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1. Changeover between helium and hydrogen fueled plasmas in JET and WEST

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Wauters, T., Bisson, R., Delabie, E., Douai, D., Gallo, A., Gaspar, J., Jepu, I., Kovtun, Y., Pawelec, E., Matveev, D., Meigs, A., Brezinsek, S., Coffey, I., Dittmar, T., Fedorczak, N., Gunn, J., Hakola, A., Jacquet, P., Kirov, K., Lerche, E., Likonen, J., Litherland-Smith, E., Loarer, T., Lomas, P., Lowry, C., Maslov, M., Monakhov, I., Morales, J., Noble, C., Nouailletas, R., Pégourié, B., Perez von Thun, C., Pitts, R.A., Reux, C., Rimini, F., Sheikh, H., Silburn, S., Sun, H., Taylor, D., Tsitrone, E., Vartanian, S., Wang, E., and Widdowson, A.

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2024
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6. Overview of recent physics results from MAST

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Kirk, A, Adamek, J, Akers, RJ, Allan, S, Appel, L, Lucini, F Arese, Barnes, M, Barrett, T, Ayed, N Ben, Boeglin, W, Bradley, J, Browning, P K, Brunner, J, Cahyna, P, Carr, M, Casson, F, Cecconello, M, Challis, C, Chapman, IT, Chapman, S, Conroy, S, Conway, N, Cooper, WA, Cox, M, Crocker, N, Crowley, B, Cardnell, S, Chorley, J, Cunningham, G, Danilov, A, Darrow, D, Dendy, R, Dickinson, D, Dorland, W, Dudson, B, Easy, L, Elmore, S, Evans, M, Farley, T, Fedorczak, N, Field, A, Fitzgerald, I, Fox, M, Freethy, S, Garzotti, L, Ghim, YC, Gi, K, Gorelenkova, M, Gracias, W, Gurl, C, Guttenfelder, W, Ham, C, Harting, D, Havlickova, E, Hawkes, N, Hender, T, Henderson, S, Hillesheim, J, Hnat, B, Horacek, J, Howard, J, Howell, D, Dunai, D, Fishpool, G, Gibson, K, Harrison, J, Highcock, E, Huang, B, Inomoto, M, Imazawa, R, Jones, O, Kadowaki, K, Kaye, S, Keeling, D, Kocan, M, Kogan, L, Komm, M, Lai, W, Leddy, J, Leggate, H, Imada, K, Klimek, I, Hollocombe, J, Lipschultz, B, Lisgo, S, Liu, YQ, Lloyd, B, Lomanowski, B, Lukin, V, Maddison, G, Madsen, J, Mailloux, J, Martin, R, McArdle, G, Lupelli, I, McClements, K, McMillan, B, Meakins, A, Meyer, H, Michael, C, Militello, F, Milnes, J, Motojima, G, Muir, D, Naylor, G, Nielsen, A, O'Brien, M, O'Mullane, M, Olsen, J, Omotani, J, Ono, Y, Pamela, S, Morris, AW, O'Gorman, T, Pangione, L, Parra, F, Patel, A, Peebles, W, Perez, R, Pinches, S, Piron, L, Price, M, Reinke, M, Ricci, P, Riva, F, Roach, C, Romanelli, M, Ryan, D, Saarelma, S, Saveliev, A, Scannell, R, Schekochihin, A, Sharapov, S, Sharples, R, Shevchenko, V, Shinohara, K, Silburn, S, Simpson, J, Stanier, A, Storrs, J, Summers, H, Takase, Y, Tamain, P, Tanabe, H, Tanaka, H, Tani, K, Taylor, D, Thomas, D, Thomas-Davies, N, Thornton, A, Turnyanskiy, M, Valovic, M, Vann, R, Van Wyk, F, Walkden, N, Watanabe, T, Wilson, H, Wischmeier, M, Yamada, T, Young, J, Zoletnik, S, Team, the MAST, and Team, the EUROfusion MST1

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Physics - Plasma Physics
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New results from MAST are presented that focus on validating models in order to extrapolate to future devices. Measurements during start-up experiments have shown how the bulk ion temperature rise scales with the square of the reconnecting field. During the current ramp up models are not able to correctly predict the current diffusion. Experiments have been performed looking at edge and core turbulence. At the edge detailed studies have revealed how filament characteristic are responsible for determining the near and far SOL density profiles. In the core the intrinsic rotation and electron scale turbulence have been measured. The role that the fast ion gradient has on redistributing fast ions through fishbone modes has led to a redesign of the neutral beam injector on MAST Upgrade. In H-mode the turbulence at the pedestal top has been shown to be consistent with being due to electron temperature gradient modes. A reconnection process appears to occur during ELMs and the number of filaments released determines the power profile at the divertor. Resonant magnetic perturbations can mitigate ELMs provided the edge peeling response is maximised and the core kink response minimised. The mitigation of intrinsic error fields with toroidal mode number n>1 has been shown to be important for plasma performance., Comment: 34 pages, 10 figures. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article submitted for publication in Nuclear Fusion. IoP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it

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2016
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8. Study of the L–I–H transition with a new dual gas puff imaging system in the EAST superconducting tokamak

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Xu, GS, Shao, LM, Liu, SC, Wang, HQ, Wan, BN, Guo, HY, Diamond, PH, Tynan, GR, Xu, M, Zweben, SJ, Naulin, V, Nielsen, AH, Rasmussen, J Juul, Fedorczak, N, Manz, P, Miki, K, Yan, N, Chen, R, Cao, B, Chen, L, Wang, L, Zhang, W, and Gong, XZ

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L-H transition, gas puff imaging, tokamak, zonal flow, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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The intermediate oscillatory phase during the L-H transition, termed the I-phase, is studied in the EAST superconducting tokamak using a newly developed dual gas puff imaging (GPI) system near the L-H transition power threshold. The experimental observations suggest that the oscillatory behaviour appearing at the L-H transition could be induced by the synergistic effect of the two components of the sheared m, n = 0 E × B flow, i.e. the turbulence-driven zonal flow (ZF) and the equilibrium flow. The latter arises from the equilibrium, and is, to leading order, balanced by the ion diamagnetic term in the radial force balance equation. A slow increase in the poloidal flow and its shear at the plasma edge are observed tens of milliseconds prior to the I-phase. During the I-phase, the turbulence recovery appears to originate from the vicinity of the separatrix with clear wave fronts propagating both outwards into the far scrape-off layer (SOL) and inwards into the core plasma. The turbulence Reynolds stress is directly measured using the GPI system during the I-phase, providing direct evidence of kinetic energy transfer from turbulence to ZFs at the plasma edge. The GPI observations strongly suggest that the SOL transport physics and the evolution of pressure gradient near the separatrix play an important role in the L-I-H transition dynamics. To highlight these new physics, the previous predator-prey model is extended to include a new equation for the SOL physics. The model successfully reproduces the L-I-H transition process with several features comparing favourably with GPI observations. © 2014 IAEA, Vienna.

Published
2014

11. Dynamics of tilted eddies in a transversal flow at the edge of tokamak plasmas and the consequences for L–H transition

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Fedorczak, N, Ghendrih, Ph, Hennequin, P, Tynan, GR, Diamond, PH, and Manz, P

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Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences, Fluids & Plasmas
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The dynamical interaction between eddies and shear flow is investigated through a simplified model of vorticity conservation with tilted eddies. Energy is transferred either to the flow or to eddies, depending on the eddy tilt with respect to the flow shear. When eddies are tilted in the shear direction, the system is favorable to shear increase: tilt instability (TI) or the negative viscosity phenomenon. When eddies are tilted in the opposite direction, the shear flow is damped via a Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) process. The TI generally dominates the interaction on the largest radial scale, but a fraction of the energy cascades to smaller radial scales through the alternation of tilting and KH dynamics. Within this eddy description, we show that the symmetry breaking required to generate a net residual stress is set by the intrinsic eddy tilt. We recall that magnetic shear can provide an intrinsic tilt to ballooning modes at the edge of tokamak plasmas, with an orientation which depends on flux surface geometry. In L-mode weak shear regimes, this residual stress can dominate the Reynolds stress. Coupled to momentum sources acting in the scrape-off layer, it can induce a significant difference of the edge radial electric field between lower single null and upper single null geometries. A comparison with experimental profiles measured across the edge of Tore Supra L-mode plasmas is discussed. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Published
2013

12. An overview of intrinsic torque and momentum transport bifurcations in toroidal plasmas

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Diamond, PH, Kosuga, Y, Gürcan, ÖD, McDevitt, CJ, Hahm, TS, Fedorczak, N, Rice, JE, Wang, WX, Ku, S, Kwon, JM, Dif-Pradalier, G, Abiteboul, J, Wang, L, Ko, WH, Shi, YJ, Ida, K, Solomon, W, Jhang, H, Kim, SS, Yi, S, Ko, SH, Sarazin, Y, Singh, R, and Chang, CS

Subjects
Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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An overview of the physics of intrinsic torque is presented, with special emphasis on the phenomenology of intrinsic toroidal rotation in tokamaks, its theoretical understanding, and the variety of momentum transport bifurcation dynamics. Ohmic reversals and electron cyclotron heating-driven counter torque are discussed in some detail. Symmetry breaking by lower single null versus upper single null asymmetry is related to the origin of intrinsic torque at the separatrix. © 2013 IAEA, Vienna.

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2013

13. Spatio-temporal evolution of the L → H and H → L transitions

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Miki, K, Diamond, PH, Fedorczak, N, Gürcan, ÖD, Malkov, M, Lee, C, Kosuga, Y, Tynan, G, Xu, GS, Estrada, T, McDonald, D, Schmitz, L, and Zhao, KJ

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Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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Understanding the L → H and H → L transitions is crucial to successful ITER operation. In this paper we present novel theoretical and modelling study results on the spatio-temporal dynamics of the transition. We place a special emphasis on the role of zonal flows and the micro → macro connection between dynamics and the power threshold (PT) dependences. The model studied evolves five coupled fields in time and one space dimension, in simplified geometry. The content of this paper is (a) the model fundamentals and the space-time evolution during the L → I → H transition, (b) the physics origin of the well-known ∇B-drift asymmetry in PT, (c) the role of heat avalanches in the intrinsic variability of the L → H transition, (d) the dynamics of the H → L back transition and the physics of hysteresis, (e) conclusion and discussion, with a special emphasis on the implications of transition dynamics for the L → H power threshold scalings. © 2013 IAEA, Vienna.

Published
2013

14. Turbulent-driven low-frequency sheared E × B flows as the trigger for the H-mode transition

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Tynan, GR, Xu, M, Diamond, PH, Boedo, JA, Cziegler, I, Fedorczak, N, Manz, P, Miki, K, Thakur, S, Schmitz, L, Zeng, L, Doyle, EJ, McKee, GM, Yan, Z, Xu, GS, Wan, BN, Wang, HQ, Guo, HY, Dong, J, Zhao, K, Cheng, J, Hong, WY, and Yan, LW

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Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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Experiments on HL-2A, DIII-D and EAST show that turbulence just inside the last closed flux surface acts to reinforce existing sheared E × B flows in this region. This flow drive gets stronger as heating power is increased in L-mode, and leads to the development of a strong oscillating shear flow which can transition into the H-mode regime when the rate of energy transfer from the turbulence to the shear flow exceeds a threshold. These effects become compressed in time during an L-H transition, but the key role of turbulent flow drive during the transition is still observed. The results compare favourably with a reduced predator-prey type model. © 2013 IAEA, Vienna.

Published
2013

15. Turbulent-driven low-frequency sheared E x B flows as the trigger for the H-mode transition

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Tynan, GR, Xu, M, Diamond, PH, Boedo, JA, Cziegler, I, Fedorczak, N, Manz, P, Miki, K, Thakur, S, Schmitz, L, Zeng, L, Doyle, EJ, McKee, GM, Yan, Z, Xu, GS, Wan, BN, Wang, HQ, Guo, HY, Dong, J, Zhao, K, Cheng, J, Hong, WY, and Yan, LW

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Fluids & Plasmas, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Published
2013

16. Fluctuating zonal flows in the I-mode regime in Alcator C-Moda)

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Cziegler, I, Diamond, PH, Fedorczak, N, Manz, P, Tynan, GR, Xu, M, Churchill, RM, Hubbard, AE, Lipschultz, B, Sierchio, JM, Terry, JL, and Theiler, C

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Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Classical Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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Velocity fields and density fluctuations of edge turbulence are studied in I-mode [F. Ryter, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 40, 725 (1998)] plasmas of the Alcator C-Mod [I. H. Hutchinson, Phys. Plasmas 1, 1511 (1994)] tokamak, which are characterized by a strong thermal transport barrier in the edge while providing little or no barrier to the transport of both bulk and impurity particles. Although previous work showed no clear geodesic-acoustic modes (GAM) on C-Mod, using a newly implemented, gas-puff-imaging based time-delay-estimate velocity inference algorithm, GAM are now shown to be ubiquitous in all I-mode discharges examined to date, with the time histories of the GAM and the I-mode specific [D. Whyte, Nucl. Fusion 50, 105005 (2010)] Weakly Coherent Mode (WCM, f = 100-300 kHz, Δ f / f ≈ 0.5, and kθ ≈ 1.3 cm -1) closely following each other through the entire duration of the regime. Thus, the I-mode presents an example of a plasma state in which zero frequency zonal flows and GAM continuously coexist. Using two-field (density-velocity and radial-poloidal velocity) bispectral methods, the GAM are shown to be coupled to the WCM and to be responsible for its broad frequency structure. The effective nonlinear growth rate of the GAM is estimated, and its comparison to the collisional damping rate seems to suggest a new view on I-mode threshold physics. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

Published
2013

17. Numerical study of divertor detachment in TCV H-mode scenarios

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Yang, H., Ciraolo, G., Février, O., Galassi, D., Bucalossi, J., Bufferand, H., Gorno, S., Henderson, S., Reimerdes, H., Theiler, C., Bagnato, F., Falchetto, G., Fedorczak, N., Rivals, N., Tamain, P., CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

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H-mode, plasma physics, nitrogen seeding, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], detachment, numerical modelling, divertor closure
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The effect of divertor closure and nitrogen on the detachment process has been studied by performing 2D numerical simulations of TCV H-mode divertor scenarios with SOLEDGE3X-EIRENE edge plasma transport code. The outcomes reveal that: In the cases with only deuterium gas fuelling, there exists a divertor neutral pressure threshold about 0.76 Pa for detachment, despite the difference in divertor closure. Nitrogen can cool the target temperature with little effect on the upstream density and momentum loss but drops the upstream pressure, leading to a decrease in the target particle flux and divertor neutral pressure. Furthermore, when the radiation front starts to move up from the outer target, the peak parallel heat flux level at the outer target remains approximately the same (about 2.3 MW/m²), despite the difference in nitrogen seeding and divertor closure. An empirical partial detachment qualifier calibrated on AUG experimental data was compared with the TCV simulations. The results show good agreement in detachment state prediction, indicating the potential of this detachment qualifier to be applied in devices of different sizes, emphasizing the combined influence of input power entering the divertor, neutral pressure, and the concentration and species of impurity in achieving divertor detachment.

Published
2023

18. Shear-induced Reynolds stress at the edge of L-mode tokamak plasmas

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Fedorczak, N, Diamond, PH, Tynan, G, and Manz, P

Subjects
Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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The turbulent flux of momentum - or Reynolds stress - is a mechanism responsible for the generation of sheared flow by turbulence. The structure of the flux-surface-averaged stress 〈ṽ rṽ ⊥〉 is investigated in the edge region of an L-mode tokamak plasma. The stress induced by the perpendicular tilting of ballooning modes is considered. In addition to the tilting by the E × B flow shear, which is a negative viscosity effect, a magnetic-shear-induced Reynolds stress - called ŝ-residual stress - arises as a consequence of a residual spatial tilting of ballooning modes by the magnetic shear in a poloidally up-down asymmetric magnetic geometry. A model is derived in the weak flow shear regime under the approximation of circular flux surfaces. The amplitude of this residual stress is of the order of the square of the radial velocity fluctuations in the scrape-off layer (SOL), and in the immediate radial vicinity of the separatrix if an X-point exists. Its amplitude drops rapidly to zero towards the plasma core, thus appearing as a source of transverse rotation at the interface. Its non-linear dependence on the electric shear is discussed in the context of the weak electric shear effect on the poloidal shape of the ballooning envelope. The local ŝ-residual stress is non-uniform poloidally and changes sign according to the up/down position of SOL end-plates with respect to the ∇B × B direction. The electric- and magnetic-shear-induced stresses are then included in a flux-surface-averaged 1D model of mean flow conservation at the plasma edge, including the SOL volume. In L-mode weak shear regimes, it is shown that changing the plasma geometry from ∇B × B away from the divertor to ∇B × B towards the divertor approximately doubles the electric shear strength inside the separatrix, as reported in experiments. This shearinduced stress also enters the toroidal momentum balance, where it appears as a significant source of momentum in the immediate vicinity of the separatrix. Balanced by the toroidal viscosity only, it can sustain toroidal flow gradients of the order of a km s -1 cm -1 at the separatrix, with a sign also dependent on the plasma geometry. These momentum sources arising from symmetry breaking at the boundary of the confined region may explain why low to high mode power thresholds are lower in favourable than unfavourable configurations, and may be important for the issue of optimal plasma shapes with respect to edge intrinsic shear. © 2012 IAEA, Vienna.

Published
2012

19. Zonal flow triggers the L-H transition in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak

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Manz, P, Xu, GS, Wan, BN, Wang, HQ, Guo, HY, Cziegler, I, Fedorczak, N, Holland, C, Müller, SH, Thakur, SC, Xu, M, Miki, K, Diamond, PH, and Tynan, GR

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Affordable and Clean Energy, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Classical Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
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The kinetic energy transfer between shear flows and the ambient turbulence is investigated in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak during the L-H transition. As the rate of energy transfer from the turbulence into the shear flow becomes comparable to the energy input rate into the turbulence, the transition into the H-mode occurs. As the observed behavior exhibits several predicted features of zonal flows, the results show the key role that zonal flows play in mediating the transition into H-mode. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2012

20. Frequency-Resolved Nonlinear Turbulent Energy Transfer into Zonal Flows in Strongly Heated L-Mode Plasmas in the HL-2A Tokamak

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Xu, M, Tynan, GR, Diamond, PH, Manz, P, Holland, C, Fedorczak, N, Thakur, S Chakraborty, Yu, JH, Zhao, KJ, Dong, JQ, Cheng, J, Hong, WY, Yan, LW, Yang, QW, Song, XM, Huang, Y, Cai, LZ, Zhong, WL, Shi, ZB, Ding, XT, Duan, XR, and Liu, Y

Subjects
Affordable and Clean Energy, HL-2A team, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
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The absolute rate of nonlinear energy transfer among broadband turbulence, low-frequency zonal flows (ZFs) and geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) was measured for the first time in fusion-grade plasmas using two independent methods across a range of heating powers. The results show that turbulent kinetic energy from intermediate frequencies (20-80 kHz) was transferred into ZFs and GAMs, as well as into fluctuations at higher frequencies (>80  kHz). As the heating power was increased, the energy transfer from turbulence into GAMs and the GAM amplitudes increased, peaked and then decreased, while the energy transfer into the ZFs and the ZFs themselves increased monotonically with heating power. Thus there exists a competition between ZFs and GAMs for the transfer of turbulent energy, and the transfer into ZFs becomes dominant as the heating power is increased. The poloidal-radial Reynolds stress and the mean radial electric field profiles were also measured at different heating powers and found to be consistent with the energy transfer measurement. The results suggest that ZFs play an important role in the low-to-high (L-H) plasma confinement transition.

Published
2012

22. Separatrix parameters and core performances across the WEST L-mode database

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Bourdelle, C., primary, Morales, J., additional, Artaud, J.F., additional, Grover, O., additional, Radenac, T., additional, Bucalossi, J., additional, Camenen, Y., additional, Ciraolo, G., additional, Clairet, F., additional, Dumont, R., additional, Fedorczak, N., additional, Gaspar, J., additional, Gil, C., additional, Goniche, M., additional, Guillemaut, C., additional, Gunn, J., additional, Maget, P., additional, Manas, P., additional, Ostuni, V., additional, Pégourié, B., additional, Peysson, Y., additional, Tamain, P., additional, Vermare, L., additional, and Vézinet, D., additional

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2023
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23. Overview of plasma-tungsten surfaces interactions on the divertor test sector in WEST during the C3 and C4 campaigns

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Diez, M., primary, Balden, M., additional, Brezinsek, S., additional, Corre, Y., additional, Fedorczak, N., additional, Firdaouss, M., additional, Fortuna, E., additional, Gaspar, J., additional, Gunn, J.P., additional, Hakola, A., additional, Loarer, T., additional, Martin, C., additional, Mayer, M., additional, Reilhac, P., additional, Richou, M., additional, Tsitrone, E., additional, and Vuoriheimo, T., additional

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2023
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27. Development of an Integrated Multidiagnostic to Assess the High-Z Impurity Fluxes in the Metallic Environment of WEST Using IMAS

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Grosjean, Alex, primary, Radenac, T., additional, Fedorczak, N., additional, Donovan, D. C., additional, Guillemaut, C., additional, Johnson, C. A., additional, Gunn, J. P., additional, Ardizzone, P. L., additional, Clairet, F., additional, Easley, D. C., additional, Gil, C., additional, Klepper, C. C., additional, Kosslow, S. R., additional, and Unterberg, E. A., additional

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2022
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32. Overview of the emissivity measurements performed in WEST: in situ and post-mortem observations

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Gaspar, J., primary, Corre, Y., additional, Rigollet, F., additional, Aumeunier, M.-H., additional, Bernard, E., additional, Brezinsek, S., additional, Courtois, X., additional, Dejarnac, R., additional, Diez, M., additional, Dubus, L., additional, Ehret, N., additional, Fedorczak, N., additional, Firdaouss, M., additional, Houry, M., additional, Le Bohec, M., additional, Loarer, T., additional, Martin, C., additional, Moncada, V., additional, Moreau, P., additional, Pocheau, C., additional, Reilhac, P., additional, Tsitrone, E., additional, and WEST Team, the, additional

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2022
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33. Operational space for Lower Hybrid scenarios in the full tungsten environment of WEST

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Morales, J, Ostuni, V, Bourdelle, C, Artaud, J.-F, Manas, P, Ancher, H, Dubus, L, Doménès, M, Dumont, R, Ekedahl, A, Fedorczak, N, Fleury, L, Gil, C, Guilhem, D, Hillairet, J, Imbeaux, F, Maget, P, Maini, P, Moiraf, D, Moncada, V, Moreau, D, Vezinet, Didier, CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), and The WEST team

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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph]
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International audience

Published
2022

34. UNDERSTANDING TUNGSTEN ACCUMULATION DURING ICRH OPERATION ON WEST

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Maget, P, Manas, P, Dumont, R, Angioni, C, Artaud, J-F, Bourdelle, C, Colas, L, Devynck, P, Fajardo, D, Fedorczak, N, Goniche, M, Hillairet, J, Huynh, Philippe, Morales, Jorge, Ostuni, Valeria, Vezinet, Didier, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching] (IPP), WEST team, Max-Planck-Institut, EPS, The WEST Team, European Project: 633053,H2020,EURATOM-Adhoc-2014-20,EUROfusion(2014), European Project: 101052200,Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium,EUROfusion, WEST Team, icard, valerie, Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon 2020 through a Joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium - EUROfusion - - H20202014-01-01 - 2018-12-31 - 633053 - VALID, and EUROfusion - EUROfusion - - Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium0000-00-00 - 0000-00-00 - 101052200 - VALID

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[PHYS]Physics [physics], [NLIN] Nonlinear Sciences [physics], [NLIN]Nonlinear Sciences [physics]
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International audience; y The transport of impurities in a tokamak with metallic walls can lead to accumulation events and radiative collapses, and this is particularly true when neoclassical transport is enhanced by sources of impurity poloidal asymmetry [1, 2]. On WEST, where the RF heating scheme (torque-free without core particle sources) is relevant for ITER operation, these events are rare, but still radiative collapses are sometimes observed [3, 4]. The physics of collisional tungsten transport in this case involves 3 main channels: i) a direct channel by which the hydrogen temperature anisotropy driven by ICRH drives a poloidal asymmetry of the electrostatic potential, ii) a non-linear channel by which the tungsten accumulation mitigates the ICRH drive by increasing the parallel temperature of the fast ions and reducing the temperature anisotropy in a self-limited process, and iii) an indirect channel related with the ICRH induced toroidal rotation. The role of Finite Orbit Width (FOW) effects is found to be instrumental : it strongly reduces the hydrogen temperature anisotropy, the favorable Hydrogen Temperature Screening (HTS) effect, and the electron heat source. The tungsten peaking as a function of toroidal rotation and ICRH power shows 2 possible branches consistent with bolometry inversion, one with a peaking driven by ICRH and one with a peaking driven by rotation. The condition for a radiative collapse in the core brings an additional constraint, and indicates that the electron heat source is probably much lower than computed, suggesting important losses of fast ions in the ripple. The radiative collapse would then be due to a limited electron heat source and a tungsten peaking driven by the induced rotation. This peaking is initially moderate, and it is reinforced during the collapse as the temperature screening effect reverses

Published
2022

35. Tungsten sources and core contamination in WEST plasmas: from experiments to simulations

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Fedorczak, N, Di Genova, S, Guillemaut, C, Guirlet, R, Cappelli, L, Gallo, A, Colas, L, Romazanov, J, Brezinsek, S, Marandet, Y, Bufferand, H, Yang, H, Ciraolo, G, Serre, E, Unterberg, E, Klepper, C, Johnson, C, Donovan, D, Kosslow, S, Maker, J, Grosjean, A, Tsitrone, E, Bucalossi, J, CEA Cadarache, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires (PIIM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CEA- Saclay (CEA), Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation et Procédés Propres (M2P2), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory [Oak Ridge] (ORNL), UT-Battelle, LLC, The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], and icard, valerie

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[PHYS]Physics [physics], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], [PHYS] Physics [physics]
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International audience

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2022

36. Impact of leakage under divertor baffle on detachment onset in WEST

Author

Yang, H, Ciraolo, G, Bucalossi, J, Bufferand, H, Fedorczak, N, Tamain, P, Falchetto, G, Rivals, N, Gunn, J, Marandet, Y, Pégourié, B, Vartanian, S, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph]
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2022

37. Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

Author

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

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38. Healing plasma current ramp-up by nitrogen seeding in the full tungsten environment of WEST

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Maget, P, primary, Manas, P, additional, Artaud, J-F, additional, Bourdelle, C, additional, Bucalossi, J, additional, Bufferand, H, additional, Ciraolo, G, additional, Desgranges, C, additional, Devynck, P, additional, Dumont, R, additional, Fedorczak, N, additional, Felici, F, additional, Goniche, M, additional, Guillemaut, C, additional, Guirlet, R, additional, Gunn, J P, additional, Loarer, T, additional, Morales, J, additional, Sauter, O, additional, Van Mulders, S, additional, and Vézinet, D, additional

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40. Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

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

Abstract

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

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2022

41. Operating a full tungsten actively cooled tokamak: overview of WEST first phase of operation

Author

Bucalossi, J., Achard, J., Agullo, O., Alarcon, T., Allegretti, L., Ancher, H., Antar, G., Antusch, S., Anzallo, V., Arnas, C., Arranger, D., Artaud, J. F., Aumeunier, M. H., Baek, S. G., Bai, X., Balbin, J., Balorin, C., Barbui, T., Barbuti, A., Barlerin, J., Basiuk, V., Batal, T., Baulaigue, O., Bec, A., Bécoulet, M., Benoit, E., Benard, E., Benard, J. M., Bertelli, N., Bertrand, E., Beyer, P., Bielecki, J., Bienvenu, P., Bisson, R., Bobkov, V., Bodner, G., Bottereau, C., Bouchand, C., Bouquey, F., Bourdelle, C., Bourg, J., Brezinsek, S., Brochard, F., Brun, C., Bruno, V., Bufferand, H., Bureau, A., Burles, S., Camenen, Y., Cantone, B., Caprin, E., Carpentier, S., Caulier, G., Chanet, N., Chellai, O., Chen, Y., Chernyshova, M., Chmielewski, P., Choe, W., Chomiczewska, A., Ciraolo, G., Clairet, F., Coenen, J., Colas, L., Colledani, G., Colnel, J., Coquillat, P., Corbel, E., Corre, Y., Costea, S., Courtois, X., Czarski, T., Daniel, R., Daumas, J., De Combarieu, M., Temmerman, G., De, De Vries, P., Dechelle, C., Deguara, F., Dejarnac, R., Delaplanche, J. M., Delgado-Aparicio, L. F., Delmas, E., Delpech, L., Desgranges, C., Devynck, P., Di Genova, S., Diab, R., Diallo, A., Diez, M., Dif-Pradalier, G., Dimitrova, M., Ding, B., Dittmar, T., Doceul, L., Domenes, M., Douai, D., Dougnac, H., Duan, X., Dubus, L., Dumas, N., Dumont, R., Durand, F., Durif, A., Durocher, A., Durodié, F., Ekedahl, A., Elbeze, D., Ertmer, S., Escarguel, A., Escourbiac, F., Ezato, K., Faisse, F., Faure, N., Fedorczak, N., Fejoz, P., Fenzi-Bonizec, C., Ferlay, F., Firdaouss, M., Fleury, L., Flouquet, D., Gallo, A., Gao, Y., Garbet, X., Garcia, J., Gardarein, J. L., Gargiulo, L., Garibaldi, P., Garitta, S., Gaspar, J., Gauthier, E., Gavila, P., Gazzotti, S., Gely, F., Geynet, M., Gharafi, S., Ghendrih, P., Giacalone, I., Gil, C., Ginoux, S., Girard, S., Giroux, E., Giruzzi, G., Goletto, C., Goniche, M., Gray, T., Grelier, E., Greuner, H., Grigore, E., Grisolia, C., Grosjean, A., Grosman, A., Guibert, D., Guilhem, D., Guillemaut, C., Guillermin, B., Guirlet, R., Gunn, J. P., Gunsu, Y., Gyergyek, T., Hakola, A., Harris, J., Hatchressian, J. C., Helou, W., Hennequin, P., Hernandez, C., Hill, K., Hillairet, J., Hirai, T., Hoang, G. T., Houry, M., Hutter, T., Imbeaux, F., Imbert, N., Ivanova-Stanik, I., Jalageas, R., Jardin, A., Jaubert, L., Jiolat, G., Jonas, A., Joubert, P., Kirschner, A., Klepper, C., Komm, M., Koubiti, M., Kovacic, J., Kozeiha, M., Krieger, K., Krol, K., Lacroix, B., Laguardia, L., Lamaison, V., Laqua, H., Lau, C., Lausenaz, Y., Lé, R., Le Bohec, M., Lefevre, N., Lemoine, N., Lerche, E., Lewerentz, M., Li, Y., Li, M., Liang, A., Linczuk, P., Linsmeier, C., Lipa, M., Litaudon, X., Liu, X., Llorens, J., Loarer, T., Loarte, A., Loewenhoff, T., Lombard, G., Lore, J., Lorenzetto, P., Lotte, P., Lozano, M., Lu, B., Lunsford, R., Luo, G., Magaud, P., Maget, P., Mahieu, J. F., Maini, P., Malard, P., Malinowski, K., Manas, P., Manenc, L., Marandet, Y., Marechal, J. L., Marek, S., Martin, C., Martin, E., Martinez, A., Martino, P., Mazon, D., Messina, P., Meunier, L., Midou, D., Mineo, Y., Missilian, M., Mitteau, R., Mitu, B., Mollard, P., Moncada, V., Mondiere, T., Morales, J., Moreau, M., Moreau, P., Moudden, Y., Moureau, G., Mouyon, D., Muraglia, M., Nagy, A., Nakano, T., Nardon, E., Neff, A., Nespoli, F., Nichols, J., Nicollet, S., Nouailletas, R., Ono, M., Ostuni, V., Parish, C., Park, H., Parrat, H., Pascal, J. Y., Pégourié, B., Pellissier, F. P., Peneliau, Y., Peret, M., Peysson, Y., Pignoly, E., Pintsuk, G., Pitts, R., Pocheau, C., Portafaix, C., Poulos, M., Prochet, P., Puig Sitjes, A., Rasinski, M., Raup, G., Regal-Mezin, X., Reux, C., Riccardi, B., Rice, J., Richou, M., Rigollet, F., Roche, H., Romazanov, J., Ruset, C., Sabot, R., Saille, A., Sakamoto, R., Salmon, T., Samaille, F., Santagiustina, A., Santraine, B., Sarazin, Y., Serre, E., Shin, H., Shiraiwai, S., Signoret, Ja., Signoret, Je., Simonin, A., Skalli Fettachi, O., Song, Y., Spring, A., Spuig, P., Sridhar, S., Stratton, B., Talatizi, C., Tamain, P., Tatali, R., Téna, M., Torre, A., Toulouse, L., Travère, J. M., Treutterer, W., Tsitrone, E., Unterberg, E., Urbanczyk, G., Van Eester, D., Van Rooij, G., Vartanian, S., Verger, J. M., Vermare, L., Vézinet, D., Vignal, N., Vincent, B., Vives, S., Volpe, D., Wallace, G., Wang, E., Wang, L., Wang, Yi., Wang, Yo., Wauters, T., Wirth, B., Wirtz, M., Wojenski, A., Wright, J., Xu, M., Yang, Q., Yang, H., Zago, B., Zagorski, Zhang, B., Zhang, X., Zou, X., Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels (IUSTI), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Tokamak, Materials science, WEST, Nuclear engineering, Phase (waves), chemistry.chemical_element, Tungsten, law.invention, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], law, ITER, divertor, DEMO, Engineering & allied operations, nuclear fusion, Superconductivity, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Divertor, RF power amplifier, magnetic confinement, Plasma, Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, Heat flux, ddc:620, tokamak physics
Abstract

WEST is an MA class superconducting, actively cooled, full tungsten (W) tokamak, designed to operate in long pulses up to 1000 s. In support of ITER operation and DEMO conceptual activities, key missions of WEST are: (i) qualification of high heat flux plasma-facing components in integrating both technological and physics aspects in relevant heat and particle exhaust conditions, particularly for the tungsten monoblocks foreseen in ITER divertor; (ii) integrated steady-state operation at high confinement, with a focus on power exhaust issues. During the phase 1 of operation (2017–2020), a set of actively cooled ITER-grade plasma facing unit prototypes was integrated into the inertially cooled W coated startup lower divertor. Up to 8.8 MW of RF power has been coupled to the plasma and divertor heat flux of up to 6 MW m−2 were reached. Long pulse operation was started, using the upper actively cooled divertor, with a discharge of about 1 min achieved. This paper gives an overview of the results achieved in phase 1. Perspectives for phase 2, operating with the full capability of the device with the complete ITER-grade actively cooled lower divertor, are also described.

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2022

42. Sustained W-melting experiments on actively cooled ITER-like plasma facing unit in WEST

Author

Corre, Y, primary, Grosjean, A, additional, Gunn, J P, additional, Krieger, K, additional, Ratynskaia, S, additional, Skalli-Fettachi, O, additional, Bourdelle, C, additional, Brezinsek, S, additional, Bruno, V, additional, Chanet, N, additional, Coenen, J, additional, Courtois, X, additional, Dejarnac, R, additional, Delmas, E, additional, Delpech, L, additional, Desgranges, C, additional, Diez, M, additional, Dubus, L, additional, Durif, A, additional, Ekedahl, A, additional, Fedorczak, N, additional, Firdaouss, M, additional, Gardarein, J-L, additional, Gaspar, J, additional, Gerardin, J, additional, Guillemaut, C, additional, Houry, M, additional, Loarer, T, additional, Maget, P, additional, Mandelbaum, P, additional, Mitteau, R, additional, Missirlian, M, additional, Moreau, P, additional, Nouailletas, R, additional, Nardon, E, additional, Pocheau, C, additional, Podolnik, A, additional, Reilhac, P, additional, Regal-Mezin, X, additional, Reux, C, additional, Richou, M, additional, Rigollet, F, additional, Schwob, J-L, additional, Thorén, E, additional, Tolias, P, additional, and Tsitrone, E, additional

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43. A wall-aligned grid generator for non-linear simulations of MHD instabilities in tokamak plasmas

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Pamela, S., Huijsmans, G., Thornton, A. J., Kirk, A., Smith, S. F., Hoelzl, M., Eich, T., Abduallev, S., Abhangi, M., Abreu, P., Afzal, M., Aggarwal, K. M., Ahlgren, T., Ahn, J. H., Aho-Mantila, L., Aiba, N., Airila, M., Albanese, R., Aldred, V., Alegre, D., Alessi, E., Aleynikov, P., Alfier, A., Alkseev, A., Allinson, M., Alper, B., Alves, E., Ambrosino, G., Ambrosino, R., Amicucci, L., Amosov, V., Sunden, E. Andersson, Angelone, M., Anghel, M., Angioni, C., Appel, L., Appelbee, C., Arena, P., Ariola, M., Arnichand, H., Arshad, S., Ash, A., Ashikawa, N., Aslanyan, V., Asunta, O., Auriemma, F., Austin, Y., Avotina, L., Axton, M. D., Ayres, C., Bacharis, M., Baciero, A., Baiao, D., Bailey, S., Baker, A., Balboa, I., Balden, M., Balshaw, N., Bament, R., Banks, J. W., Baranov, Y. F., Barnard, M. A., Barnes, D., Barnes, M., Barnsley, R., Wiechec, A. Baron, Orte, L. Barrera, Baruzzo, M., Basiuk, V., Bassan, M., Bastow, R., Batista, A., Batistoni, P., Baughan, R., Bauvir, B., Baylor, L., Bazylev, B., Beal, J., Beaumont, P. S., Beckers, M., Beckett, B., Becoulet, A., Bekris, N., Beldishevski, M., Bell, K., Belli, F., Bellinger, M., Belonohy, E., Ben Ayed, N., Benterman, N. A., Bergsaker, H., Bernardo, J., Bernert, M., Berry, M., Bertalot, L., Besliu, C., Beurskens, M., Bieg, B., Bielecki, J., Biewer, T., Bigi, M., Bilkova, P., Binda, F., Bisoffi, A., Bizarro, J. P. S., Bjorkas, C., Blackburn, J., Blackman, K., Blackman, T. R., Blanchard, P., Blatchford, P., Bobkov, V., Boboc, A., Bodnar, G., Bogar, O., Bolshakova, I., Bolzonella, T., Bonanomi, N., Bonelli, F., Boom, J., Booth, J., Borba, D., Borodin, D., Borodkina, I., Botrugno, A., Bottereau, C., Boulting, P., Bourdelle, C., Bowden, M., Bower, C., Bowman, C., Boyce, T., Boyd, C., Boyer, H. J., Bradshaw, J. M. A., Braic, V., Bravanec, R., Breizman, B., Bremond, S., Brennan, P. D., Breton, S., Brett, A., Brezinsek, S., Bright, M. D. J., Brix, M., Broeckx, W., Brombin, M., Broslawski, A., Brown, D. P. D., Brown, M., Bruno, E., Bucalossi, J., Buch, J., Buchanan, J., Buckley, M. A., Budny, R., Bufferand, H., Bulman, M., Bulmer, N., Bunting, P., Buratti, P., Burckhart, A., Buscarino, A., Busse, A., Butler, N. K., Bykov, I., Byrne, J., Cahyna, P., Calabro, G., Calvo, I., Camenen, Y., Camp, P., Campling, D. C., Cane, J., Cannas, B., Capel, A. J., Card, P. J., Cardinali, A., Carman, P., Carr, M., Carralero, D., Carraro, L., Carvalho, B. B., Carvalho, I., Carvalho, P., Casson, F. J., Castaldo, C., Catarino, N., Caumont, J., Causa, F., Cavazzana, R., Cave-Ayland, K., Cavinato, M., Cecconello, M., Ceccuzzi, S., Cecil, E., Cenedese, A., Cesario, R., Challis, C. D., Chandler, M., Chandra, D., Chang, C. S., Chankin, A., Chapman, I. T., Chapman, S. C., Chernyshova, M., Chitarin, G., Ciraolo, G., Ciric, D., Citrin, J., Clairet, F., Clark, E., Clark, M., Clarkson, R., Clatworthy, D., Clements, C., Cleverly, M., Coad, J. P., Coates, P. A., Cobalt, A., Coccorese, V., Cocilovo, V., Coda, S., Coelho, R., Coenen, J. W., Coffey, I., Colas, L., Collins, S., Conka, D., Conroy, S., Conway, N., Coombs, D., Cooper, D., Cooper, S. R., Corradino, C., Corre, Y., Corrigan, G., Cortes, S., Coster, D., Couchman, A. S., Cox, M. P., Craciunescu, T., Cramp, S., Craven, R., Crisanti, F., Croci, G., Croft, D., Crombe, K., Crowe, R., Cruz, N., Cseh, G., Cufar, A., Cullen, A., Curuia, M., Czarnecka, A., Dabirikhah, H., Dalgliesh, P., Dalley, S., Dankowski, J., Darrow, D., Davies, O., Davis, W., Day, C., Day, I. E., De Bock, M., de Castro, A., de la Cal, E., de la Luna, E., De Masi, G., de Pablos, J. L., De Temmerman, G., De Tommasi, G., de Vries, P., Deakin, K., Deane, J., Agostini, F. Degli, Dejarnac, R., Delabie, E., den Harder, N., Dendy, R. O., Denis, J., Denner, P., Devaux, S., Devynck, P., Di Maio, F., Di Siena, A., Di Troia, C., Dinca, P., D'Inca, R., Ding, B., Dittmar, T., Doerk, H., Doerner, R. P., Donne, T., Dorling, S. E., Dormido-Canto, S., Doswon, S., Douai, D., Doyle, P. T., Drenik, A., Drewelow, P., Drews, P., Duckworth, Ph., Dumont, R., Dumortier, P., Dunai, D., Dunne, M., Duran, I., Durodie, F., Dutta, P., Duval, B. P., Dux, R., Dylst, K., Dzysiuk, N., Edappala, P. V., Edmond, J., Edwards, A. M., Edwards, J., Eich, Th., Ekedahl, A., El-Jorf, R., Elsmore, C. G., Enachescu, M., Ericsson, G., Eriksson, F., Eriksson, J., Eriksson, L. G., Esposito, B., Esquembri, S., Esser, H. G., Esteve, D., Evans, B., Evans, G. E., Evison, G., Ewart, G. D., Fagan, D., Faitsch, M., Falie, D., Fanni, A., Fasoli, A., Faustin, J. M., Fawlk, N., Fazendeiro, L., Fedorczak, N., Felton, R. C., Fenton, K., Fernades, A., Fernandes, H., Ferreira, J., Fessey, J. A., Fevrier, O., Ficker, O., Field, A., Fietz, S., Figueiredo, A., Figueiredo, J., Fil, A., Finburg, P., Firdaouss, M., Fischer, U., Fittill, L., Fitzgerald, M., Flammini, D., Flanagan, J., Fleming, C., Flinders, K., Fonnesu, N., Fontdecaba, J. M., Formisano, A., Forsythe, L., Fortuna, L., Fortuna-Zalesna, E., Fortune, M., Foster, S., Franke, T., Franklin, T., Frasca, M., Frassinetti, L., Freisinger, M., Fresa, R., Frigione, D., Fuchs, V., Fuller, D., Futatani, S., Fyvie, J., Gal, K., Galassi, D., Galazka, K., Galdon-Quiroga, J., Gallagher, J., Gallart, D., Galvao, R., Gao, X., Gao, Y., Garcia, J., Garcia-Carrasco, A., Garcia-Munoz, M., Gardarein, J. -L., Garzotti, L., Gaudio, P., Gauthier, E., Gear, D. F., Gee, S. J., Geiger, B., Gelfusa, M., Gerasimov, S., Gervasini, G., Gethins, M., Ghani, Z., Ghate, M., Gherendi, M., Giacalone, J. C., Giacomelli, L., Gibson, C. S., Giegerich, T., Gil, C., Gil, L., Gilligan, S., Gin, D., Giovannozzi, E., Girardo, J. B., Giroud, C., Giruzzi, G., Gloeggler, S., Godwin, J., Goff, J., Gohil, P., Goloborod'ko, V., Gomes, R., Goncalves, B., Goniche, M., Goodliffe, M., Goodyear, A., Gorini, G., Gosk, M., Goulding, R., Goussarov, A., Gowland, R., Graham, B., Graham, M. E., Graves, J. P., Grazier, N., Grazier, P., Green, N. R., Greuner, H., Grierson, B., Griph, F. S., Grisolia, C., Grist, D., Groth, M., Grove, R., Grundy, C. N., Grzonka, J., Guard, D., Guerard, C., Guillemaut, C., Guirlet, R., Gurl, C., Utoh, H. H., Hackett, L. J., Hacquin, S., Hagar, A., Hager, R., Hakola, A., Halitovs, M., Hall, S. J., Cook, S. P. Hallworth, Hamlyn-Harris, C., Hammond, K., Harrington, C., Harrison, J., Harting, D., Hasenbeck, F., Hatano, Y., Hatch, D. R., Haupt, T. D. V., Hawes, J., Hawkes, N. C., Hawkins, J., Hawkins, P., Haydon, P. W., Hayter, N., Hazel, S., Heesterman, P. J. L., Heinola, K., Hellesen, C., Hellsten, T., Helou, W., Hemming, O. N., Hender, T. C., Henderson, M., Henderson, S. S., Henriques, R., Hepple, D., Hermon, G., Hertout, P., Hidalgo, C., Highcock, E. G., Hill, M., Hillairet, J., Hillesheim, J., Hillis, D., Hizanidis, K., Hjalmarsson, A., Hobirk, J., Hodille, E., Hogben, C. H. A., Hogeweij, G. M. D., Hollingsworth, A., Hollis, S., Homfray, D. A., Horacek, J., Hornung, G., Horton, A. R., Horton, L. D., Horvath, L., Hotchin, S. P., Hough, M. R., Howarth, P. J., Hubbard, A., Huber, A., Huber, V., Huddleston, T. M., Hughes, M., Huijsmans, G. T. A., Hunter, C. L., Huynh, P., Hynes, A. M., Iglesias, D., Imazawa, N., Imbeaux, F., Imrisek, M., Incelli, M., Innocente, P., Irishkin, M., Ivanova-Stanik, I., Jachmich, S., Jacobsen, A. S., Jacquet, P., Jansons, J., Jardin, A., Jarvinen, A., Jaulmes, F., Jednorog, S., Jenkins, I., Jeong, C., Jepu, I., Joffrin, E., Johnson, R., Johnson, T., Johnston, Jane, Joita, L., Jones, G., Jones, T. T. C., Hoshino, K. K., Kallenbach, A., Kamiya, K., Kaniewski, J., Kantor, A., Kappatou, A., Karhunen, J., Karkinsky, D., Karnowska, I., Kaufman, M., Kaveney, G., Kazakov, Y., Kazantzidis, V., Keeling, D. L., Keenan, T., Keep, J., Kempenaars, M., Kennedy, C., Kenny, D., Kent, J., Kent, O. N., Khilkevich, E., Kim, H. T., Kim, H. S., Kinch, A., King, C., King, D., King, R. F., Kinna, D. J., Kiptily, V., Kirov, K., Kirschner, A., Kizane, G., Klepper, C., Klix, A., Knight, P., Knipe, S. J., Knott, S., Kobuchi, T., Koechl, F., Kocsis, G., Kodeli, I., Kogan, L., Kogut, D., Koivuranta, S., Kominis, Y., Koeppen, M., Kos, B., Koskela, T., Koslowski, H. R., Koubiti, M., Kovari, M., Kowalska-Strzeciwilk, E., Krasilnikov, A., Krasilnikov, V., Krawczyk, N., Kresina, M., Krieger, K., Krivska, A., Kruezi, U., Ksiazek, I., Kukushkin, A., Kundu, A., Kurki-Suonio, T., Kwak, S., Kwiatkowski, R., Kwon, O. J., Laguardia, L., Lahtinen, A., Laing, A., Lam, N., Lambertz, H. T., Lane, C., Lang, P. T., Lanthaler, S., Lapins, J., Lasa, A., Last, J. R., Laszynska, E., Lawless, R., Lawson, A., Lawson, K. D., Lazaros, A., Lazzaro, E., Leddy, J., Lee, S., Lefebvre, X., Leggate, H. J., Lehmann, J., Lehnen, M., Leichtle, D., Leichuer, P., Leipold, F., Lengar, I., Lennholm, M., Lerche, E., Lescinskis, A., Lesnoj, S., Letellier, E., Leyland, M., Leysen, W., Li, L., Liang, Y., Likonen, J., Linke, J., Linsmeier, Ch., Lipschultz, B., Liu, G., Liu, Y., Lo Schiavo, V. P., Loarer, T., Loarte, A., Lobel, R. C., Lomanowski, B., Lomas, P. J., Lonnroth, J., Lopez, J. M., Lopez-Razola, J., Lorenzini, R., Losada, U., Lovell, J. J., Loving, A. B., Lowry, C., Luce, T., Lucock, R. M. A., Lukin, A., Luna, C., Lungaroni, M., Lungu, C. P., Lungu, M., Lunniss, A., Lupelli, I., Lyssoivan, A., Macdonald, N., Macheta, P., Maczewa, K., Magesh, B., Maget, P., Maggi, C., Maier, H., Mailloux, J., Makkonen, T., Makwana, R., Malaquias, A., Malizia, A., Manas, P., Manning, A., Manso, M. E., Mantica, P., Mantsinen, M., Manzanares, A., Maquet, Ph., Marandet, Y., Marcenko, N., Marchetto, C., Marchuk, O., Marinelli, M., Marinucci, M., Markovic, T., Marocco, D., Marot, L., Marren, C. A., Marshal, R., Martin, A., Martin, Y., Martin de Aguilera, A., Martinez, F. J., Martin-Solis, J. R., Martynova, Y., Maruyama, S., Masiello, A., Maslov, M., Matejcik, S., Mattei, M., Matthews, G. F., Maviglia, F., Mayer, M., Mayoral, M. L., May-Smith, T., Mazon, D., Mazzotta, C., McAdams, R., McCarthy, P. J., McClements, K. G., McCormack, O., McCullen, P. A., McDonald, D., McIntosh, S., McKean, R., McKehon, J., Meadows, R. C., Meakins, A., Medina, F., Medland, M., Medley, S., Meigh, S., Meigs, A. G., Meisl, G., Meitner, S., Meneses, L., Menmuir, S., Mergia, K., Merrigan, I. R., Mertens, Ph., Meshchaninov, S., Messiaen, A., Meyer, H., Mianowski, S., Michling, R., Middleton-Gear, D., Miettunen, J., Militello, F., Militello-Asp, E., Miloshevsky, G., Mink, F., Minucci, S., Miyoshi, Y., Mlynar, J., Molina, D., Monakhov, I., Moneti, M., Mooney, R., Moradi, S., Mordijck, S., Moreira, L., Moreno, R., Moro, F., Morris, A. W., Morris, J., Moser, L., Mosher, S., Moulton, D., Murari, A., Muraro, A., Murphy, S., Asakura, N. N., Na, Y. S., Nabais, F., Naish, R., Nakano, T., Nardon, E., Naulin, V., Nave, M. F. F., Nedzelski, I., Nemtsev, G., Nespoli, F., Neto, A., Neu, R., Neverov, V. S., Newman, M., Nicholls, K. J., Nicolas, T., Nielsen, A. H., Nielsen, P., Nilsson, E., Nishijima, D., Noble, C., Nocente, M., Nodwell, D., Nordlund, K., Nordman, H., Nouailletas, R., Nunes, I., Oberkofler, M., Odupitan, T., Ogawa, M. T., O'Gorman, T., Okabayashi, M., Olney, R., Omolayo, O., O'Mullane, M., Ongena, J., Orsitto, F., Orszagh, J., Oswuigwe, B. I., Otin, R., Owen, A., Paccagnella, R., Pace, N., Pacella, D., Packer, L. W., Page, A., Pajuste, E., Palazzo, S., Panja, S., Papp, P., Paprok, R., Parail, V., Park, M., Diaz, F. Parra, Parsons, M., Pasqualotto, R., Patel, A., Pathak, S., Paton, D., Patten, H., Pau, A., Pawelec, E., Soldan, C. Paz, Peackoc, A., Pearson, I. J., Pehkonen, S. -P., Peluso, E., Penot, C., Pereira, A., Pereira, R., Puglia, P. P. Pereira, von Thun, C. Perez, Peruzzo, S., Peschanyi, S., Peterka, M., Petersson, P., Petravich, G., Petre, A., Petrella, N., Petrzilka, V., Peysson, Y., Pfefferle, D., Philipps, V., Pillon, M., Pintsuk, G., Piovesan, P., Pires dos Reis, A., Piron, L., Pironti, A., Pisano, F., Pitts, R., Pizzo, F., Plyusnin, V., Pomaro, N., Pompilian, O. G., Pool, P. J., Popovichev, S., Porfiri, M. T., Porosnicu, C., Porton, M., Possnert, G., Potzel, S., Powell, T., Pozzi, J., Prajapati, V., Prakash, R., Prestopino, G., Price, D., Price, M., Price, R., Prior, P., Proudfoot, R., Pucella, G., Puglia, P., Puiatti, M. E., Pulley, D., Purahoo, K., Puetterich, Th., Rachlew, E., Rack, M., Ragona, R., Rainford, M. S. J., Rakha, A., Ramogida, G., Ranjan, S., Rapson, C. J., Rasmussen, J. J., Rathod, K., Ratta, G., Ratynskaia, S., Ravera, G., Rayner, C., Rebai, M., Reece, D., Reed, A., Refy, D., Regan, B., Regana, J., Reich, M., Reid, N., Reimold, F., Reinhart, M., Reinke, M., Reiser, D., Rendell, D., Reux, C., Reyes Cortes, S. D. A., Reynolds, S., Riccardo, V., Richardson, N., Riddle, K., Rigamonti, D., Rimini, F. G., Risner, J., Riva, M., Roach, C., Robins, R. J., Robinson, S. A., Robinson, T., Robson, D. W., Roccella, R., Rodionov, R., Rodrigues, P., Rodriguez, J., Rohde, V., Romanelli, F., Romanelli, M., Romanelli, S., Romazanov, J., Rowe, S., Rubel, M., Rubinacci, G., Rubino, G., Ruchko, L., Ruiz, M., Ruset, C., Rzadkiewicz, J., Saarelma, S., Sabot, R., Safi, E., Sagar, P., Saibene, G., Saint-Laurent, F., Salewski, M., Salmi, A., Salmon, R., Salzedas, F., Samaddar, D., Samm, U., Sandiford, D., Santa, P., Santala, M. I. K., Santos, B., Santucci, A., Sartori, F., Sartori, R., Sauter, O., Scannell, R., Schlummer, T., Schmid, K., Schmidt, V., Schmuck, S., Schneider, M., Schoepf, K., Schworer, D., Scott, S. D., Sergienko, G., Sertoli, M., Shabbir, A., Sharapov, S. E., Shaw, A., Shaw, R., Sheikh, H., Shepherd, A., Shevelev, A., Shumack, A., Sias, G., Sibbald, M., Sieglin, B., Silburn, S., Silva, A., Silva, C., Simmons, P. A., Simpson, J., Simpson-Hutchinson, J., Sinha, A., Sipila, S. K., Sips, A. C. 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D., Zerbini, M., Zhang, W., Zhou, Y., Zilli, E., Zoita, V., Zoletnik, S., Zychor, I., Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic Stability of Fusion Plasmas, Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion, JET Contributors, MAST Team, and JOREK Team

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fusion, Tokamak, General Physics and Astronomy, Computational fluid dynamics, grid, 01 natural sciences, Instability, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Physics::Plasma Physics, law, 0103 physical sciences, elm, Aerospace engineering, 010306 general physics, Aerospace, tokamak, Physics, business.industry, mhd, edge turbulence, Plasma, stability, Grid, instability, Hardware and Architecture, Mesh generation, Magnetohydrodynamics, business, reduced mhd
Abstract

Block-structured mesh generation techniques have been well addressed in the CFD community for automobile and aerospace studies, and their applicability to magnetic fusion is highly relevant, due to the complexity of the plasma-facing wall structures inside a tokamak device. Typically applied to non-linear simulations of MHD instabilities relevant to magnetically confined fusion, the JOREK code was originally developed with a 2D grid composed of isoparametric bi-cubic Bezier finite elements, that are aligned to the magnetic equilibrium of tokamak plasmas (the third dimension being represented by Fourier harmonics). To improve the applicability of these simulations, the grid-generator has been generalised to provide a robust extension method, using a block-structured mesh approach, which allows the simulations of arbitrary domains of tokamak vacuum vessels. Such boundary-aligned grids require the adaptation of boundary conditions along the edge of the new domain. Demonstrative non-linear simulations of plasma edge instabilities are presented to validate the robustness of the new grid, and future potential physics applications for tokamak plasmas are discussed. The methods presented here may be of interest to the wider community, beyond tokamak physics, wherever imposing arbitrary boundaries to quadrilateral finite elements is required. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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2019

47. Interpretative modeling of impurity transport and tungsten sources in WEST boundary plasma

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Ciraolo, G., primary, Di Genova, S., additional, Yang, H., additional, Gallo, A., additional, Fedorczak, N., additional, Bufferand, H., additional, Gunn, J.P., additional, Tamain, P., additional, Guirlet, R., additional, Guillemaut, C., additional, Desgranges, C., additional, Bourdelle, C., additional, Tsitrone, E., additional, Bucalossi, J., additional, Scotto D’Abusco, M., additional, Serre, E., additional, Marandet, Y., additional, Raghunathan, M., additional, Sepetys, A., additional, Romazanov, J., additional, Kirschner, A., additional, Brezinsek, S., additional, and WEST Team, the, additional

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2021
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50. HOW NITROGEN SEEDING SECURIZES PLASMA RAMP-UP IN THE METALLIC ENVIRONMENT OF WEST

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Maget, P, Artaud, J-F, Bourdelle, C, Bucalossi, J, Bufferand, H, Ciraolo, G, Desgranges, C, Devynck, P, Douai, D, Dumont, R, Fedorczak, N, Felici, F, Goniche, M, Guillemaut, C, Guirlet, R, Gunn, J, Ivanova-Stanik, I, Loarer, T, Manas, P, Morales, J, Moreau, P, Nouailletas, R, Reux, C, Sauter, O, Mulders, S, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique (IRFM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), EPS, WEST, European Project: 633053,H2020,EURATOM-Adhoc-2014-20,EUROfusion(2014), icard, valerie, and Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon 2020 through a Joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium - EUROfusion - - H20202014-01-01 - 2018-12-31 - 633053 - VALID

Subjects
[PHYS]Physics [physics], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, [PHYS] Physics [physics]
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2021

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