tala, T., Tardini, G., Tardocchi, M., Teplukhina, A., Terranova, D., Testa, D., Theiler, C., Thoren, E., Thornton, A., Tilia, B., Tolias, P., Tomes, M., Toscano-Jimenez, M., Tsironis, C., Tsui, C., Tudisco, O., Urban, J., Valisa, M., Vallar, M., Vallejos Olivares, P., Valovic, M., Van Vugt, D., Vanovac, B., Varje, J., Varju, J., Varoutis, S., Vartanian, S., Vasilovici, O., Vega, J., Verdoolaege, G., Verhaegh, K., Vermare, L., Vianello, N., Vicente, J., Viezzer, E., Villone, F., Voitsekhovitch, I., Voltolina, D., Vondracek, P., Vu, N. M. T., Walkden, N., Wauters, T., Weiland, M., Weinzettl, V., Wensing, M., Wiesen, S., Wiesenberger, M., Wilkie, G., Willensdorfer, M., Wischmeier, M., Wu, K., Xiang, L., Zagorski, R., Zaloga, D., Zanca, P., Zaplotnik, R., Zebrowski, J., Zhang, W., Zisis, A., Zoletnik, S., Zuin, M., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Vienna University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Université Paris-Saclay, JET, Czech Academy of Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, University of Lisbon, University of Naples Federico II, Graz University of Technology, University of Naples Parthenope, Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, University of Seville, University of Oxford, EUROfusion Programme Management Unit, National Science Center Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, CEA, University of York, Royal Military Academy, Chalmers University of Technology, Tuscia University, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, CNRS, University of Cagliari, CIEMAT, Uppsala University, University of Warwick, Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, University of Innsbruck, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Durham University, BarcelonaTech, University of Strathclyde, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, University of Milan - Bicocca, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fusion and Plasma Physics, J. Stefan Institute, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National Technical University of Athens, National Centre for Nuclear Research, University of Helsinki, Université Côte d'Azur, Polytechnic University of Turin, NASU - Institute of Nuclear Research, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, University College Cork, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Ghent University, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Labit, B, Eich, T, Harrer, G, Wolfrum, E, Bernert, M, Dunne, M, Frassinetti, L, Hennequin, P, Maurizio, R, Merle, A, Meyer, H, Saarelma, S, Sheikh, U, Adamek, J, Agostini, M, Aguiam, D, Akers, R, Albanese, R, Albert, C, Alessi, E, Ambrosino, R, Andr be, Y, Angioni, C, Apruzzese, G, Aradi, M, Arnichand, H, Auriemma, F, Avdeeva, G, Ayllon-Guerola, J, Bagnato, F, Bandaru, V, Barnes, M, Barrera-Orte, L, Bettini, P, Bilato, R, Biletskyi, O, Bilkova, P, Bin, W, Blanchard, P, Blanken, T, Bobkov, V, Bock, A, Boeyaert, D, Bogar, K, Bogar, O, Bohm, P, Bolzonella, T, Bombarda, F, Boncagni, L, Bouquey, F, Bowman, C, Brezinsek, S, Brida, D, Brunetti, D, Bucalossi, J, Buchanan, J, Buermans, J, Bufferand, H, Buller, S, Buratti, P, Burckhart, A, Calabr, G, Calacci, L, Camenen, Y, Cannas, B, Cano Megias, P, Carnevale, D, Carpanese, F, Carr, M, Carralero, D, Carraro, L, Casolari, A, Cathey, A, Causa, F, Cavedon, M, Cecconello, M, Ceccuzzi, S, Cerovsky, J, Chapman, S, Chmielewski, P, Choi, D, Cianfarani, C, Ciraolo, G, Coda, S, Coelho, R, Colas, L, Colette, D, Cordaro, L, Cordella, F, Costea, S, Coster, D, Cruz Zabala, D, Cseh, G, Czarnecka, A, Cziegler, I, D'Arcangelo, O, Dal Molin, A, David, P, De Carolis, G, De Oliveira, H, Decker, J, Dejarnac, R, Delogu, R, Den Harder, N, Dimitrova, M, Dolizy, F, Dominguez-Palacios Duran, J, Douai, D, Drenik, A, Dreval, M, Dudson, B, Dunai, D, Duval, B, Dux, R, Elmore, S, Embreus, O, Erds, B, Fable, E, Faitsch, M, Fanni, A, Farnik, M, Faust, I, Faustin, J, Fedorczak, N, Felici, F, Feng, S, Feng, X, Ferreira, J, Ferr, G, Fevrier, O, Ficker, O, Figini, L, Figueiredo, A, Fil, A, Fontana, M, Francesco, M, Fuchs, C, Futatani, S, Gabellieri, L, Gadariya, D, Gahle, D, Galassi, D, Galazka, K, Galdon-Quiroga, J, Galeani, S, Gallart, D, Gallo, A, Galperti, C, Garavaglia, S, Garcia, J, Garcia-Lopez, J, Garcia-Mu oz, M, Garzotti, L, Gath, J, Geiger, B, Giacomelli, L, Giannone, L, Gibson, S, Gil, L, Giovannozzi, E, Giruzzi, G, Gobbin, M, Gonzalez-Martin, J, Goodman, T, Gorini, G, Gospodarczyk, M, Granucci, G, Grekov, D, Grenfell, G, Griener, M, Groth, M, Grover, O, Gruca, M, Gude, A, Guimarais, L, Gyergyek, T, Hacek, P, Hakola, A, Ham, C, Happel, T, Harrison, J, Havranek, A, Hawke, J, Henderson, S, Hesslow, L, Hitzler, F, Hnat, B, Hobirk, J, Hoelzl, M, Hogeweij, D, Hopf, C, Hoppe, M, Horacek, J, Hron, M, Huang, Z, Iantchenko, A, Iglesias, D, Igochine, V, Innocente, P, Ionita-Schrittwieser, C, Isliker, H, Ivanova-Stanik, I, Jacobsen, A, Jakubowski, M, Janky, F, Jardin, A, Jaulmes, F, Jensen, T, Jonsson, T, Kallenbach, A, Kappatou, A, Karpushov, A, Kasilov, S, Kazakov, Y, Kazantzidis, P, Keeling, D, Kelemen, M, Kendl, A, Kernbichler, W, Kirk, A, Kocsis, G, Komm, M, Kong, M, Korovin, V, Koubiti, M, Kovacic, J, Krawczyk, N, Krieger, K, Kripner, L, Krivska, A, Kudlacek, O, Kulyk, Y, Kurki-Suonio, T, Kwiatkowski, R, Laggner, F, Laguardia, L, Lahtinen, A, Lang, P, Likonen, J, Lipschultz, B, Liu, F, Lombroni, R, Lorenzini, R, Loschiavo, V, Lunt, T, Macusova, E, Madsen, J, Maggiora, R, Maljaars, B, Manas, P, Mantica, P, Mantsinen, M, Manz, P, Maraschek, M, Marchenko, V, Marchetto, C, Mariani, A, Marini, C, Markovic, T, Marrelli, L, Martin, P, Martin Solis, J, Martitsch, A, Mastrostefano, S, Matos, F, Matthews, G, Mayoral, M, Mazon, D, Mazzotta, C, Mc Carthy, P, Mcclements, K, Mcdermott, R, Mcmillan, B, Meineri, C, Menkovski, V, Meshcheriakov, D, Messmer, M, Micheletti, D, Milanesio, D, Militello, F, Miron, I, Mlynar, J, Moiseenko, V, Molina Cabrera, P, Morales, J, Moret, J, Moro, A, Moulton, D, Nabais, F, Naulin, V, Naydenkova, D, Nem, R, Nespoli, F, Newton, S, Nielsen, A, Nielsen, S, Nikolaeva, V, Nocente, M, Nowak, S, Oberkofler, M, Ochoukov, R, Ollus, P, Olsen, J, Omotani, J, Ongena, J, Orain, F, Orsitto, F, Paccagnella, R, Palha, A, Panaccione, L, Panek, R, Panjan, M, Papp, G, Paradela Perez, I, Parra, F, Passeri, M, Pau, A, Pautasso, G, Pavlichenko, R, Perek, A, Pericoli Radolfini, V, Pesamosca, F, Peterka, M, Petrzilka, V, Piergotti, V, Pigatto, L, Piovesan, P, Piron, C, Piron, L, Plyusnin, V, Pokol, G, Poli, E, Poloskei, P, Popov, T, Popovic, Z, Por, G, Porte, L, Pucella, G, Puiatti, M, Putterich, T, Rabinski, M, Juul Rasmussen, J, Rasmussen, J, Ratta, G, Ratynskaia, S, Ravensbergen, T, Refy, D, Reich, M, Reimerdes, H, Reimold, F, Reiser, D, Reux, C, Reznik, S, Ricci, D, Rispoli, N, Rivero-Rodriguez, J, Rocchi, G, Rodriguez-Ramos, M, Romano, A, Rosato, J, Rubinacci, G, Rubino, G, Ryan, D, Salewski, M, Salmi, A, Samaddar, D, Sanchis-Sanchez, L, Santos, J, Sarkimaki, K, Sassano, M, Sauter, O, Scannell, R, Scheffer, M, Schneider, B, Schneider, P, Schrittwieser, R, Schubert, M, Seidl, J, Seliunin, E, Sharapov, S, Sheeba, R, Sias, G, Sieglin, B, Silva, C, Sipila, S, Smith, S, Snicker, A, Solano, E, Hansen, S, Soria-Hoyo, C, Sorokovoy, E, Sozzi, C, Sperduti, A, Spizzo, G, Spolaore, M, Stejner, M, Stipani, L, Stober, J, Strand, P, Sun, H, Suttrop, W, Sytnykov, D, Szepesi, T, Tal, B, Tala, T, Tardini, G, Tardocchi, M, Teplukhina, A, Terranova, D, Testa, D, Theiler, C, Thoren, E, Thornton, A, Tilia, B, Tolias, P, Tomes, M, Toscano-Jimenez, M, Tsironis, C, Tsui, C, Tudisco, O, Urban, J, Valisa, M, Vallar, M, Vallejos Olivares, P, Valovic, M, Van Vugt, D, Vanovac, B, Varje, J, Varju, J, Varoutis, S, Vartanian, S, Vasilovici, O, Vega, J, Verdoolaege, G, Verhaegh, K, Vermare, L, Vianello, N, Vicente, J, Viezzer, E, Villone, F, Voitsekhovitch, I, Voltolina, D, Vondracek, P, Vu, N, Walkden, N, Wauters, T, Weiland, M, Weinzettl, V, Wensing, M, Wiesen, S, Wiesenberger, M, Wilkie, G, Willensdorfer, M, Wischmeier, M, Wu, K, Xiang, L, Zagorski, R, Zaloga, D, Zanca, P, Zaplotnik, R, Zebrowski, J, Zhang, W, Zisis, A, Zoletnik, S, Zuin, M, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANT - Advanced Nuclear Technologies Research Group, Control Systems Technology, Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion, Data Mining, Sensorics for fusion reactors, and Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic Stability of Fusion Plasmas
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Settore ING-INF/04, Work package, grassy ELM, ballooning modes, Nuclear physics, 01 natural sciences, Flattening, Ballooning, 010305 fluids & plasmas, grassy ELMs, separatrix density, ASDEX Upgrade, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Edge-localized mode, QC, H-mode, plasma triangularity, type-II ELMs, Physics, Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], type-II ELM, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, Null (physics), Shear (sheet metal), Física nuclear, Atomic physics, ballooning mode
Abstract: Within the EUROfusion MST1 work package, a series of experiments has been conducted on AUG and TCV devices to disentangle the role of plasma fueling and plasma shape for the onset of small ELM regimes. On both devices, small ELM regimes with high confinement are achieved if and only if two conditions are fulfilled at the same time. Firstly, the plasma density at the separatrix must be large enough (), leading to a pressure profile flattening at the separatrix, which stabilizes type-I ELMs. Secondly, the magnetic configuration has to be close to a double null (DN), leading to a reduction of the magnetic shear in the extreme vicinity of the separatrix. As a consequence, its stabilizing effect on ballooning modes is weakened. Peer Reviewed Article escrit per 365 autors/autores: Labit, B.; Eich, T.; Harrer, G. F.; Wolfrum, E.; Bernert, M.; Dunne, M. G.; Frassinetti, L.; Hennequin, P.; Maurizio, R.; Merle, A.; Meyer, H.; Saarelma, S.; Sheikh, U.; Adamek, J.; Agostini, M.; Aguiam, D.; Akers, R.; Albanese, R.; Albert, C.; Alessi, E.; Ambrosino, R.; Andr be, Y.; Angioni, C.; Apruzzese, G.; Aradi, M.; Arnichand, H.; Auriemma, F.; Avdeeva, G.; Ayllon-Guerola, J. M.; Bagnato, F.; Bandaru, V. K.; Barnes, M.; Barrera-Orte, L.; Bettini, P.; Bilato, R.; Biletskyi, O.; Bilkova, P.; Bin, W.; Blanchard, P.; Blanken, T.; Bobkov, V.; Bock, A.; Boeyaert, D.; Bogar, K.; Bogar, O.; Bohm, P.; Bolzonella, T.; Bombarda, F.; Boncagni, L.; Bouquey, F.; Bowman, C.; Brezinsek, S.; Brida, D.; Brunetti, D.; Bucalossi, J.; Buchanan, J.; Buermans, J.; Bufferand, H.; Buller, S.; Buratti, P.; Burckhart, A.; Calabr, G.; Calacci, L.; Camenen, Y.; Cannas, B.; Cano Megías, P.; Carnevale, D.; Carpanese, F.; Carr, M.; Carralero, D.; Carraro, L.; Casolari, A.; Cathey, A.; Causa, F.; Cavedon, M.; Cecconello, M.; Ceccuzzi, S.; Cerovsky, J.; Chapman, S.; Chmielewski, P.; Choi, D.; Cianfarani, C.; Ciraolo, G.; Coda, S.; Coelho, R.; Colas, L.; Colette, D.; Cordaro, L.; Cordella, F.; Costea, S.; Coster, D.; Cruz Zabala, D. J.; Cseh, G.; Czarnecka, A.; Cziegler, I.; D’Arcangelo, O.; Dal Molin, A.; David, P.; De Carolis, G.; De Oliveira, H.; Decker, J.; Dejarnac, R.; Delogu, R.; Den Harder, N.; Dimitrova, M.; Dolizy, F.; Domínguez-Palacios Durán, J. J.; Douai, D.; Drenik, A.; Dreval, M.; Dudson, B.; Dunai, D.; Duval, B. P.; Dux, R.; Elmore, S.; Embréus, O.; Erds, B.; Fable, E.; Faitsch, M.; Fanni, A.; Farnik, M.; Faust, I.; Faustin, J.; Fedorczak, N.; Felici, F.; Feng, S.; Feng, X.; Ferreira, J.; Ferr, G.; Février, O.; Ficker, O.; Figini, L.; Figueiredo, A.; Fil, A.; Fontana, M.; Francesco, M.; Fuchs, C.; Futatani, S.; Gabellieri, L.; Gadariya, D.; Gahle, D.; Galassi, D.; Gałązka, K.; Galdon-Quiroga, J.; Galeani, S.; Gallart, D.; Gallo, A.; Galperti, C.; Garavaglia, S.; Garcia, J.; Garcia-Lopez, J.; Garcia-Mu oz, M.; Garzotti, L.; Gath, J.; Geiger, B.; Giacomelli, L.; Giannone, L.; Gibson, S.; Gil, L.; Giovannozzi, E.; Giruzzi, G.; Gobbin, M.; Gonzalez-Martin, J.; Goodman, T. P.; Gorini, G.; Gospodarczyk, M.; Granucci, G.; Grekov, D. 1; Grenfell, G.; Griener, M.; Groth, M.; Grover, O.; Gruca, M.; Gude, A.; Guimarais, L.; Gyergyek, T.; Hacek, P.; Hakola, A.; Ham, C.; Happel, T.; Harrison, J.; Havranek, A.; Hawke, J.; Henderson, S.; Hesslow, L.; Hitzler, F.; Hnat, B.; Hobirk, J.; Hoelzl, M.; Hogeweij, D.; Hopf, C.; Hoppe, M.; Horacek, J.; Hron, M.; Huang, Z.; Iantchenko, A.; Iglesias, D.; Igochine, V.; Innocente, P.; Ionita-Schrittwieser, C.; Isliker, H.; Ivanova-Stanik, I.; Jacobsen, A.; Jakubowski, M.; Janky, F.; Jardin, A.; Jaulmes, F.; Jensen, T.; Jonsson, T.; Kallenbach, A.; Kappatou, A.; Karpushov, A.; Kasilov, S.; Kazakov, Y.; Kazantzidis, P. V.; Keeling, D.; Kelemen, M.; Kendl, A.; Kernbichler, W.; Kirk, A.; Kocsis, G.; Komm, M.; Kong, M.; Korovin, V.; Koubiti, M.; Kovacic, J.; Krawczyk, N.; Krieger, K.; Kripner, L.; Křivská, A.; Kudlacek, O.; Kulyk, Y.; Kurki-Suonio, T.; Kwiatkowski, R.; Laggner, F.; Laguardia, L.; Lahtinen, A.; Lang, P.; Likonen, J.; Lipschultz, B.; Liu, F.; Lombroni, R.; Lorenzini, R.; Loschiavo, V. P.; Lunt, T.; MacUsova, E.; Madsen, J.; Maggiora, R.; Maljaars, B.; Manas, P.; Mantica, P.; Mantsinen, M. J.; Manz, P.; Maraschek, M.; Marchenko, V.; Marchetto, C.; Mariani, A.; Marini, C.; Markovic, T.; Marrelli, L.; Martin, P.; Martín Solís, J. R.; Martitsch, A.; Mastrostefano, S.; Matos, F.; Matthews, G.; Mayoral, M.-L.; Mazon, D.; Mazzotta, C.; Mc Carthy, P.; McClements, K.; McDermott, R.; McMillan, B.; Meineri, C.; Menkovski, V.; Meshcheriakov, D.; Messmer, M.; Micheletti, D.; Milanesio, D.; Militello, F.; Miron, I. G.; Mlynar, J.; Moiseenko, V.; Molina Cabrera, P. A.; Morales, J.; Moret, J.-M.; Moro, A.; Moulton, D.; Nabais, F.; Naulin, V.; Naydenkova, D.; Nem, R. D.; Nespoli, F.; Newton, S.; Nielsen, A. H.; Nielsen, S. K.; Nikolaeva, V.; Nocente, M.; Nowak, S.; Oberkofler, M.; Ochoukov, R.; Ollus, P.; Olsen, J.; Omotani, J.; Ongena, J.; Orain, F.; Orsitto, F. P.; Paccagnella, R.; Palha, A.; Panaccione, L.; Panek, R.; Panjan, M.; Papp, G.; Paradela Perez, I.; Parra, F.; Passeri, M.; Pau, A.; Pautasso, G.; Pavlichenko, R.; Perek, A.; Pericoli Radolfini, V.; Pesamosca, F.; Peterka, M.; Petrzilka, V.; Piergotti, V.; Pigatto, L.; Piovesan, P.; Piron, C.; Piron, L.; Plyusnin, V.; Pokol, G.; Poli, E.; Pölöskei, P.; Popov, T.; Popovic, Z.; Pór, G.; Porte, L.; Pucella, G.; Puiatti, M. E.; Pütterich, T.; Rabinski, M.; Juul Rasmussen, J.; Rasmussen, J.; Rattá, G. A.; Ratynskaia, S.; Ravensbergen, T.; Réfy, D.; Reich, M.; Reimerdes, H.; Reimold, F.; Reiser, D.; Reux, C.; Reznik, S.; Ricci, D.; Rispoli, N.; Rivero-Rodriguez, J. F.; Rocchi, G.; Rodriguez-Ramos, M.; Romano, A.; Rosato, J.; Rubinacci, G.; Rubino, G.; Ryan, D. A.; Salewski, M.; Salmi, A.; Samaddar, D.; Sanchis-Sanchez, L.; Santos, J.; Särkimäki, K.; Sassano, M.; Sauter, O.; Scannell, R.; Scheffer, M.; Schneider, B. S.; Schneider, P.; Schrittwieser, R.; Schubert, M.; Seidl, J.; Seliunin, E.; Sharapov, S.; Sheeba, R. R.; Sias, G.; Sieglin, B.; Silva, C.; Sipilä, S.; Smith, S.; Snicker, A.; Solano, E. R.; Hansen, S. K.; Soria-Hoyo, C.; Sorokovoy, E.; Sozzi, C.; Sperduti, A.; Spizzo, G.; Spolaore, M.; Stejner, M.; Stipani, L.; Stober, J.; Strand, P.; Sun, H.; Suttrop, W.; Sytnykov, D.; Szepesi, T.; Tál, B.; Tala, T.; Tardini, G.; Tardocchi, M.; Teplukhina, A.; Terranova, D.; Testa, D.; Theiler, C.; Thorén, E.; Thornton, A.; Tilia, B.; Tolias, P.; Tomes, M.; Toscano-Jimenez, M.; Tsironis, C.; Tsui, C.; Tudisco, O.; Urban, J.; Valisa, M.; Vallar, M.; Vallejos Olivares, P.; Valovic, M.; Van Vugt, D.; Vanovac, B.; Varje, J.; Varju, J.; Varoutis, S. 1; Vartanian, S.; Vasilovici, O.; Vega, J.; Verdoolaege, G.; Verhaegh, K.; Vermare, L.; Vianello, N.; Vicente, J.; Viezzer, E.; Villone, F.; Voitsekhovitch, I.; Voltolina, D.; Vondracek, P.; Vu, N. M. T.; Walkden, N.; Wauters, T.; Weiland, M.; Weinzettl, V.; Wensing, M.; Wiesen, S.; Wiesenberger, M.; Wilkie, G.; Willensdorfer, M.; Wischmeier, M.; Wu, K.; Xiang, L.; Zagorski, R.; Zaloga, D.; Zanca, P.; Zaplotnik, R.; Zebrowski, J.; Zhang, W.; Zisis, A.; Zoletnik, S.; Zuin, M.
Published: 2019
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4. Runaway electron mitigation by applied magnetic perturbations in RFX-mod tokamak plasmas

Author: Maria Ester Puiatti, Luca Stevanato, D. Cester, M. Gobbin, Roscoe White, Massimo Nocente, Matteo Zuin, Lionello Marrelli, M. Valisa, P. Piovesan, Gobbin, M, Valisa, M, White, R, Cester, D, Marrelli, L, Nocente, M, Piovesan, P, Stevanato, L, Puiatti, M, and Zuin, M
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Guiding center, Tokamak, MHD, Perturbation (astronomy), Electron, 01 natural sciences, runaway electron, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, 0103 physical sciences, magnetic perturbations, Magnetohydrodynamic drive, 010306 general physics, tokamak, Nuclear and High Energy Physic, Physics, magnetic perturbation, runaway electrons, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, disruption, Computational physics, Amplitude, Atomic physics, Magnetohydrodynamics
Abstract: Thanks to its advanced system for the control of magnetohydrodynamic modes, the RFX-mod device run as a tokamak is particularly suited to the study of the possible impact on runaway electron (RE) de-confinement in response to applied magnetic perturbations. This paper shows that during the flat-top phase in RFX-mod discharges, with a plasma current of I p ∼ 150 kA and a low density ( n e < 10 19 m−3), the amount of REs scales with the m = 2,n = 1 perturbation both in q(a) q(a) > 2 plasmas. Similar results have also been obtained in post-disruption phases, but still with limited statistics. The mechanisms generating REs and the effect of magnetic perturbation (MP) on their confinement are interpreted by numerical simulations with the relativistic guiding center code ORBIT. The role played by different magnetic equilibria on the energy of REs and on their loss rates is investigated. ORBIT simulations indicate that RE-enhanced losses are associated with a raised level of stochasticity, the effect being more pronounced when the MP amplitude is higher and internally resonant.
Published: 2017
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5. Design concepts of machine upgrades for the RFX-mod experiment

Author: L. Trevisan, Alessandra Canton, Nicolò Marconato, Marco Valisa, Giuseppe Marchiori, Matteo Agostini, Maria Ester Puiatti, Piergiorgio Sonato, Matteo Vallar, Nisarg Patel, R. Delogu, Piero Agostinetti, Simone Peruzzo, Monica Spolaore, Samuele Dal Bello, Alessandro Fassina, P. Vincenzi, Lionello Marrelli, Roberto Cavazzana, Tommaso Bolzonella, Luca Grando, P. Zanca, Lorella Carraro, M. Siragusa, Gianluca De Masi, Paolo Scarin, A. Zamengo, Mauro Dalla Palma, Paolo Innocente, Paolo Bettini, Marco Bernardi, and Loris Zanotto
Subjects: Tokamak, Computer science, Mechanical engineering, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Vacuum sealing, General Materials Science, Ceramic-metal brazing, Fusion devices, RFP configuration, Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Science (all), Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 010306 general physics, Resistive touchscreen, Toroid, Reversed field pinch, Upgrade, Magnet, Magnetohydrodynamics, Engineering design process
Abstract: After 10 years of operation since its major modification, an upgrade of the RFX-mod experiment is presently under design. The scientific objective is the improvement of 3D physics studies through a more robust transition to higher confinement regimes in both Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) and Tokamak configuration obtained thanks to an advanced system for the active control of MHD instabilities. The main design driver requirements for this machine upgrade are the removal of the present resistive vacuum vessel and the enhancement of the ‘shell-plasma proximity’, to reduce the deformation of the last close magnetic surface and to improve the self-organized helical plasma regimes. The fulfillment of these requirements implies a major change of the internal components of the machine such as the replacement of the whole first wall, the change of the support system of the stabilizing shell and the modification of the present toroidal support structure to provide the function of vacuum barrier. In combination, other components of the machine will be upgraded, such as magnets and power supply, diagnostic systems and a NBI will be integrated. The paper presents an overview of the engineering design of the new components and highlights the critical aspects of the new torus assembly.
Published: 2017
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6. Active MHD control at high currents in RFX-mod

Author: Emilio Martines, Lorella Carraro, A. Pizzimenti, D. Terranova, Paolo Franz, M. Brombin, P. Zaccaria, Rita Lorenzini, V. Antoni, E. Spada, Mario Cavinato, Roberto Cavazzana, S. Cappello, G. Rostagni, F. Milani, Paolo Zanca, L. Apolloni, N. Vianello, Vanni Toigo, L. Zanotto, C. Taliercio, N. Pomaro, Gianluca Spizzo, Giuseppe Zollino, Giuseppe Chitarin, C. Taccon, Barbara Zaniol, Federica Bonomo, A. Murari, A. De Lorenzi, Alessandra Canton, Matteo Zuin, Fulvio Auriemma, L. Garzotti, S. Ortolani, R. Paccagnella, S. C. Guo, Anton Soppelsa, Maria Ester Puiatti, Lionello Marrelli, Tommaso Bolzonella, Gabriele Manduchi, F. Sattin, S. Martini, Alessandro Fassina, G. Malesani, Luca Grando, P. Innocente, Giuseppe Marchiori, P. Piovesan, C. Alessi, D. F. Escande, Roberto Pasqualotto, L. De Pasqual, D. Bonfiglio, M. Valisa, Enrico Zilli, A. Cravotta, Paolo Bettini, A. Masiello, Matteo Agostini, R. Piovan, Diego Marcuzzi, G. Gadani, Piergiorgio Sonato, Alberto Alfier, L. Novello, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, S. Dal Bello, M. Spolaore, Piero Martin, E. Gazza, Francesco Gnesotto, Adriano Luchetta, Leonardo Giudicotti, P. Scarin, A. Buffa, Marco Gobbin, M. Moresco, G. Serianni, Martini, S, Agostini, M, Alessi, C, Alfier, A, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Bettini, P, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Brombin, M, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Cavinato, M, Chitarin, G, Cravotta, A, Dal Bello, S, De Lorenzi, A, De Pasqual, L, Escande, D, Fassina, A, Franz, P, Gadani, G, Gaio, E, Garzotti, L, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gobbin, M, Grando, L, Guo, S, Innocente, P, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Malesani, G, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Marcuzzi, D, Marrelli, L, Martin, P, Martines, E, Masiello, A, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Murari, A, Novello, L, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Pizzimenti, A, Pomaro, N, Puiatti, M, Rostagni, G, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spizzo, G, Spolaore, M, Taccon, C, Taliercio, C, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Valisa, M, Vianello, N, Zaccaria, P, Zanca, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zollino, G, and Zuin, M
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, RFX-mod, Toroid, business.industry, Pulse duration, reversed field pinch, Plasma, Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics, MHD control, Amplitude, Optics, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, Pinch, Magnetohydrodynamics, business, Voltage, Dynamo
Abstract: The modified RFX is a very flexible device used for a variety of control schemes for MHD instabilities and for advanced reverse field pinch scenarios. Relative to the previous machine, RFX-mod has a thin Cu shell with vertical field penetration time τS, lowered from 450 to 50 ms and shell/plasma proximity from b/a ≤ 1.24-1.1. Toroidal equilibrium is feedback-controlled and new power supplies provide better Bφ control. Newly designed graphite tiles protect the vessel from localized power deposition. A mesh of 192 external saddle coils, supervised by a digital feedback system, controls radial fields due to field errors and MHD modes. The paper presents an overview of the very encouraging results obtained using both new and 'standard' advanced operational modes in the current range 0.3-1 MA. A dramatic improvement of plasma performance was obtained by using the saddle coils to cancel all the radial field components, an operation mode dubbed virtual shell (VS). The toroidal voltage was lowered by more than 25% and the pulse length was tripled, up to 7 times the τS. Steady-state RFP pulses are now limited only by the applied volt-seconds. The improved magnetic boundary also has an effect on the tearing modes underlying the sustainment of the RFP, whose core amplitude is more than halved. The VS combined with new schemes for the active rotation of the MHD dynamo modes has allowed us to obtain reliable and well-controlled long RFP pulses in the MA current range. This results in a 100% increase in the particle and energy confinement time relative to the previous experiment and opens the possibility of exploring the machine performance in the 2 MA design range. © 2007 IAEA.
Published: 2007
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7. High density internal transport barriers for burning plasma operation

Author: Gian Luca Ravera, B. Angelini, Maria Ester Puiatti, F. Crisanti, Fulvio Zonca, G. Apruzzese, Alessandro Bruschi, D. Pacella, G.B. Righetti, M. Leigheb, D. Frigione, S. Nowak, B. Tilia, Gregorio Vlad, F. De Marco, Francesco Mirizzi, F. P. Orsitto, G. Calabrò, S. Podda, C. Gormezano, H. Kroegler, V. Cocilovo, S V Annibaldi, A. Bertocchi, L. Pieroni, E. Lazzaro, E. Giovannozzi, R. Cesario, Alessandro Simonetto, Angelo A. Tuccillo, Francesco Romanelli, G Monari, Lorella Carraro, Gustavo Granucci, E. Barbato, D Marocco, M.L. Apicella, C. Centioli, S. Cirant, M. De Benedetti, V. Vitale, C. Castaldo, P. Buratti, L. Gabellieri, G. Mazzitelli, Basilio Esposito, L. Panaccione, V. Pericoli Ridolfini, G. Maddaluno, M. Romanelli, F. Gandini, A. Cardinali, F. Iannone, M. Marinucci, M. Panella, P. Smeulders, E. Sternini, G Regnoli, Carlo Sozzi, R. De Angelis, C. Mazzotta, and O. Tudisco
Subjects: Tokamak, Materials science, TOKAMAKS, Cyclotron, Magnetic confinement fusion, CONFINEMENT, Plasma, Electron, Condensed Matter Physics, Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali, Ambientali, Biol.e Medicin), Bootstrap current, law.invention, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, ITER, Plasma diagnostics, FTU, Atomic physics, Ohmic contact, CURRENT DRIVE
Abstract: A tokamak plasma with internal transport barriers (ITBs) is the best candidate for a steady ITER operation, since the high energy confinement allows working at plasma currents (Ip) lower than the reference scenario. To build and sustain an ITB at the ITER high density (>=1020 m-3) and largely dominant electron (e-) heating is not trivial in most existing tokamaks. FTU can instead meet both requests, thanks to its radiofrequency heating systems, lower hybrid (LH, up to 1.9 MW) and electron cyclotron (EC up to 1.2 MW). By the combined use of them, ITBs are obtained up to peak densities ne0 > 1.3 × 1020 m-3, with central e- temperatures Te0 ? 5.5 keV, and are sustained for as long as the heating pulse is applied (>35 confinement times, ?E). At ne0 ? 0.8 × 1020 m-3 Te0 can be larger than 11 keV. Almost full current drive (CD) and an overall good steadiness is attained within about one ?E, 20 times faster than the ohmic current relaxation time. The ITB extends over a central region with an almost flat or slightly reversed q profile and qmin ? 1.3 that is fully sustained by off-axis lower hybrid current drive. Consequent to this is the beneficial good alignment of the bootstrap current, generated by the ITB large pressure gradients, with the LH driven current. Reflectometry shows a clear change in the turbulence close to the ITB radius, consistent with the reduced e- transport. Ions (i+) are significantly heated via collisions, but thermal equilibrium with electrons cannot be attained since the e--i+ equipartition time is always 4-5 times longer than ?E. No degradation of the overall ion transport, rather a reduction of the i+ heat diffusivity, is observed inside the ITB. The global confinement has been improved up to 1.6 times over the scaling predictions. The ITB radius can be controlled by adjusting the LH power deposition profile that is affected mostly by the q value of the discharge, while the ITB strength can be varied through central EC heating. FTU experiments have shown that ITER-like e-ITBs are achievable.
Published: 2005
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8. Experimental and simulated VUV spectra from the JET tokamak and the reversed field pinch RFX

Author: Maria Ester Puiatti, M. G. O'Mullane, M. Valisa, Paolo Scarin, Fabio Sattin, Lorella Carraro, K. B. Fournier, I. H. Coffey, and M. Mattioli
Subjects: Physics, Jet (fluid), atomic physics, Tokamak, Reversed field pinch, Spectrometer, Magnetic confinement fusion, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, Spectral line, law.invention, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, Ionization, Controlled thermonuclear fusion, plasma physics, impurity modelling, Atomic physics, impurities emission spectra
Abstract: Experimental VUV spectra from the JET tokamak and from the reversed field pinch RFX have been simulated. For the former device both n = 2 to n = 2 L-shell Ar and Ne spectra (respectively, in the 14.5-43.0 and in the 35.0-80.0 nm ranges) were considered, whereas for RFX only the Ne spectrum was available. The spectra have been observed with the SPRED spectrometer. From the simulation of the spectra, relative sensitivity curves have been obtained for each instrument in the ranges of the simulation. For RFX only, it has been possible to extend this curve from ~13.0 to ~105 nm, by simulating intrinsic C and O emissions. The photon emission coefficients of the lines with wavelengths in the ranges of the experimental spectra were obtained from collisional-radiative models. For Ar and Ne these coefficients have been calculated by the Hebrew University Lawrence Livermore Atomic Codes atomic physics codes, whereas for C and O the corresponding coefficients have been taken from the `Atomic Data and Analysis Structure' database. Impurity modelling is performed using a one-dimensional impurity transport code, calculating for each atomic species the radial distribution of the impurity ions. The line brightnesses are evaluated in a post-processing subroutine and the simulations of the spectra are obtained. The spectral simulations (including impurity ion transport) give confidence in the atomic physics calculations, and allow the determination of the transport coefficients in the plasma regions from which the considered ionization states emit. Finally, the obtained relative sensitivity curves of the two SPRED spectrometers have been compared with the calibrations performed by means of the branching ratio technique.
Published: 2001
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Author: Emilio Martines, Fabio Sattin, V. Antoni, Daniele Desideri, L. Tramontin, Lorella Carraro, R. Bartiromo, M. Valisa, G. Serianni, M. Spolaore, B. Zaniol, Maria Ester Puiatti, and Paolo Scarin
Subjects: Physics, Drift velocity, Doppler spectroscopy, Gyroradius, business.industry, General Physics and Astronomy, symbols.namesake, Optics, Flow velocity, Physics::Plasma Physics, Electric field, symbols, Langmuir probe, Emission spectrum, Atomic physics, business, Doppler effect
Abstract: The experimental determination of the radial electric fieldEr and the associatedE ×B drift velocity at the edge of RFX is presented and possible mechanisms responsible for its generation are discussed.Er measurements by means of an array of Langmuir probes and those deduced from Doppler spectroscopy of impurity lines agree fairly well. In particular the rotation velocity of the plasma edge has been determined from the Doppler shift of a C III emission line. The observation of other ions characterised by different radial positions, such as B IV and C V, has allowed an estimate of the velocity shear. Typical values of plasma rotation at the edge are around 10 km/s while the velocity shear is of the order of (105−106)s−1 in the spontaneous layer, a few cm thick, usually observed in standard discharges. Plasma rotation has been artificially modified by both positive and negative edge biasing and the associated increase or decrease of the fluid velocity is well in agreement with the radial electric field change. The modification ofEr during edge biasing and Pulsed Poloidal Current Drive (PPCD) are also reported and interpreted within a momentum balance model. Analytical and self-consistent Monte Carlo models at the plasma edge suggest that impurities have a relevant role in the generation of the radial electric field, due to their relatively large Larmor radius.
Published: 2000
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10. RFX radiological analysis and testing for improved tokamak and deuterium operation mode

Author: Marco D'Arienzo, Angela Coniglio, Sandro Sandri, Manuela Battistella, Samuele Dal Bello, Luca Grando, Roberto Piovan, and Maria Ester Puiatti
Abstract: The RFX-mod device is a nuclear fusion facility based on the magnetic confinement of a plasma in the Reversed Field Pinch configuration, characterized by comparable toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields, with the toroidal field reversing near the edge. RFX-mod is equipped with a state-of-art active feedback control system of magnetic instabilities based don 192 saddle coils independently driven. Recently, such control system has been exploited to operate the device also as a Tokamak. In addition, the use of deuterium as feeding gas has been proposed. Such new operation regimes are likely to produce X radiation and neutrons. The licensing of the facility for the new operative configurations has been obtained at the end of 2012. At the completion of the licensing process a measurement campaing was performed to assess the good function of the radiological security systems. The two operation modes (tokamak and deuterium) were studied from the radiation protection point of view and both experimentally tested in two separated campaings. Special shielding requirements were evaluated for passages and ducts inside the controlled area. In both the experimental sessions, monitoring networks of passive dosimetric systems were placed in the areas designed to be accessible by personnel during the normal operation. Active monitors were used in parallel to control the spots more likely occupied by the staff. The testing process for the tokamak operation was performed with X and gamma ray monitors and dosimeters while for the deuterium operation also neutrons monitors and dosimeters were used. The short pulse of RFX-mod required specific measurement techniques, mainly for the counting integration with the active monitors. The results were completely acceptable for both the operation modes. The design assessment was confirmed with a security gap that is important for the operation to be initiated without any additional recommendation.
Published: 2014

11. Overview of the RFX fusion science program

Author: Piero Martin, Maria Ester Puiatti, and RFX Team
Subjects: RFX
Abstract: RFX-mod is a toroidal device for fusion plasma magnetic confinement, which can be operated both as a reversed field pinch and as tokamak. In the former configuration it can reach plasma current up to 2 MA, while as a tokamak current is limited to 0.15 MA, due to the toroidal field available. This paper provides an overview of the 2013 RFX physics, both from an experimental and theoretical/numerical point of view. Highlights of the program concern MHD stability feedback control studies - both on physics and engineering -- applied to the RFP and tokamak configurations, edge physics, in particular as far the RFP density behavior is concerned, 3D physics, progress in understanding transport mechanisms, and results of advanced numerical simulations. Initial results on the exposure of various material samples to the RFX plasmas will also be presented. Results on the physics of low qedge tokamak (qedge less than 2) will be discussed.
Published: 2013

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

Author: S. Dal Bello, Paolo Scarin, David Terranova, Lorella Carraro, Lane Roquemore, Alessandro Fassina, Gianluca Spizzo, Fulvio Auriemma, Maria Ester Puiatti, Matteo Agostini, Paolo Innocente, Stefano Munaretto, Italo Predebon, Roberto Cavazzana, Paolo Franz, Luca Grando, G. Mazzitelli, D.K. Mansfield, M. Gobbin, Alessandra Canton, A.V. Vertkov, G. De Masi, Barbara Zaniol, M. Valisa, Lionello Marrelli, Piero Martin, A. Ruzzon, and Mazzitelli, G.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Glow discharge, Materials science, Hydrogen, Reversed field pinch, magnetic confinement, Evaporation, chemistry.chemical_element, reversed field pinch, Injector, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS, chemistry, law, TOKAMAK, Lithium, Atomic physics, RFX, Helium
Abstract: In the reversed field pinch RFX-mod at the highest plasma current of 2 MA, when error fields are not effectively feedback controlled, localized thermal loads up to tens of MW m-2 can be produced. The graphite tiles withstand such high power loads, but the high hydrogen retention makes density control extremely difficult. Several wall conditioning techniques have been optimized in the last campaigns, including helium glow discharge cleaning and wall boronization by diborane glow discharges. More recently, lithium conditioning has been applied for the first time in a reversed field pinch by the evaporation technique. The main results are discussed in this paper. Lithization leads to important operational advantages: a significant improvement of the density control is obtained. Densities up to n/nG ≈ 0.5 can be produced in a controlled way. At the same value of input power, plasmas at higher densities can be sustained. However, due to the short particle confinement time, such densities are reached with high rates of gas puffing and the resulting profiles at high density are edge peaked. A lithium multipellet injector, to be applied in order to obtain a more uniform deposition, has been tested. © 2013 IAEA, Vienna.
Published: 2013
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13. Overview of RFX-MOD Fusion Science Program

Author: Piero Martin, Maria Ester Puiatti, and RFX-Mod Team
Published: 2012

14. Metal impurity transport control in JET H-mode plasmas with central ion cyclotron radiofrequency power injection

Author: Volker Naulin, Maria Ester Puiatti, E. Lerche, L. Lauro Taroni, B. Alper, C. Angioni, M. Baruzzo, P. Buratti, P. Belo daSilva, I. H. Coffey, Italo Predebon, T. Tala, Jet-Efda Contributors, M. Tsalas, P. Mantica, L. Garzotti, L. Carraro, D. Van Eester, M. Valisa, and C. Giroud
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials science, Turbulence, Cyclotron, NM REGION, CONFINEMENT, Plasma, Collisionality, Condensed Matter Physics, ASDEX UPGRADE, law.invention, Ion, Radial velocity, Impurity, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, TOKAMAK, Atomic physics, Order of magnitude, FUSION DEVICES
Abstract: The scan of ion cyclotron resonant heating (ICRH) power has been used to systematically study the pump out effect of central electron heating on impurities such as Ni and Mo in H-mode low collisionality discharges in JET. The transport parameters of Ni and Mo have been measured by introducing a transient perturbation on their densities via the laser blow off technique. Without ICRH Ni and Mo density profiles are typically peaked. The application of ICRH induces on Ni and Mo in the plasma centre (at normalized poloidal flux ρ = 0.2) an outward drift approximately proportional to the amount of injected power. Above a threshold of ICRH power of about 3 MW in the specific case the radial flow of Ni and Mo changes from inwards to outwards and the impurity profiles, extrapolated to stationary conditions, become hollow. At mid-radius the impurity profiles become flat or only slightly hollow. In the plasma centre the variation of the convection-to-diffusivity ratio v/D of Ni is particularly well correlated with the change in the ion temperature gradient in qualitative agreement with the neoclassical theory. However, the experimental radial velocity is larger than the neoclassical one by up to one order of magnitude. Gyrokinetic simulations of the radial impurity fluxes induced by electrostatic turbulence do not foresee a flow reversal in the analysed discharges.
Published: 2011
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15. Overview of the RFX-mod fusion science program

Author: Maria Ester Puiatti, Piero Martin, RFX-mod team, and collaborators
Subjects: RFX-mod
Abstract: RFX-mod is a 2 MA reversed field pinch device (major radius R=2 m, minor radius a=0.457 m) equipped with a system of 192 feedback controlled active coils. This paper describes the recent results of the RFX fusion science program. The 2011 experimental campaign has been dedicated to exploration of RFP confinement in the current range above 1 MA, with particular attention to the optimization of MHD active control and electromagnetic boundary, and to the control of first wall properties and of density profiles. RFX-mod has been operated also as a tokamak, aiming at exploiting and optimizing operation at $q_{edge} \approx $2 with active control of MHD instabilities and resistive wall modes in particular. Results on properties of $q_{edge} \approx $2 tokamak discharges will be presented.
Published: 2011

16. Overview of the RFX fusion science program

Author: M. Gobbin, Roberto Pasqualotto, D. Bonfiglio, Enrico Zilli, Giuseppe Marchiori, Piero Martin, S. Martini, Fulvio Auriemma, E. Gazza, D.K. Mansfield, P. Zaccaria, Piergiorgio Sonato, S. Ortolani, Wolf-Dieter Schneider, D. Yadikin, Stefano Munaretto, L. Piron, M. Valisa, Fabio Sattin, Susanna Cappello, G. V. Perverezev, F. Milani, Roberto Paccagnella, Paolo Bettini, S. Fiameni, Roscoe White, A. Ruzzon, V. Antoni, Leonardo Giudicotti, Yueqiang Liu, Lionello Marrelli, Nicola Vianello, S. Dal Bello, A. Scaggion, V. Rigato, Fabio Villone, A. Zamengo, Federica Bonomo, R. Cavazzana, M. Baruzzo, L. Carraro, F. Fantini, Giuseppe Zollino, Barbara Zaniol, Rita Lorenzini, Luis Chacon, X. Garbet, C. Angioni, Andrea Rizzolo, G. De Masi, G. Rostagni, W. A. Cooper, Manabu Takechi, Piero Agostinetti, Paolo Scarin, A. Pizzimenti, Yongkyoon In, Sheena Menmuir, Silvia Spagnolo, M. Moresco, Satoru Kiyama, S. P. Hirshman, M. Okabayashi, Giuseppe Chitarin, S. C. Guo, Gabriele Manduchi, Dominique Escande, Gianluigi Serianni, Alessandro Fassina, Luca Grando, Simona Barison, Allen H. Boozer, Michael Drevlak, Diego Marcuzzi, M. Pavei, J.Q. Dong, Anton Soppelsa, B. Momo, Gianluca Spizzo, Hajime Sakakita, Neil Pomphrey, Shunsuke Ide, Donald A. Spong, J. S. Sarff, Alessandra Canton, D. Lopez Bruna, M. Brombin, Matteo Zuin, T. Bolzonella, R. Piovan, Songfen Liu, Alberto Ferro, Italo Predebon, V. Igochine, L. Zanotto, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, P. Piovesan, Cesare Taliercio, J. Adamek, Go Matsunaga, P. Zanca, A. Buffa, M. Veranda, N. Pomaro, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Francesco Gnesotto, Emilio Martines, M. Dalla Palma, Paolo Franz, David Terranova, Yoichi Hirano, Matteo Agostini, G. Mazzitelli, Alberto Alfier, L. Novello, Vanni Toigo, M. Boldrin, R. Delogu, Guglielmo Rubinacci, Maria Ester Puiatti, A. Fiorentin, Karsten McCollam, E. Spada, M. Cavinato, A. De Lorenzi, L. Apolloni, J. Brotankova, F. Fellin, P. Innocente, Raul Sanchez, Zhirui Wang, Adriano Luchetta, Martin, P, Adamek, J, Agostinetti, P, Agostini, M, Alfier, A, Angioni, C, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Barana, O, Barison, S, Baruzzo, M, Bettini, P, Boldrin, M, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Boozer, A, Brombin, M, Brotankova, J, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Cavinato, M, Chacon, L, Chitarin, G, Cooper, W, Dal Bello, S, Dalla Palma, M, Delogu, R, De Lorenzi, A, De Masi, G, Dong, J, Drevlak, M, Escande, D, Fantini, F, Fassina, A, Fellin, F, Ferro, A, Fiameni, S, Fiorentin, A, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Garbet, X, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gobbin, M, Grando, L, Guo, S, Hirano, Y, Hirshman, S, Ide, S, Igochine, V, In, Y, Innocente, P, Kiyama, S, Liu, S, Liu, Y, Bruna, D, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Manduchi, G, Mansfield, D, Marchiori, G, Marcuzzi, D, Marrelli, L, Martini, S, Matsunaga, G, Martines, E, Mazzitelli, G, Mccollam, K, Menmuir, S, Milani, F, Momo, B, Moresco, M, Munaretto, S, Novello, L, Okabayashi, M, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Pavei, M, Perverezev, G, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Piron, L, Pizzimenti, A, Pomaro, N, Pomphrey, N, Predebon, I, Puiatti, M, Rigato, V, Rizzolo, A, Rostagni, G, Rubinacci, G, Ruzzon, A, Sakakita, H, Sanchez, R, Sarff, J, Sattin, F, Scaggion, A, Scarin, P, Schneider, W, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Spong, D, Spizzo, G, Takechi, M, Taliercio, C, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Valisa, M, Veranda, M, Vianello, N, Villone, F, Wang, Z, White, R, Yadikin, D, Zaccaria, P, Zamengo, A, Zanca, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zollino, G, Zuin, M, Martin, P., Adamek, J., Agostinetti, P., Agostini, M., Alfier, A., Angioni, C., Antoni, V., Apolloni, L., Auriemma, F., Barana, O., Barison, S., Baruzzo, M., Bettini, P., Boldrin, M., Bolzonella, T., Bonfiglio, D., Bonomo, F., Boozer, A. H., Brombin, M., Brotankova, J., Buffa, A., Canton, A., Cappello, S., Carraro, L., Cavazzana, R., Cavinato, M., Chacon, L., Chitarin, G., Cooper, W. A., Bello, S. D., Palma, M. D., Delogu, R., Lorenzi, A. D., Masi, G. D., Dong, J. Q., Drevlak, M., Escande, D. F., Fantini, F., Fassina, A., Fellin, F., Ferro, A., Fiameni, S., Fiorentin, A., Franz, P., Gaio, E., Garbet, X., Gazza, E., Giudicotti, L., Gnesotto, F., Gobbin, M., Grando, L., Guo, S. C., Hirano, Y., Hirshman, S. P., Ide, S., Igochine, V., In, Y., Innocente, P., Kiyama, S., Liu, S. F., Liu, Y. Q., Bruna, D. L., Lorenzini, R., Luchetta, A., Manduchi, G., Mansfield, D. K., Marchiori, G., Marcuzzi, D., Marrelli, L., Martini, S., Matsunaga, G., Martines, E., Mazzitelli, G., Mccollam, K., Menmuir, S., Milani, F., Momo, B., Moresco, M., Munaretto, S., Novello, L., Okabayashi, M., Ortolani, S., Paccagnella, R., Pasqualotto, R., Pavei, M., Perverezev, G. V., Peruzzo, S., Piovan, R., Piovesan, P., Piron, L., Pizzimenti, A., Pomaro, N., Pomphrey, N., Predebon, I., Puiatti, M. E., Rigato, V., Rizzolo, A., Rostagni, G., Rubinacci, Guglielmo, Ruzzon, A., Sakakita, H., Sanchez, R., Sarff, J. S., Sattin, F., Scaggion, A., Scarin, P., Schneider, W., Serianni, G., Sonato, P., Spada, E., Soppelsa, A., Spagnolo, S., Spolaore, M., Spong, D. A., Spizzo, G., Takechi, M., Taliercio, C., Terranova, D., Toigo, V., Valisa, M., Veranda, M., Vianello, N., Villone, F., Wang, Z., White, R. B., Yadikin, D., Zaccaria, P., Zamengo, A., Zanca, P., Zaniol, B., Zanotto, L., Zilli, E., Zollino, G., and Zuin, M.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, RFX-mod, Tokamak, Nuclear engineering, PLASMAS, CONFINEMENT, reversed field pinch, magnetic confinement, law.invention, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, Scaling, Mod, Physics, Reversed field pinch, STABILITY, Magnetic confinement fusion, INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIER, Plasma, Fusion power, Condensed Matter Physics, REVERSED-FIELD-PINCH, Atomic physics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Stellarator
Abstract: This paper summarizes the main achievements of the RFX fusion science program in the period between the 2008 and 2010 IAEA Fusion Energy Conferences. RFX-mod is the largest reversed field pinch in the world, equipped with a system of 192 coils for active control of MHD stability. The discovery and understanding of helical states with electron internal transport barriers and core electron temperature >1.5 keV significantly advances the perspectives of the configuration. Optimized experiments with plasma current up to 1.8 MA have been realized, confirming positive scaling. The first evidence of edge transport barriers is presented. Progress has been made also in the control of first-wall properties and of density profiles, with initial first-wall lithization experiments. Micro-turbulence mechanisms such as ion temperature gradient and micro-tearing are discussed in the framework of understanding gradient-driven transport in low magnetic chaos helical regimes. Both tearing mode and resistive wall mode active control have been optimized and experimental data have been used to benchmark numerical codes. The RFX programme also provides important results for the fusion community and in particular for tokamaks and stellarators on feedback control of MHD stability and on three-dimensional physics. On the latter topic, the result of the application of stellarator codes to describe three-dimensional reversed field pinch physics will be presented. © 2011 IAEA, Vienna.
Published: 2011
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17. Confinement studies on RFX

Author: Paolo Scarin, P. Zaccaria, S. Costa, P. Kusstatscher, Piero Martin, Roberto Paccagnella, Piergiorgio Sonato, Giuseppe Chitarin, Pietro Fiorentin, G. Malesani, Enrico Zilli, G. Rostagni, P. O'Leary, Lorella Carraro, S. Martini, M. Bassan, Giuseppe Zollino, Vanni Toigo, Andrea Murari, S. Vitturi, Francesco Trevisan, Maria Ester Puiatti, Andrea Stella, Gabriele Manduchi, M. Moresco, Mario Bagatin, Gianluigi Serianni, Leonardo Giudicotti, A. Buffa, Paolo Innocente, E. Spada, L. Benfatto, Giuseppe Marchiori, R. Guatieri, Emilio Martines, E. Casarotto, Elena Gaio, M. Fauri, A. Sardella, F. Bellina, H. Bergsåker, V. Schmidt, W. Baker, L. Apolloni, P. Collarin, V. Antoni, R. Piovan, M. Valisa, P. Campostrini, O. Hemming, Adriano Luchetta, Roberto Pasqualotto, N. Pomaro, Susanna Cappello, Francesco Gnesotto, Daniele Desideri, A. De Lorenzi, Massimo Guarnieri, C. Ferrer, L. Tramontin, Alvise Maschio, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Bagatin, M, Baker, W, Bassan, M, Bellina, F, Benfatto, I, Bergsaker, H, Buffa, A, Campostrini, P, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Casarotto, E, Chitarin, G, Collarin, P, Costa, S, Delorenzi, A, Desideri, D, Fauri, M, Ferrer, C, Fiorentin, P, Gaio, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Guarnieri, M, Guatieri, R, Hemming, O, Innocente, P, Kusstatscher, P, Luchetta, A, Malesani, G, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Martin, P, Martines, E, Martini, S, Maschio, A, Moresco, M, Murari, A, Oleary, P, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Piovan, R, Pomaro, N, Puiatti, M, Rostagni, G, Sardella, A, Scarin, P, Schmidt, V, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Stella, A, Toigo, V, Tramontin, L, Trevisan, F, Valisa, M, Vitturi, S, Zaccaria, P, Zilli, E, and Zollino, G
Subjects: Electron density, Materials science, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Impurity, Beta (plasma physics), RFP, Ion temperature, reversed field pinch, Electron, Atomic physics, Condensed Matter Physics, RFX, Plasma current
Abstract: The results of the first year of operation of the experiment RFX are reported. Profiles of electron density, electron and ion temperature and impurity emission have been measured at plasma current I
Published: 1993
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18. Investigation on the relation between edge radial electric field asymmetries in RFX-mod and density limit

Author: D. Bonfiglio, Gianluca Spizzo, Paolo Piovesan, Alessandro Fassina, Nicola Vianello, Maria Ester Puiatti, Paolo Scarin, Marco Valisa, Paolo Franz, L. Piron, Matteo Agostini, Alberto Alfier, Fulvio Auriemma, and Susanna Cappello
Subjects: Physics, Jet (fluid), Tokamak, Condensed matter physics, Critical phenomena, Electron, Condensed Matter Physics, Helicity, law.invention, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, Electric field, PLASMA ROTATION, SELF-ORGANIZATION, VELOCITY SHEAR, PINCH PLASMAS, PHASE-LOCKING, SCALING LAWS, TURBULENCE, MHD, TRANSPORT, CONFINEMENT, Limit (mathematics), Test particle, Atomic physics
Abstract: In all major confinement devices (tokamaks, stellarators, spheromaks and reversed-field pinches-RFPs), a density limit has been found. Results summarized in a recent work by Puiatti et al (2009 Nucl. Fusion 49 045012) show that in the RFP high density does not cause a disruption, but a sequence of increasingly critical phenomena. First, at intermediate density there is the disappearance of the high-confinement quasisingle helicity/single helical axis regimes. Then, at densities close to the Greenwald limit, toroidally and radially localized density accumulation and radiation condensation are observed, together with a fast resistive decay of the plasma current, which constitutes the real operative limit of the device. In this paper we discuss the effect of the magnetic ripple on test particle motion, showing that the accumulation of electrons in the X-points of the edge m = 0 islands is responsible for a modulation of the radial electric field E(r) which is at the core of the density limit mechanism. These results can be also relevant for the explanation of X-point multifaceted asymmetric radiation from the edge formation, observed in L-mode density limit discharges of JET.
Published: 2010
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19. Overview of RFX-mod results

Author: R. Paccagnella, Cesare Taliercio, J. Adamek, V. Antoni, A. Pizzimenti, Gianluca Spizzo, Gabriele Manduchi, E. Spada, Vanni Toigo, D. Terranova, Alberto Ferro, N. Pomaro, P. Zaccaria, Rita Lorenzini, B. E. Chapman, Piero Martin, L. Guazzotto, A. Zamengo, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, Italo Predebon, V. Igochine, F. Milani, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Francesco Gnesotto, Alessandro Fassina, Giuseppe Marchiori, E. Gazza, G. Serianni, L. Zanotto, Piergiorgio Sonato, L. Piron, A. De Lorenzi, Diego Marcuzzi, Alessandra Canton, Matteo Zuin, T. Bolzonella, Federica Bonomo, Fabio Villone, M. Valisa, S. Cappello, H. Zohm, R. Cavazzana, J. Brotankova, Maria Ester Puiatti, M. Gobbin, P. Scarin, P. Zanca, Silvia Spagnolo, M. Baruzzo, Lionello Marrelli, Fabio Sattin, A. Buffa, Nicola Vianello, Fulvio Auriemma, Karsten McCollam, S. Ortolani, J. S. Sarff, S. Dal Bello, M. Cavinato, Paolo Bettini, P. Piovesan, G. Rostagni, P. Innocente, P. Buratti, M. Moresco, Roscoe White, Leonardo Giudicotti, Anton Soppelsa, Guglielmo Rubinacci, Sheena Menmuir, Emilio Martines, Paolo Franz, L. Carraro, D. Bonfiglio, Enrico Zilli, S. Martini, G. De Masi, L. Apolloni, Giuseppe Chitarin, M. Brombin, R. Piovan, Matteo Agostini, J.A. Reusch, Barbara Zaniol, Yueqiang Liu, S. C. Guo, Dominique Escande, S.V. Annibaldi, Alberto Alfier, L. Novello, Luca Grando, Adriano Luchetta, Roberto Pasqualotto, D. Yadikin, Martin, P, Apolloni, L, Puiatti, M, Adamek, J, Agostini, M, Alfier, A, Annibaldi, S, Antoni, V, Auriemma, F, Barana, O, Baruzzo, M, Bettini, P, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Brombin, M, Brotankova, J, Buffa, A, Buratti, P, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Cavinato, M, Chapman, B, Chitarin, G, Dal Bello, S, De Lorenzi, A, De Masi, G, Escande, D, Fassina, A, Ferro, A, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gobbin, M, Grando, L, Guazzotto, L, Guo, S, Igochine, V, Innocente, P, Liu, Y, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Marcuzzi, D, Marrelli, L, Martini, S, Martines, E, Mccollam, K, Menmuir, S, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Novello, L, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Piron, L, Pizzimenti, A, Pomaro, N, Predebon, I, Reusch, J, Rostagni, G, Rubinacci, G, Sarff, J, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Spizzo, G, Taliercio, C, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Valisa, M, Vianello, N, Villone, F, White, R, Yadikin, D, Zaccaria, P, Zamengo, A, Zanca, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zohm, H, Zuin, M, Martin, P., Apolloni, L., Puiatti, M. E., Adamek, J., Agostini, M., Alfier, A., Annibaldi, S. V., Antoni, V., Auriemma, F., Barana, O., Baruzzo, M., Bettini, P., Bolzonella, T., Bonfiglio, D., Bonomo, F., Brombin, M., Brotankova, J., Buffa, A., Buratti, P., Canton, A., Cappello, S., Carraro, L., Cavazzana, R., Cavinato, M., Chapman, B. E., Chitarin, G., Dal Bello, S., De Lorenzi, A., De Masi, G., Escande, D. F., Fassina, A., Ferro, A., Franz, P., Gaio, E., Gazza, E., Giudicotti, L., Gnesotto, F., Gobbin, M., Grando, L., Guazzotto, L., Guo, S. C., Igochine, V., Innocente, P., Liu, Y. Q., Lorenzini, R., Luchetta, A., Manduchi, G., Marchiori, G., Marcuzzi, D., Marrelli, L., Martini, S., Martines, E., Mccollam, K., Menmuir, S., Milani, F., Moresco, M., Novello, L., Ortolani, S., Paccagnella, R., Pasqualotto, R., Peruzzo, S., Piovan, R., Piovesan, P., Piron, L., Pizzimenti, A., Pomaro, N., Predebon, I., Reusch, J. A., Rostagni, G., Rubinacci, Guglielmo, Sarff, J. S., Sattin, F., Scarin, P., Serianni, G., Sonato, P., Spada, E., Soppelsa, A., Spagnolo, S., Spolaore, M., Spizzo, G., Taliercio, C., Terranova, D., Toigo, V., Valisa, M., Vianello, N., Villone, F., White, R. B., Yadikin, D., Zaccaria, P., Zamengo, A., Zanca, P., Zaniol, B., Zanotto, L., Zilli, E., Zohm, H., and Zuin, M.
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Leading edge, Tokamak, RFX-mod, Reversed field pinch, MHD, magnetic confinement, Magnetic confinement fusion, reversed field pinch, Fusion power, Condensed Matter Physics, TRANSPORT, law.invention, LUNDQUIST NUMBER, Nuclear physics, REVERSED-FIELD-PINCH, EDGE, law, RFP, Electron temperature, Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma stability
Abstract: With the exploration of the MA plasma current regime in up to 0.5 s long discharges, RFX-mod has opened new and very promising perspectives for the reversed field pinch (RFP) magnetic configuration, and has made significant progress in understanding and improving confinement and in controlling plasma stability. A big leap with respect to previous knowledge and expectations on RFP physics and performance has been made by RFX-mod since the last 2006 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. A new self-organized helical equilibrium has been experimentally achieved (the Single Helical Axis - SHAx - state), which is the preferred state at high current. Strong core electron transport barriers characterize this regime, with electron temperature gradients comparable to those achieved in tokamaks, and by a factor of 4 improvement in confinement time with respect to the standard RFP. RFX-mod is also providing leading edge results on real-time feedback control of MHD instabilities, of general interest for the fusion community. © 2009 IAEA, Vienna.
Published: 2009
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20. Helical equilibria and magnetic structures in the reversed field pinch and analogies to the tokamak and stellarator

Author: Stefano Munaretto, L. Carraro, Alessandra Canton, S. Dal Bello, Matteo Zuin, A. Pizzimenti, D. Bonfiglio, S. Martini, V. Antoni, Elena Gaio, Fulvio Auriemma, Lionello Marrelli, Fabio Sattin, B. Momo, Tommaso Bolzonella, Nicola Vianello, L. Apolloni, Emilio Martines, Gianluca Spizzo, M. Baruzzo, R. Delogu, Paolo Franz, Susanna Cappello, P. Piovesan, Italo Predebon, M. Moresco, Rita Lorenzini, Leonardo Giudicotti, L. Novello, Sheena Menmuir, Paolo Scarin, P. Zanca, Anton Soppelsa, Luca Grando, G. De Masi, M. Spolaore, Giuseppe Marchiori, Roberto Pasqualotto, Neil Pomphrey, S. C. Guo, David Terranova, A. Zamengo, P. Innocente, Maria Ester Puiatti, Piero Martin, E. Gazza, Dominique Escande, Alberto Alfier, Allen H. Boozer, M. Valisa, L. Piron, Matteo Agostini, Barbara Zaniol, M. Brombin, R. Piovan, L. Zanotto, E. Spada, Gabriele Manduchi, Gianluigi Serianni, Alessandro Fassina, Roberto Paccagnella, Federica Bonomo, R. Cavazzana, Silvia Spagnolo, Cesare Taliercio, M. Gobbin, Puiatti, M, Alfier, A, Auriemma, F, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Dal Bello, S, Fassina, A, Escande, D, Franz, P, Gobbin, M, Innocente, P, Lorenzini, R, Marrelli, L, Martin, P, Piovesan, P, Predebon, I, Sattin, F, Spizzo, G, Terranova, D, Valisa, M, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zuin, M, Agostini, M, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Baruzzo, M, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Boozer, A, Brombin, M, Canton, A, Delogu, R, De Masi, G, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Grando, L, Guo, S, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Martines, E, Martini, S, Menmuir, S, Momo, B, Moresco, M, Munaretto, S, Novello, L, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Piovan, R, Piron, L, Pizzimenti, A, Pomphrey, N, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Taliercio, C, Vianello, N, Zamengo, A, and Zanca, P
Subjects: Physics, Tokamak, RFX-mod, Reversed field pinch, Field (physics), Condensed matter physics, Magnetic confinement fusion, reversed field pinch, Edge (geometry), SELF-ORGANIZATION, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, Core (optical fiber), quasi-single helicity, INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIERS, MHD ACTIVE CONTROL, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, RFP, QSH, plasma equilibrium, Atomic physics, Pressure gradient, Stellarator
Abstract: The reversed field pinch configuration is characterized by the presence of magnetic structures both in the core and at the edge: in the core, at high plasma current the spontaneous development of a helical structure is accompanied by the appearance of internal electron transport barriers; at the edge strong pressure gradients, identifying an edge transport barrier, are observed too, related to the position of the field reversal surface. The aim of this paper is the experimental characterization of both the internal and edge transport barriers in relation to the magnetic topology, discussing possible analogies and differences with other confinement schemes. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2009
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21. JET ((3)He)-D scenarios relying on RF heating: survey of selected recent experiments

Author: M. Valisa, Anders Hjalmarsson, Alessandro Marinoni, Jan Källne, S. E. Sharapov, P. Mantica, Y. Andrew, Jet-Efda Contributors, L. Giacomelli, R. C. Felton, A. Casati, N. C. Hawkes, E. de la Luna, E. Lerche, Vasily Kiptily, Maria Ester Puiatti, E. Joffrin, T. M. Biewer, J. Ongena, C. Giroud, Kristel Crombé, P. J. Lomas, M.-L. Mayoral, D. Van Eester, Carl Hellesen, Göran Ericsson, and M. Santala
Subjects: Materials science, Tokamak, TOKAMAKS, Cyclotron resonance, Plasma, Electron, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, IMPURITY TRANSPORT, Alfvén wave, Standing wave, INTERNAL TRANSPORT BARRIERS, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, Dielectric heating, RF HEATING, Radio frequency, Atomic physics, WAVE MODE CONVERSION
Abstract: Recent JET experiments have been devoted to the study of ((3)He)-D plasmas involving radio frequency (RF) heating. This paper starts by discussing the RF heating efficiency theoretically expected in such plasmas, covering both relevant aspects of wave and of particle dynamics. Then it gives a concise summary of the main conclusions drawn from recent experiments that were either focusing on studying RF heating physics aspects or that were adopting RF heating as a tool to study plasma behavior. Depending on the minority concentration chosen, different physical phenomena are observed. At very low concentration (X[(3)He] < 1%), energetic tails are formed which trigger MHD activity and result in loss of fast particles. Alfven cascades were observed and gamma ray tomography indirectly shows the impact of sawtooth crashes on the fast particle orbits. Low concentration (X[(3)He] < 10%) favors minority heating while for X[(3)He] >> 10% electron mode conversion damping becomes dominant. Evidence for the Fuchs et al standing wave effect (Fuchs et al 1995 Phys. Plasmas 2 1637-47) on the absorption is presented. RF induced deuterium tails were observed in mode conversion experiments with large X[(3)He] (approximate to 18%). As tentative modeling shows, the formation of these tails can be explained as a consequence of wave power absorption by neutral beam particles that efficiently interact with the waves well away from the cold D cyclotron resonance position as a result of their substantial Doppler shift. As both ion and electron RF power deposition profiles in ((3)He)-D plasmas are fairly narrow-giving rise to localized heat sources-the RF heating method is an ideal tool for performing transport studies. Various of the experiments discussed here were done in plasmas with internal transport barriers (ITBs). ITBs are identified as regions with locally reduced diffusivity, where poloidal spinning up of the plasma is observed. The present know-how on the role of RF heating for impurity transport is also briefly summarized.
Published: 2009
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22. Turbulent Impurity Transport

Author: Volker Naulin, Jens Juul Rasmussen, Clemente Angioni, Carine Giroud, Marco Valisa, Maria Ester Puiatti, L. Carraro, and Sadruddin Benkadda
Subjects: Physics, Radiative cooling, Condensed matter physics, Turbulence, Radiant energy, Plasma, Radiation, Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect, law.invention, Ignition system, law, Impurity, Condensed Matter::Superconductivity, Fluid dynamics, Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons, Atomic physics
Abstract: Impurity transport is an important topic for ITER as impurity density in the core has to stay below a relative concentration of 5×10−5 [1] to reach ignition conditions. The reasons for that is mainly impurity radiation leading to cooling. In the edge region on the other hand site, higher impurity densities, going along with radiation energy losses are beneficial as the radiative cooling arranges for good power distribution onto the first wall.
Published: 2008
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23. High current regimes in RFX-mod

Author: Cesare Taliercio, V. Antoni, Gabriele Manduchi, Fulvio Auriemma, Alberto Alfier, S. Dal Bello, L. Apolloni, L. Carraro, Gianluigi Serianni, S. Ortolani, Fabio Sattin, D. Marcuzzi, M. Baruzzo, Alessandro Fassina, Giuseppe Chitarin, Paolo Bettini, P. Innocente, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Alessandra Canton, N. Pomaro, Matteo Zuin, Francesco Gnesotto, D. Bonfiglio, Enrico Zilli, G. Rostagni, S. Martini, Piergiorgio Sonato, V. Toigo, David Terranova, Gianluca Spizzo, F. Milani, Anton Soppelsa, A. De Lorenzi, M. Gobbin, M. Moresco, Roberto Paccagnella, Italo Predebon, D. Yadikin, Piero Martin, L. Guazzotto, E. Gazza, Matteo Agostini, Federica Bonomo, Lionello Marrelli, Tommaso Bolzonella, Nicola Vianello, P. Zanca, R. Cavazzana, A. Buffa, Emilio Martines, Rita Lorenzini, Leonardo Giudicotti, M. Brombin, Silvia Spagnolo, Paolo Franz, Paolo Scarin, P. Buratti, Giuseppe Marchiori, R. Piovan, L. Zanotto, P. Piovesan, M. Valisa, Maria Ester Puiatti, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, V. Igochine, Karsten McCollam, E. Spada, M. Cavinato, Susanna Cappello, G. De Masi, Andrea Pizzimenti, S. C. Guo, Dominique Escande, Luca Grando, Barbara Zaniol, P. Zaccaria, Adriano Luchetta, Roberto Pasqualotto, L. Novello, J. S. Sarff, L. Piron, Valisa, M, Bolzonella, T, Buratti, P, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Dal Bello, S, Martin, P, Pasqualotto, R, Sarff, J, Spolaore, M, Zanca, P, Zanotto, L, Agostini, M, Alfier, A, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Barana, O, Baruzzo, M, Bettini, P, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Brombin, M, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Cavinato, M, Chitarin, G, De Lorenzi, A, De Masi, G, Escande, D, Fassina, A, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gobbin, M, Grando, L, Guazzotto, L, Guo, S, Igochine, V, Innocente, P, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Marcuzzi, D, Marrelli, L, Martini, S, Martines, E, Mccollam, K, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Novello, L, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Piron, L, Pizzimenti, A, Piovesan, P, Pomaro, N, Predebon, I, Puiatti, M, Rostagni, G, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spizzo, G, Taliercio, C, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Vianello, N, Yadikin, D, Zaccaria, P, Zaniol, B, Zilli, E, and Zuin, M
Subjects: Physics, plasma confinement, RFX-mod, Reversed field pinch, Condensed matter physics, reversed field pinch, Torus, Plasma, Electron, Condensed Matter Physics, Symmetry (physics), quasi-single helicity, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, Electron temperature, QSH, Magnetohydrodynamic drive, Current (fluid)
Abstract: Optimization of machine operation, including plasma position control, density control and especially feedback control on multiple magnetohydrodynamic modes, has led RFX-mod to operate reliably at 1.5 MA, the highest current ever achieved on a reversed field pinch (RFP). At high current and low density the magnetic topology spontaneously self-organizes in an Ohmical helical symmetry, with the new magnetic axis helically twisting around the geometrical axis of the torus. The separatrix of the island disappears leaving a wide and symmetric thermal structure with large gradients in the electron temperature profile. The new topology still displays an intermittent nature but its overall presence has reached 85% of the current flat-top period. The large gradients in the electron temperature profile appear to be marginal for the destabilization of ion temperature gradient modes on the assumption that ions and electrons have the same gradients. There are indications that higher currents could provide the conditions under which to prove the existence of a true helical equilibrium as the standard RFP configuration. © 2008 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2008
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24. Spectroscopic and chemical characterization of atmospheric plasmas produced in hydrocarbon contaminated air by DC and pulsed corona discharges

Author: Zaniol, Barbara, Schiorlin, Milko, Paradisi, C., Marotta, Ester, Ren, Xianwen, MARIA ESTER PUIATTI, Rea, Massimo, Sonato, Piergiorgio, and Paradisi, Cristina
Published: 2007

25. Magnetic self organization, MHD active control and confinement in RFX-mod

Author: Paolo Zanca, Piero Martin, A. De Lorenzi, E. Gazza, F. Milani, S. Dal Bello, Lionello Marrelli, F. Sattin, Leonardo Giudicotti, Giuseppe Marchiori, N. Vianello, Matteo Agostini, R. Piovan, Fulvio Auriemma, A. Masiello, S. Ortolani, Vanni Toigo, M. Brombin, P. Innocente, G. Gadani, G. Rostagni, Alberto Alfier, L. Novello, M. Moresco, Giuseppe Chitarin, Italo Predebon, Anton Soppelsa, M. Valisa, D. F. Escande, Paolo Bettini, Mario Cavinato, L. Apolloni, S. C. Guo, Andrea Murari, C. Alessi, Roberto Pasqualotto, Maria Ester Puiatti, C. Taccon, R. Paccagnella, Piergiorgio Sonato, D. Bonfiglio, Simone Peruzzo, Diego Marcuzzi, Emilio Martines, Federica Bonomo, Paolo Franz, Barbara Zaniol, Elena Gaio, Enrico Zilli, S. Martini, C. Taliercio, Gianluca Spizzo, S. Cappello, V. Antoni, Gabriele Manduchi, Alessandro Fassina, L. Zanotto, P. Piovesan, Alessandra Canton, Matteo Zuin, L. Carraro, T. Bolzonella, Luca Grando, G. Malesani, A. Pizzimenti, D. Terranova, Rita Lorenzini, E. Spada, G. Serianni, Marco Gobbin, P. Zaccaria, Giuseppe Zollino, Roberto Cavazzana, Adriano Luchetta, P. Scarin, A. Buffa, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Francesco Gnesotto, N. Pomaro, Marrelli, L, Zanca, P, Valisa, M, Marchiori, G, Alfier, A, Bonomo, F, Gobbin, M, Piovesan, P, Terranova, D, Agostini, M, Alessi, C, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Barana, O, Bettini, P, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Brombin, M, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Cavinato, M, Chitarin, G, Dal Bello, S, De Lorenzi, A, Escande, D, Fassina, A, Franz, P, Gadani, G, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Grando, L, Guo, S, Innocente, P, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Malesani, G, Manduchi, G, Marcuzzi, D, Martin, P, Martini, S, Martines, E, Masiello, A, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Murari, A, Novello, L, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Pizzimenti, A, Pomaro, N, Predebon, I, Puiatti, M, Rostagni, G, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spizzo, G, Spolaore, M, Taccon, C, Taliercio, C, Toigo, V, Vianello, N, Zaccaria, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zollino, G, and Zuin, M
Subjects: Physics, REVERSED-FIELD PINCHES, RFX-mod, Reversed field pinch, Sideband, active control, Rotational symmetry, Boundary (topology), INTELLIGENT SHELL, reversed field pinch, Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetic field, BOUNDARY, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Physics::Plasma Physics, Quantum electrodynamics, Harmonics, RFP, RECONSTRUCTION, Magnetohydrodynamics, PLASMA-WALL INTERACTIONS, RESISTIVE WALL, Saddle
Abstract: RFX-mod is a reversed field pinch (RFP) experiment equipped with a system that actively controls the magnetic boundary. In this paper we describe the results of a new control algorithm, the clean mode control (CMC), in which the aliasing of the sideband harmonics generated by the discrete saddle coils is corrected in real time. CMC operation leads to a smoother (i.e. more axisymmetric) boundary. Tearing modes rotate (up to 100 Hz) and partially unlock. Plasma-wall interaction diminishes due to a decrease of the non-axisymmetric shift of the plasma column. With the ameliorated boundary control, plasma current has been successfully increased to 1.5 MA, the highest for an RFP. In such regimes, the magnetic dynamics is dominated by the innermost resonant mode, the internal magnetic field gets close to a pure helix and confinement improves. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2007
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26. Parametric dependences of impurity transport in tokamaks

Author: C. Giroud, C. Bourdelle, Maria Ester Puiatti, P R Thomas, T. Parisot, R. Guirlet, Xavier Garbet, N. Dubuit, and L. Carraro
Subjects: Physics, Convection, Tokamak, Turbulent diffusion, TORE-SUPRA, MODE DISCHARGES, Turbulence, PARTICLE CONFINEMENT, BARRIER DISCHARGES, Plasma, Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics, law.invention, Physics::Fluid Dynamics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Impurity, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, Physics::Space Physics, Atomic physics, Diffusion (business), Parametric statistics, NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT
Abstract: Impurity accumulation has been observed in many tokamak plasma experiments and predicted by collisional transport theory. However in most experimental cases observed transport departs from the collisional predictions ('anomalous transport'), admittedly due to turbulent effects. Diffusion is used as a criterion to assess the relative contributions of collisions and turbulence to observed impurity transport in the published literature. In the ITER relevant confinement modes (H-mode and internal transport barrier scenarios) turbulence always contributes but with large variations. The predicted parametric dependences of impurity transport are reviewed when available. Information on turbulent diffusion is scarce. Predicted collisional and turbulent convection velocities can be directed either inwards or outwards. The collisional predictions match satisfactorily a number of observations. Theoretical predictions of the turbulent convection velocity including recent quasilinear gyrokinetic results are in qualitative agreement with a dedicated experiment. This is only a first step toward a complete validation of the turbulent impurity convection theoretical models and predictive modelling of impurity transport in tokamaks.
Published: 2006
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27. Impurity seeded ELMy H-modes in JET with high density and reduced heat load

Author: G. F. Matthews, J. Ongena, T. Eich, J. Harling, H. R. Koslowski, S. Jachmich, Kristel Crombé, A. Huber, R. C. Felton, Jet-Efda Contributors, M. Valisa, G. Bonheure, Maria Ester Puiatti, E. Joffrin, Arkadi Kreter, Y. Corre, M. F. F. Nave, Juergen Rapp, R. Sartori, B. Unterberg, J.T. Hogan, P. Belo, A.M. Messiaen, M. Z. Tokar, M. von Hellermann, P. Andrew, Pierre Dumortier, J. Stober, G. P. Maddison, V.V. Parail, I. Voitsekhovitch, and P. Monier-Garbet
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Jet (fluid), Materials science, Divertor, Magnetic confinement fusion, Plasma, Collisionality, Effective radiated power, Condensed Matter Physics, ASDEX Upgrade, Seeding, ddc:530, Atomic physics
Abstract: Experiments performed at JET during the past two years show that, in high triangularity H-mode plasmas with I-p = 2.5 MA, n(e)/n(Gr) approximate to 1.0, it is possible to radiate separately up to approximate to 40% of the total injected power on closed flux surfaces in the pedestal region (argon seeding) and up to approximate to 50% of the injected power in the divertor region (nitrogen seeding), while maintaining the confinement improvement factor at the value required for ITER, H98(y, 2) 1.0. The total radiated power fraction achieved in both cases (65-70%) is close to that required for ITER. However, Type I ELMS observed with impurity seeding have the same characteristics as that observed in reference pulses without seeding: decreasing plasma energy loss per ELM with increasing pedestal collisionality. One has to reach the Type III ELM regime to decrease the transient heat load to the divertor to acceptable values for ITER, although at the expense of confinement. The feasibility of an integrated scenario with Type-III ELMS, and q(95) = 2.6 to compensate for the low H factor, has been demonstrated on JET. This scenario would meet ITER requirements at 17 MA provided that the IPB98 scaling for energy content is accurate enough, and provided that a lower dilution is obtained when operating at higher absolute electron density.
Published: 2005
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28. ITB formation with counter ECCD and LHCD and Suprathermal ECCD experiments on FTU in ITER relevant conditions

Author: Maria Ester Puiatti, Gian Luca Ravera, F. Crisanti, Fulvio Zonca, H. Kroegler, S V Annibaldi, L. Gabellieri, M. Marinucci, G. Monari, J Berrino, D. Pacella, A. Bertocchi, Francesco Romanelli, B. Tilia, O. Tudisco, P. Smeulders, E. Barbato, G.B. Righetti, D. Frigione, S. Nowak, M.L. Apicella, Daniela Farina, R. DeAngelis, Francesco Mirizzi, V. Cocilovo, F. Gandini, M. Romanelli, C. Mazzotta, M. Panella, Gregorio Vlad, E. Giovannozzi, E. Lazzaro, Lorella Carraro, Gustavo Granucci, P. Buratti, Daniele Marocco, C. Centioli, M. Leigheb, E. Sternini, Basilio Esposito, S. Cirant, F.P. Orsitto, L. Panaccione, V. Vitale, G. Calabrò, V. Pericoli-Ridolfini, B. Angelini, S. Podda, F. Iannone, C. Castaldo, Alessandro Simonetto, L. Pieroni, F. De Marco, G. Apruzzese, M. De Benedetti, R. Cesario, G Regnoli, G. Mazzitelli, Angelo A. Tuccillo, Alessandro Bruschi, Carlo Sozzi, and A. Cardinali
Subjects: History, Tokamak, Toroid, Chemistry, Plasma, Resonant absorption, Electron, Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali, Ambientali, Biol.e Medicin), Computer Science Applications, Education, law.invention, Computational physics, symbols.namesake, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, symbols, ____, Atomic physics, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Doppler effect
Abstract: In this paper the results of the experiments of combined injection of LH waves and EC waves performed in the FTU tokamak are reported. Such experiments were mainly devoted to study and to control the access to the advanced tokamak scenarios in plasma conditions close to ITER parameters (Bt≈5T or higher, ne,line≈10 20 m -3 ). Two different absorption mechanisms were used for the EC waves. In the first one the cold resonance absorption of EC waves launched with a toroidal angle was used to induce small modification of the current profile mainly maintained by LH waves. In the second one the absorption through Doppler shift due to the fast electron tails generated by LHCD was used.
Published: 2005

29. Towards the realization on JET of an integrated H-mode scenario for ITER

Author: W. Suttrop, M.F. Stamp, R. Neu, Y. Corre, J. D. Strachan, M. Brix, J. Bucalossi, I. Voitsekhovitch, Maria Ester Puiatti, E. Joffrin, G. F. Matthews, Yanick Sarazin, Peter Lang, S. Jachmich, C. Giroud, B. Alper, Olivier Sauter, M. F. F. Nave, R.V. Budny, C. Jupen, Yu.F. Baranov, L. Garzotti, S. Podda, N. C. Hawkes, P. de Vries, Andrea Murari, K-D. Zastrow, M. Beurskens, G. Cordey, J. Brzozowski, I. Coffey, M. Valovic, P. Andrew, M. Murakami, D. L. Hillis, F. Milani, G. P. Maddison, Efda-Jet Contributors, M. von Hellermann, Filippo Sartori, Pierre Dumortier, Juergen Rapp, K. D. Lawson, V.V. Parail, J. Ongena, M.R. de Baar, G. Telesca, G. Saibene, D. C. McDonald, M. Becoulet, Boris Weyssow, A. Kallenbach, E. Righi, A.M. Messiaen, A. Loarte, J.T. Hogan, H. R. Koslowski, B. Unterberg, R. Sartori, L. C. Ingesson, Marco Valisa, C. Gowers, G. Bonheure, P. J. Lomas, G.L. Jackson, M. J. Mantsinen, T. Eich, A. Staebler, M. Charlet, and P. Monier-Garbet
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Jet (fluid), Argon, Separatrix, ENERGY CONFINEMENT, TOKAMAKS, Mode (statistics), chemistry.chemical_element, Magnetic confinement fusion, Condensed Matter Physics, HIGH-DENSITY, Nuclear physics, chemistry, JET, Physics::Plasma Physics, ITER, Beta (plasma physics), ddc:530, Realization (systems), Plasma density
Abstract: ELMy H-mode experiments at JET in 2000/mid-2002 have focused on discharges with normalized parameters for plasma density, energy confinement and beta similar to those of the ITER Q(DT) = 10 reference regime (n/n(GW) similar to 0.85, H-98(y,H-2) similar to 1, beta(N) similar to 1.8). ELMy H-mode plasmas have been realized reaching or even exceeding those parameters in steady-state conditions (up to similar to5 s or 12tau(epsilon)) in a reproducible way and only limited by the duration of the additional heating phase. These results have been obtained (a) in highly triangular plasmas, by increasing the average triangularity delta towards the ITER reference value (delta similar to 0.5), and (b) in plasmas at low triangularity (delta similar to 0.2) by seeding of Ar and placing the X-point of the plasma on the top of the septum. Pellet injection from the high field side is a third method yielding high density and high confinement, albeit not yet under steady-state conditions. In highly triangular plasmas the influence of input power, plasma triangularity and impurity seeding with noble gases has been studied. Density profile peaking at high densities has been obtained in (a) impurity seeded low triangularity discharges, (b) ELMy H-modes with low levels of input power and (c) discharges fuelled with pellet injection from the high field side. New ELM behaviour has been observed in high triangularity discharges at high density, opening a possible route to ELM heat load mitigation, which can be further amplified by Ar impurity seeding. Current extrapolations of the ELM heat load to ITER show possibly a window for Type I ELM operation. Confinement scaling studies indicate an increase in confinement with triangularity and density peaking, and a decrease in confinement with the Greenwald number. In addition, experiments in H isotope and He indicate tau(E) proportional to M(0.19)Z(-0.59). The threshold power for the L-H transition in He plasmas shows the same parametric dependence as in D plasmas, but with a 50% higher absolute value.
Published: 2004
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30. Study of impurity transport in FTU ITB plasmas

Author: Michael Finkenthal, M. Mattioli, Maria Ester Puiatti, M. Valisa, M. Leigheb, Paolo Scarin, D. Pacella, L. Gabellieri, Lorella Carraro, and K. B. Fournier
Subjects: IONS, Materials science, BARRIERS, Magnetic confinement fusion, Plasma, Electron, Condensed Matter Physics, Thermal diffusivity, Electron cyclotron resonance, Ion, Thermal conductivity, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, TOKAMAK PLASMAS, Physics::Plasma Physics, Pinch, SPECTROMETER, Atomic physics
Abstract: Impurity transport during FTU electron internal transport barrier (ITB) discharges has been studied by means of a one-dimensional time dependent transport model to reproduce plasma line and continuum emissions. The impurity behaviour has been explored in two different experimental frames in which the formation and maintenance of an ITB is obtained in FTU. In the first scenario the lower hybrid and electron cyclotron resonance heating waves are launched during the current (Ip) flat-top phase, while in the second scenario the RF power is injected early during the Ip ramp-up phase. A diffusion coefficient enhanced inside the barrier, by a factor of 10, and an inward pinch velocity linearly increasing with the radius up to 3.5 m s-1, as found in the Ohmic case, are necessary to reproduce FTU plasma emission in the first scenario. A diffusion coefficient lowered inside the barrier (by a factor of 2) and about the same inward pinch velocity (v(a) = 5 m s-1 in this case) have to be assumed to interpret the impurity behaviour if the RF power is injected during the Ip ramp-up phase. These diffusion coefficient profiles are similar to the ion thermal diffusivity profiles predicted by the JETTO code: an improved electron thermal conductivity at the centre but degraded ion thermal conductivity is predicted for the flat-top ITB case, while improved electron thermal conductivity in the centre with a slightly improved ion diffusion inside the barrier results in the ramp-up ITB.
Published: 2004
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31. Analysis and modelling of the magnetic and plasma profiles during PPCD experiments in RFX

Author: Gianluca Spizzo, Paolo Innocente, A. De Lorenzi, G. Malesani, V. Antoni, C. Taliercio, S. C. Guo, Pietro Fiorentin, R. Paccagnella, G. Telesca, Lorella Carraro, Enrico Zilli, S. Martini, B. Pégourié, Giuseppe Marchiori, Maria Ester Puiatti, P. Piovesan, Simone Peruzzo, F. Milani, L. Zanotto, Paolo Zanca, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Elena Gaio, P. Nielsen, M. Valisa, Francesco Gnesotto, Mario Bagatin, Vanni Toigo, M. Moresco, Piergiorgio Sonato, Lionello Marrelli, Tommaso Bolzonella, Roberto Pasqualotto, D. Terranova, A. Masiello, Rita Lorenzini, Alessandra Canton, Piero Martin, Matteo Zuin, S. Cappello, G. Rostagni, A. Cravotta, D. Bettella, S. Dal Bello, R. Piovan, Leonardo Giudicotti, P. Zaccaria, G. Regnoli, Emilio Martines, Adriano Luchetta, Paolo Franz, Giuseppe Zollino, Gabriele Manduchi, S. Ortolani, P. Scarin, D. Desideri, E. Spada, W. Baker, L. Apolloni, A. Buffa, Barbara Zaniol, Diego Marcuzzi, Giuseppe Chitarin, Luca Grando, A. Murari, N. Vianello, N. Pomaro, G. Preti, F. D'Angelo, L. Garzotti, G. Serianni, Mario Cavinato, Lorenzo Frassinetti, D. F. Escande, Fabio Sattin, Paolo Bettini, Roberto Cavazzana, Puiatti, M, Cappello, S, Lorenzini, R, Martini, S, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Sattin, F, Terranova, A, Bolzonella, T, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Carraro, L, Escande, D, Garzotti, L, Innocente, P, Marrelli, L, Martines, E, Scarin, P, Spizzo, G, Valisa, M, Zanca, P, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Bagatin, M, Baker, W, Barana, O, Bettella, D, Bettini, P, Cavazzana, R, Cavinato, M, Chitarin, G, Cravotta, A, D'Angelo, F, Dal Bello, S, De Lorenzi, A, Desideri, D, Fiorentin, P, Franz, P, Frassinetti, L, Gaio, E, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Grando, L, Guo, S, Luchetta, A, Malesani, G, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Marcuzzi, D, Martin, P, Masiello, A, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Murari, A, Nielsen, P, Pasqualotto, R, Pegourie, B, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Pomaro, N, Preti, G, Regnoli, G, Rostagni, G, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Spolaore, M, Taliercio, C, Telesca, G, Toigo, V, Vianello, N, Zaccaria, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zollino, G, and Zuin, M
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Reversed field pinch, Condensed matter physics, Turbulence, Phase (waves), Magnetic confinement fusion, IMPROVED CONFINEMENT, reversed field pinch, Plasma, Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics, POLOIDAL CURRENT DRIVE, pulsed poloidal current drive, REVERSED-FIELD-PINCH, SINGLE-HELICITY, Physics::Plasma Physics, RFP, HEAT-TRANSPORT, Transient (oscillation), Magnetohydrodynamics, PPCD, RFX, Dynamo
Abstract: In this paper, we analyse the main features of the pulsed poloidal current drive (PPCD) technique, used in the reversed field pinch configuration to achieve improved confinement conditions. In the RFX experiment, PPCD corresponds to a decrease of the magnetic fluctuations, to a peaking of the temperature profile, and to a reduced transport and plasma-wall interaction. A three-dimensional MHD nonlinear code and one-dimensional time-dependent transport models have been applied to study the effect of PPCD on the magnetic and plasma profiles. The three-dimensional MHD simulations show that the external inductive drive pinches and peaks the current profile driving the configuration through a transient phase, where the spontaneous turbulent dynamo action is quenched. The one-dimensional transport codes indicate that the experimental profile modifications associated with PPCD are consistent with a reduction of the stochastic transport.
Published: 2003
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32. Plasma-wall interactions and radial electric fields in the reversed field pinch RFX

Author: Paolo Scarin, Barbara Zaniol, Fabio Sattin, Lorella Carraro, Maria Ester Puiatti, P. Zanca, M. Valisa, and M. Spolaore
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Reversed field pinch, Chemistry, Gyroradius, Perturbation (astronomy), Electron, Plasma, Fusion power, Ion, Nuclear physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Physics::Plasma Physics, Electric field, General Materials Science, Atomic physics
Abstract: The radial electric field E r at the edge of the RFX plasma changes sign, from negative (inward) to positive, when an m =0 perturbation is externally applied. Similar behaviour had been previously observed in presence of wall locked ( m =1) modes, whereby the much stronger plasma–wall interaction made data interpretation more complex. The findings are compatible with the presence of an m =0, n =1 magnetic island. While in ordinary situations the edge losses of RFX are interpreted as dominated by finite Larmor radius ion effects, inside the island associated with the external perturbation the diffusion of the electrons is enhanced and exceeds the ion loss flux, thus reversing E r .
Published: 2003
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33. Impurity influx studies in the RFX reversed field pinch

Author: Lorella Carraro, Fabio Sattin, E. Casarotto, Roberto Pasqualotto, M. Valisa, Paolo Scarin, and Maria Ester Puiatti
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Reversed field pinch, Screening effect, Chemistry, Plasma, Fusion power, Magnetic field, Photodiode, law.invention, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Impurity, law, Physics::Plasma Physics, General Materials Science, Emission spectrum, Atomic physics
Abstract: The spectroscopic methods adopted to diagnose impurity and hydrogen influxes into the RFX plasma are described and the results of the observations are discussed. The impurity emission lines are currently monitored by means of narrow band interference filters and photodiode array equipped spectrometers, both absolutely calibrated. Influxes of carbon and oxygen are deduced from measurements of C II and O II lines and are related to the impurity content in the plasma core. Molecular band emission observations show a screening effect of the chemically sputtered products. The influx measurements are carried out over different viewing chords showing strong asymmetries in the plasma wall interactions, observed also by CCD cameras and related to strong magnetic field errors.
Published: 2002
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34. Joint 19th ISHW and 16th RFP workshop

Author: D. Terranova, Maria Ester Puiatti, and Boyd Blackwell
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, business.industry, Structural engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, business, Joint (geology)
Published: 2014
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35. New insights into MHD dynamics of magnetically confined plasmas from experiments in RFX

Author: Paolo Zanca, L. Fattorini, R. Piovan, R. Bartiromo, A. Boboc, Piero Martin, S. Costa, P. Zaccaria, L. Apolloni, Vanni Toigo, G. Malesani, Enrico Zilli, S. Martini, B. Pégourié, G. Rostagni, F. D'Angelo, Emilio Martines, Pietro Fiorentin, Barbara Zaniol, R. Paccagnella, Paolo Franz, Maria Ester Puiatti, P. Innoccente, C. Taliercio, Lorella Carraro, Giuseppe Telesca, Giuseppe Zollino, Roberto Pasqualotto, L. Garzotti, Antonio Ponno, Mario Bagatin, Giuseppe Marchiori, S. Cappello, Luca Zabeo, M. Moresco, Alvise Maschio, Giuseppe Chitarin, Leonardo Giudicotti, D. Terranova, Rita Lorenzini, N. Vianello, Fabio Sattin, Gabriele Manduchi, P. Nielsen, A. Intravaia, Paolo Bettini, A. Murari, M. Valisa, S. C. Guo, Lionello Marrelli, Dominique Escande, Tommaso Bolzonella, L. Tramontin, Luca Grando, M. Ogorman, Gianluca Spizzo, L. Zanotto, E. Spada, W. Baker, Alessandra Canton, G. Serianni, V. Antoni, F. Milani, Piergiorgio Sonato, Giovanni Preti, S. Ortolani, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, Roberto Cavazzana, Daniele Desideri, N. Pomaro, S. Dal Bello, Adriano Luchetta, P. Scarin, A. Buffa, M. Spolaore, Oliviero Barana, Francesco Gnesotto, A. De Lorenzi, A. Masiello, M. Viterbo, Martin, P, Martini, S, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Bagatin, M, Baker, W, Barana, O, Bartiromo, R, Bettini, P, Boboc, A, Bolzonella, T, Buffa, A, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Chitarin, G, Costa, S, D'Angelo, F, Dal Bello, S, De Lorenzi, A, Desideri, D, Escande, D, Fattorini, L, Fiorentin, P, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Garzotti, L, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Grando, L, Guo, S, Innoccente, P, Intravaia, A, Lorenzini, R, Luchetta, A, Malesani, G, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Marrelli, L, Martines, E, Maschio, A, Masiello, A, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Murari, A, Nielsen, P, O'Gorman, M, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Pegourie, B, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Pomaro, N, Ponno, A, Preti, G, Puiatti, M, Rostagni, G, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Spizzo, G, Spolaore, M, Taliercio, C, Telesca, G, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Tramontin, L, Valisa, M, Vianello, N, Viterbo, M, Zabeo, L, Zaccaria, P, Zanca, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, and Zollino, G
Subjects: Physics, plasma confinement, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Condensed matter physics, Reversed field pinch, mode locking, Magnetic confinement fusion, Laminar flow, reversed field pinch, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, Amplitude, magnetic configuration, Physics::Plasma Physics, Quantum electrodynamics, RFP, tearing mode, Magnetohydrodynamics, RFX, Dynamo
Abstract: The experimental and theoretical activity performed in the RFX device has allowed a deeper insight into the MHD properties of the reversed field pinch (RFP) configuration. A set of successful experiments has demonstrated the possibility of influencing both the amplitude and the spectrum of the magnetic fluctuations which characterize the RFP configuration. A new regime (quasi-single-helicity states) where the dynamo mechanism works in a nearly laminar way and a helical core plasma is produced has been investigated. With these studies a reduction of magnetic chaos has been obtained. The continuous rotation of wall locked resistive tearing modes has been obtained by an m = 0 rotating perturbation. This perturbation induces rotation of m = 1 non-linearly coupled modes.
Published: 2000
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36. Recent progress in reversed field pinch research in the RFX experiment

Author: Paolo Innocente, Enrico Zilli, Piero Martin, A. Masiello, S. Martini, S. C. Guo, Maria Ester Puiatti, Gianluca Spizzo, Piergiorgio Sonato, M. Viterbo, G. Malesani, F. Milani, Alessandra Canton, T. Bolzonella, S. Cappello, G. Serianni, Giuseppe Zollino, Giuseppe Telesca, S. Vitturi, D. Gregoratto, R. Pugno, Roberto Cavazzana, L. Garzotti, Mario Bagatin, M. Moresco, F. Bellina, Simone Peruzzo, Elena Gaio, Alvise Maschio, V. Antoni, Leonardo Giudicotti, P. Scarin, D. Desideri, A. Buffa, R. Bilato, Lorella Carraro, D. F. Escande, L. Apolloni, Gabriele Manduchi, A. De Lorenzi, E. Spada, W. Baker, Fabio Sattin, L. Tramontin, R. Piovan, D. Terranova, P. Zaccaria, S. Ortolani, A. Intravaia, Paolo Bettini, F. D'Angelo, P. Zanca, R. Bartiromo, Pietro Fiorentin, Emilio Martines, R. Paccagnella, N. Pomaro, Cesare Taliercio, M. Spolaore, Paolo Franz, Francesco Gnesotto, G. De Pol, Vanni Toigo, S. Costa, Giuseppe Chitarin, Adriano Luchetta, Roberto Pasqualotto, Giuseppe Marchiori, M. Valisa, Lionello Marrelli, A. Murari, G. Rostagni, Bartiromo, R, Buffa, A, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Bagatin, M, Baker, W, Bellina, F, Bettini, P, Bilato, R, Bolzonella, T, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Chitarin, G, Costa, S, D'Angelo, F, De Lorenzi, A, De Pol, G, Desideri, D, Escande, D, Fiorentin, P, Franz, P, Gaio, E, Garzotti, L, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gregoratto, D, Guo, S, Innocente, P, Intravaia, A, Luchetta, A, Malesani, G, Manduchi, G, Marchiori, G, Marrelli, L, Martin, P, Martines, E, Martini, S, Maschio, A, Masiello, A, Milani, F, Moresco, M, Murari, A, Ortolani, S, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Peruzzo, S, Piovan, R, Pomaro, N, Pugno, R, Puiatti, M, Rostagni, G, Sattin, F, Scarin, P, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Spizzo, G, Spolaore, M, Taliercio, C, Telesca, G, Terranova, D, Toigo, V, Tramontin, L, Valisa, M, Viterbo, M, Vitturi, S, Zaccaria, P, Zanca, P, Zilli, E, and Zollino, G
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Reversed field pinch, Turbulence, reversed field pinch, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, Effective nuclear charge, Computational physics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Amplitude, Thermal conductivity, Physics::Plasma Physics, Electric field, RFP, Current (fluid), RFX
Abstract: The article presents an overview of recent experimental results obtained on the RFX device. The authors obtained and studied a reversed field pinch plasma with a plasma current of up to 1 MA, negligible radiation losses and low effective charge. The local power and particle balance shows that in standard operation the plasma core is dominated by magnetic turbulence and that the global confinement is mainly provided by the edge region, where a strongly sheared radial electric field is present. With poloidal current drive the amplitude of magnetic fluctuations and the thermal conductivity of the plasma core are reduced, leading to improved confinement. Reduced heat transport is also observed when the width of the n spectrum of magnetic fluctuations is reduced.
Published: 1999
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37. Scaling Of Local Core Transport With Lundquist Number In The Reversed Field Pinch

Author: D. Terranova, L. Marrelli, Piero Martin, Paolo Scarin, S. Martini, Maria Ester Puiatti, Gianluca Spizzo, Tommaso Bolzonella, A. Intravaia, A. Canton, M. Valisa, Paolo Franz, Paolo Innocente, Roberto Pasqualotto, and A. Murari
Subjects: Physics, Condensed matter physics, Reversed field pinch, Turbulence, Physics::Plasma Physics, Physics::Space Physics, General Physics and Astronomy, Electron temperature, Magnetic reconnection, Lundquist number, Plasma, Scaling, Dynamo
Abstract: We investigate the scaling of the core energy transport with the magnetic Lundquist number $S$ in the reversed field pinch. We analyze for the first time the electron temperature and thermal conductivity profiles and the dynamo magnetic fluctuations in a wide range of stationary plasmas produced in the RFX device at plasma current ranging between 0.2 and 1.1 MA. When $S$ increases we measure an improvement of core confinement associated with the strengthening of the internal electron temperature profiles gradient and with the decrease of magnetic turbulence. This shows that core energy transport is related with magnetic fluctuations and can be ameliorated in high $S$ regimes.
Published: 1999
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38. Overview of the RFX-mod fusion science programme

Author: Piergiorgio Sonato, S. Dal Bello, Maria Ester Puiatti, Piero Martin, A. Fiorentin, Stefano Munaretto, F. Fellin, G. De Masi, M. Gobbin, Silvia Spagnolo, M. Furno Palumbo, P. Zaccaria, E. Gazza, M. Recchia, Raul Sanchez, Karsten McCollam, G. L. Trevisan, E. Spada, Alessandra Canton, Matteo Zuin, Ivo Furno, Christian Theiler, A. Zamengo, J.Q. Dong, Emilio Martines, B. E. Chapman, M. Dalla Palma, Paolo Franz, M. Brombin, V. Rigato, J. Framarin, Antonio Barbalace, P. Piovesan, Nicola Pilan, Donald A. Spong, Roberto Paccagnella, Wolf-Dieter Schneider, Barbara Zaniol, Fabio Villone, Leonardo Giudicotti, M. De Muri, T.C. Luce, R. Piovan, A. Ruzzon, V. Antoni, Giuseppe Zollino, Emanuele Sartori, Yueqiang Liu, G. Rostagni, M. Baruzzo, Manabu Takechi, Yongkyoon In, R. Delogu, Fulvio Auriemma, J. A. Alonso, M. Barp, C. Piron, D. Bonfiglio, Go Matsunaga, Enrico Zilli, G. Ciaccio, S. Martini, L. Piron, Marco Barbisan, Songfen Liu, M. Veranda, A. Scaggion, Giuseppe Chitarin, N. Pomaro, Luis Chacon, James D. Hanson, L. Apolloni, Yoichi Hirano, M. Spolaore, Francesco Gnesotto, F. Avino, Nicolò Marconato, M. Valente, Alberto Ferro, Fabio Sattin, Pierluigi Veltri, Gabriele Manduchi, L. Zanotto, C. Hidalgo, Paolo Innocente, Simona Barison, L. Novello, Italo Predebon, Rita Lorenzini, David Terranova, Luca Grando, Zhirui Wang, Vanni Toigo, M. Boldrin, M. Bigi, Adriano Luchetta, Paolo Bettini, Erik Olofsson, Andrea Rizzolo, Gianluigi Serianni, Anton Soppelsa, Cesare Taliercio, Roscoe White, C. Finotti, Susanna Cappello, N. Fonnesu, Roberto Pasqualotto, Paolo Scarin, R. Bilel, Shunsuke Ide, Alessandro Fassina, A. Maistrello, D. Carralero, Matteo Agostini, W. A. Cooper, P. Zanca, A. Buffa, Piero Agostinetti, G. Mazzitelli, X. Y. Xu, S. Fiameni, M. Moresco, John M. Finn, Lionello Marrelli, B. Momo, Tommaso Bolzonella, Nicola Vianello, Giuseppe Marchiori, D.K. Mansfield, M. Valisa, M. Okabayashi, S. C. Guo, Dominique Escande, Lorella Carraro, A. Pesce, M. Pavei, F. Ghezzi, Roberto Cavazzana, Satoru Kiyama, W. A. Gonzales, Simone Peruzzo, S.P. Hirshman, Elena Gaio, T. Barbui, Hajime Sakakita, G.L. Jackson, J. S. Sarff, Ambrogio Fasoli, D. Lopez Bruna, A. L. Roquemore, Federica Bonomo, F. Fantini, Lorenzo Frassinetti, C. Bustreo, Diego Marcuzzi, G. L. Delzanno, Gianluca Spizzo, A. De Lorenzi, Martin, P, Puiatti, M, Agostinetti, P, Agostini, M, Alonso, J, Antoni, V, Apolloni, L, Auriemma, F, Avino, F, Barbalace, A, Barbisan, M, Barbui, T, Barison, S, Barp, M, Baruzzo, M, Bettini, P, Bigi, M, Bilel, R, Boldrin, M, Bolzonella, T, Bonfiglio, D, Bonomo, F, Brombin, M, Buffa, A, Bustreo, C, Canton, A, Cappello, S, Carralero, D, Carraro, L, Cavazzana, R, Chacon, L, Chapman, B, Chitarin, G, Ciaccio, G, Cooper, W, Dal Bello, S, Dalla Palma, M, Delogu, R, De Lorenzi, A, Delzanno, G, De Masi, G, De Muri, M, Dong, J, Escande, D, Fantini, F, Fasoli, A, Fassina, A, Fellin, F, Ferro, A, Fiameni, S, Finn, J, Finotti, C, Fiorentin, A, Fonnesu, N, Framarin, J, Franz, P, Frassinetti, L, Furno, I, Palumbo, M, Gaio, E, Gazza, E, Ghezzi, F, Giudicotti, L, Gnesotto, F, Gobbin, M, Gonzales, W, Grando, L, Guo, S, Hanson, J, Hidalgo, C, Hirano, Y, Hirshman, S, Ide, S, In, Y, Innocente, P, Jackson, G, Kiyama, S, Liu, S, Liu, Y, Lopez Bruna, D, Lorenzini, R, Luce, T, Luchetta, A, Maistrello, A, Manduchi, G, Mansfield, D, Marchiori, G, Marconato, N, Marcuzzi, D, Marrelli, L, Martini, S, Matsunaga, G, Martines, E, Mazzitelli, G, Mccollam, K, Momo, B, Moresco, M, Munaretto, S, Novello, L, Okabayashi, M, Olofsson, E, Paccagnella, R, Pasqualotto, R, Pavei, M, Peruzzo, S, Pesce, A, Pilan, N, Piovan, R, Piovesan, P, Piron, C, Piron, L, Pomaro, N, Predebon, I, Recchia, M, Rigato, V, Rizzolo, A, Roquemore, A, Rostagni, G, Ruzzon, A, Sakakita, H, Sanchez, R, Sarff, J, Sartori, E, Sattin, F, Scaggion, A, Scarin, P, Schneider, W, Serianni, G, Sonato, P, Spada, E, Soppelsa, A, Spagnolo, S, Spolaore, M, Spong, D, Spizzo, G, Takechi, M, Taliercio, C, Terranova, D, Theiler, C, Toigo, V, Trevisan, G, Valente, M, Valisa, M, Veltri, P, Veranda, M, Vianello, N, Villone, F, Wang, Z, White, R, Xu, X, Zaccaria, P, Zamengo, A, Zanca, P, Zaniol, B, Zanotto, L, Zilli, E, Zollino, G, Zuin, M, and Mazzitelli, G.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, RFX-mod, Tokamak, Strong interaction, reversed field pinch, law.invention, Magnetohydrodynamics, law, RFP, Fusion, Safety factor, Reversed field pinch, Flow transport, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Iter tokamak, Fusion power, IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Science and Technology, Condensed Matter Physics, Active control, Plasma parameter, Plasma devices, Systems engineering, Fusion devices, Magnetic configuration, Stellarator
Abstract: This paper reports the highlights of the RFX-mod fusion science programme since the last 2010 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. The RFX-mod fusion science programme focused on two main goals: exploring the fusion potential of the reversed field pinch (RFP) magnetic configuration and contributing to the solution of key science and technology problems in the roadmap to ITER. Active control of several plasma parameters has been a key tool in this endeavour. New upgrades on the system for active control of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability are underway and will be presented in this paper. Unique among the existing fusion devices, RFX-mod has been operated both as an RFP and as a tokamak. The latter operation has allowed the exploration of edge safety factor q edge < 2 with active control of MHD stability and studies concerning basic energy and flow transport mechanisms. Strong interaction has continued with the stellarator community in particular on the physics of helical states and on three-dimensional codes. © 2013 IAEA, Vienna.
Published: 2013
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39. Advances in understanding RFX-mod helical plasmas

Author: Gianluca Spizzo, Anton Soppelsa, Luca Grando, Lionello Marrelli, Tommaso Bolzonella, Alessandra Canton, Matteo Zuin, Alessandro Fassina, Fulvio Auriemma, M. Valisa, Rita Lorenzini, M. Gobbin, Paolo Scarin, A. Ruzzon, L. Zanotto, Lorella Carraro, Maria Ester Puiatti, S. Dal Bello, David Terranova, Paolo Innocente, Italo Predebon, Roberto Cavazzana, Emilio Martines, Paolo Franz, Carraro, L, Innocente, P, Auriemma, F, Cavazzana, R, Fassina, A, Franz, P, Gobbin, M, Predebon, I, Ruzzon, A, Spizzo, G, Terranova, D, Bolzonella, T, Canton, A, Dal Bello, S, Grando, L, Lorenzini, R, Marrelli, L, Martines, E, Puiatti, M, Scarin, P, Soppelsa, A, Valisa, M, Zanotto, L, and Zuin, M
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, RFX-mod, Safety factor, Reversed field pinch, reversed field pinch, Electron, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, Thermal diffusivity, Helicity, TRANSPORT, Magnetic field, quasi-single helicity, REVERSED-FIELD PINCH, RFP, Electron temperature, QSH, Atomic physics
Abstract: High current (Ip = 1-1.7 MA) operations in the ohmic reversed field pinch RFX-mod spontaneously access the quasi-single helicity (QSH) regime, in which the magnetic dynamics is dominated by the innermost resonant mode (m = 1, n = -7), the magnetic chaos level is reduced and the internal magnetic field configuration is close to a pure helix. During the QSH state strong electron temperature (Te) gradients can show up, identifying an electron transport barrier (Puiatti 2011 Nucl. Fusion 51 073038). Results and advancements obtained in recent RFX-mod high current campaigns are reported in this paper. The best plasma performances at high Ip (i.e. high power) in QSH regimes have been reached with marginally reversed values of the safety factor q at the edge (-0.01 < qa < 0) when the lowest amplitudes of secondary m = 0, 1 modes are obtained. The QSH magnetic states are not stationary and show back transitions to the multiple helicity regime; however, the total persistency of the QSH is found to increase with the plasma current and at Ip > 1.5 MA it exceeds 90% of the plasma current flat-top. The high electron temperature gradients (>2 keV m-1) do not persist throughout the magnetic QSH cycle, as documented by a new high time resolution SXR double-filter multichord system, however, they last 5 to 10 ms, more than the energy confinement time. In the barrier region the profile of the electron heat diffusivity χe falls around 2-20 m2 s-1, well below ∼40-100 m-2 s-1 typical of the outer regions. The experimental evaluation of χe across the thermal barrier is consistent with a microtearing mode driven heat transport.
Published: 2013
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40. Magnetohydrodynamics modelling successfully predicts new helical states in reversed-field pinch fusion plasmas.

Author: Marco Veranda, Daniele Bonfiglio, Susanna Cappello, Dominique Franck Escande, Fulvio Auriemma, Dario Borgogno, Luis Chacón, Alessandro Fassina, Paolo Franz, Marco Gobbin, Daniela Grasso, and Maria Ester Puiatti
Subjects: MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS, FLUID dynamics, MAGNETIC fields, HELICAL waveguides, NONLINEAR analysis
Abstract: Nonlinear fluid modelling predictions of qualitatively new self-organized helical states in the reversed-field pinch configuration are confirmed by experiments in the RFX-mod device. The new states are realized by using a seed edge magnetic field, which can impose its helical pitch to the whole plasma. In simulations, we show increased magnetic order and reduced transport of magnetic field lines in regimes with the twist of a non-resonant mode. We reveal the existence of Cantori, encompassing the region characterized by conserved magnetic surfaces, which act as barriers to transport of magnetic field lines. This opens a new research line for transport studies in hot magnetized plasmas and highlights a path towards reversed-field pinches with high confinement at high current. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2017
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