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1. Numerical and experimental investigations of a microwave interferometer for the negative ion source SPIDER

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Agnello, R., Cavazzana, R., Furno, I., Jacquier, R., Pasqualotto, R., Sartori, E., and Serianni, G.

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics
Abstract

The electron density close to the extraction grids and the co-extracted electrons represent a crucial issue when operating negative ion sources for fusion reactors. An excessive electron density in the plasma expansion region can indeed inhibit the negative ion production and introduce potentially harmful electrons in the accelerator. Among the set of plasma and beam diagnostics proposed for SPIDER upgrade, a heterodyne microwave (mw) interferometer at 100 GHz is being explored as a possibility to measure electron density in the plasma extraction region. The major issue in applying this technique in SPIDER is the poor accessibility of the probing microwave beam through the source metal walls and the long distance of 4 m at which mw modules should be located outside the vacuum vessel. Numerical investigations in a full-scale geometry showed that the power transmitted through the plasma source apertures was sufficient for the microwave module sensitivity. An experimental proof-of-principle of the setup was then performed. The microwave system was tested on an experimental full-scale test-bench mimicking SPIDER viewports accessibility constraints, including the presence of a SPIDER-like plasma. The outcome of first tests revealed that, despite the geometrical constraints, in certain conditions, the electron density measurements are possible. The main issue arises from decoupling the one-pass signal from spurious multipaths generated by mw beam reflections, requiring signal cross correlation analysis. These preliminary tests demonstrate that despite the 4 m distance between the mw modules and the presence of metal walls, plasma density measurement is possible when the 80-mm diameter ports are available. In this contribution, we discuss the numerical simulations, the preliminary experimental tests and suggest design upgrades of the interferometric setup to enhance signal transmission.

Published
2023
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2. Analysis of Proton Bunch Parameters in the AWAKE Experiment

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Hafych, V., Caldwell, A., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Aladi, M., Goncalves, M. C. Amoedo, Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Bachmann, A. -M., Baistrukov, M. A., Batsch, F., Bergamaschi, M., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschön, B., Chappell, J., Chevallay, E., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Damerau, H., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A., Doebert, S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fedosseev, V. N., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Furno, I., Gessner, S., Gorn, A. A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Guran, E. D., Henderson, J. R., Hüther, M., Kedves, M. Á., Khudyakov, V., Kim, S. -Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Lopes, N., Lotov, K. V., Mazzoni, S., Godoy, D. Medina, Moody, J. T., Moon, K., Guzmán, P. I. Morales, Moreira, M., Nechaeva, T., Nowak, E., Pakuza, C., Panuganti, H., Pardons, A., Perera, A., Pucek, J., Pukhov, A., Ráczkevi, B., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, L. O., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Tuev, P. V., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verra, L., Vieira, J., Vincke, H., Welsch, C. P., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Zepp, M., and Della Porta, G. Zevi

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A precise characterization of the incoming proton bunch parameters is required to accurately simulate the self-modulation process in the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE). This paper presents an analysis of the parameters of the incoming proton bunches used in the later stages of the AWAKE Run 1 data-taking period. The transverse structure of the bunch is observed at multiple positions along the beamline using scintillating or optical transition radiation screens. The parameters of a model that describes the bunch transverse dimensions and divergence are fitted to represent the observed data using Bayesian inference. The analysis is tested on simulated data and then applied to the experimental data.

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2021
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3. Simulation and Experimental Study of Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Linear Density Gradients

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Guzmán, P. I. Morales, Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Aladi, M., Goncalves, M. C. Amoedo, Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Bachmann, A. -M., Baistrukov, M. A., Batsch, F., Bergamaschi, M., Blanchard, P., Braunmüller, F., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschön, B., Caldwell, A., Chappell, J., Chevallay, E., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Damerau, H., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A., Doebert, S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fedosseev, V. N., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Furno, I., Gessner, S., Gorn, A. A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Guran, E. D., Hafych, V., Henderson, J. R., Hüther, M., Kedves, M. Á., Khudyakov, V., Kim, S. -Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Lopes, N., Lotov, K. V., Martyanov, M., Mazzoni, S., Godoy, D. Medina, Moody, J. T., Moon, K., Moreira, M., Nechaeva, T., Nowak, E., Pakuza, C., Panuganti, H., Pardons, A., Perera, A., Pucek, J., Pukhov, A., Ráczkevi, B., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, L. O., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Tuev, P. V., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verra, L., Vieira, J., Vincke, H., Welsch, C. P., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Zepp, M., and Della Porta, G. Zevi

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics, Physics - Accelerator Physics
Abstract

We present numerical simulations and experimental results of the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in a plasma with linear density gradients along the beam path. Simulation results agree with the experimental results reported in arXiv:2007.14894v2: with negative gradients, the charge of the modulated bunch is lower than with positive gradients. In addition, the bunch modulation frequency varies with gradient. Simulation results show that dephasing of the wakefields with respect to the relativistic protons along the plasma is the main cause for the loss of charge. The study of the modulation frequency reveals details about the evolution of the self-modulation process along the plasma. In particular for negative gradients, the modulation frequency across time-resolved images of the bunch indicates the position along the plasma where protons leave the wakefields. Simulations and experimental results are in excellent agreement., Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures

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2021
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4. Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma

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Batsch, F., Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Goncalves, M. C. Amoedo, Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Bachmann, A. -M., Baistrukov, M. A., Blanchard, P., Braunmüller, F., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschön, B., Caldwell, A., Chappell, J., Chevallay, E., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Damerau, H., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Deubner, H. L., Doebert, S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fedosseev, V. N., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Friebel, F., Furno, I., Garolfi, L., Gessner, S., Gorgisyan, I., Gorn, A. A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Hafych, V., Helm, A., Henderson, J. R., Hüther, M., Kargapolov, I. Yu., Kim, S. -Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K. V., Martyanov, M., Mazzoni, S., Godoy, D. Medina, Minakov, V. A., Moody, J. T., Moon, K., Guzmán, P. I. Morales, Moreira, M., Nechaeva, T., Nowak, E., Pakuza, C., Panuganti, H., Pardons, A., Perera, A., Pucek, J., Pukhov, A., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Rieger, K., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, L. O., Speroni, R., Spitsyn, R. I., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Tuev, P. V., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verra, L., Verzilov, V. A., Vieira, J., Vincke, H., Welsch, C. P., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wiwattananon, P., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Zepp, M., and Della Porta, G. Zevi

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics, Physics - Accelerator Physics
Abstract

We use a relativistic ionization front to provide various initial transverse wakefield amplitudes for the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in plasma. We show experimentally that, with sufficient initial amplitude ($\ge(4.1\pm0.4)$ MV/m), the phase of the modulation along the bunch is reproducible from event to event, with 3 to 7% (of 2$\pi$) rms variations all along the bunch. The phase is not reproducible for lower initial amplitudes. We observe the transition between these two regimes. Phase reproducibility is essential for deterministic external injection of particles to be accelerated., Comment: Letter and Supplemental Material, 6 figures, 8 pages

Published
2020
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5. Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements

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Gorn, A. A., Turner, M., Adli, E., Agnello, R., Aladi, M., Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Bachmann, A. -M., Baistrukov, M. A., Batsch, F., Bergamaschi, M., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschon, B., Caldwell, A., Chappell, J., Chevallay, E., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Damerau, H., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Deubner, L. H., Dexter, A., Djotyan, G. P., Doebert, S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fedosseev, V. N., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Friebel, F., Furno, I., Garolfi, L., Gessner, S., Goddard, B., Gorgisyan, I., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Hafych, V., Hartin, A., Helm, A., Henderson, J. R., Howling, A., Huther, M., Jacquier, R., Kargapolov, I. Yu., Kedves, M. A., Keeble, F., Kelisani, M. D., Kim, S. -Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K. V., Martyanov, M., Mazzoni, S., Godoy, D. Medina, Minakov, V. A., Moody, J. T., Guzman, P. I. Morales, Moreira, M., Nechaeva, T., Panuganti, H., Pardons, A., Asmus, F. Pena, Perera, A., Petrenko, A., Pucek, J., Pukhov, A., Raczkevi, B., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Ruhl, H., Saberi, H., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Sherwood, P., Silva, L. O., Spitsyn, R. I., Tuev, P. V., Velotti, F., Verra, L., Verzilov, V. A., Vieira, J., Welsch, C. P., Williamson, B., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Zepp, M., and Della Porta, G. Zevi

Subjects
Physics - Accelerator Physics, Physics - Plasma Physics
Abstract

In 2017, AWAKE demonstrated the seeded self-modulation (SSM) of a 400 GeV proton beam from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN. The angular distribution of the protons deflected due to SSM is a quantitative measure of the process, which agrees with simulations by the two-dimensional (axisymmetric) particle-in-cell code LCODE. Agreement is achieved for beam populations between $10^{11}$ and $3 \times 10^{11}$ particles, various plasma density gradients ($-20 \div 20\%$) and two plasma densities ($2\times 10^{14} \text{cm}^{-3}$ and $7 \times 10^{14} \text{cm}^{-3}$). The agreement is reached only in the case of a wide enough simulation box (at least five plasma wavelengths)., Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, 1 table

Published
2020

6. R&D around a photoneutralizer-based NBI system (Siphore) in view of a DEMO Tokamak steady state fusion reactor

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Simonin, A., Achard, Jocelyn, Achkasov, K., Béchu, S., Baudouin, C., Baulaigue, O., Blondel, C., Boeuf, J. P., Cartry, Gilles, Chaibi, W., Drag, C., de Esch, H. P. L., Fiorucci, D., Fubiani, G., Furno, I., Futtersack, R., Garibaldi, P., Gicquel, A., Grand, C., Guittienne, Ph, Hagelaar, G., Howling, A., Jacquier, R., Kirkpatrick, M. J., Lemoine, D., Lepetit, B., Minea, T., Odic, E., Revel, A., Soliman, B. A., and Teste, P.

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics
Abstract

Since the signature of the ITER treaty in 2006, a new research programme targeting the emergence of a new generation of Neutral Beam (NB) system for the future fusion reactor (DEMO Tokamak) has been underway between several laboratories in Europe. The specifications required to operate a NB system on DEMO are very demanding: the system has to provide plasma heating, current drive and plasma control at a very high level of power (up to 150 MW) and energy (1 or 2 MeV), including high performances in term of wall-plug efficiency ($\eta$ > 60%), high availability and reliability. To this aim, a novel NB concept based on the photodetachment of the energetic negative ion beam is under study. The keystone of this new concept is the achievement of a photoneutralizer where a high power photon flux (~3 MW) generated within a Fabry Perot cavity will overlap, cross and partially photodetach the intense negative ion beam accelerated at high energy (1 or 2 MeV). The aspect ratio of the beam-line (source, accelerator, etc.) is specifically designed to maximize the overlap of the photon beam with the ion beam. It is shown that such a photoneutralized based NB system would have the capability to provide several tens of MW of D 0 per beam line with a wall-plug efficiency higher than 60%. A feasibility study of the concept has been launched between different laboratories to address the different physics aspects, i.e., negative ion source, plasma modelling, ion accelerator simulation, photoneutralization and high voltage holding under vacuum. The paper describes the present status of the project and the main achievements of the developments in laboratories.

Published
2019
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8. Impurity seeding for suppression of the near Scrape-Off Layer heat flux feature in tokamak limited plasmas

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Nespoli, F., Labit, B., Furno, I., Theiler, C., Sheikh, U., Tsui, C. K., Boedo, J. A., and team, the TCV

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics
Abstract

In inboard-limited plasmas, foreseen to be used in future fusion reactors start-up and ramp down phases, the Scrape-Off Layer (SOL) exhibits two regions: the "near" and "far" SOL. The steep radial gradient of the parallel heat flux associated with the near SOL can result in excessive thermal loads onto the solid surfaces, damaging them and/or limiting the operational space of a fusion reactor. In this article, leveraging the results presented in [F. Nespoli et al., Nuclear Fusion 2017], we propose a technique for the mitigation and suppression of the near SOL heat flux feature by impurity seeding. First successful experimental results from the TCV tokamak are presented and discussed.

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2017
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9. Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma

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Nechaeva, T., Verra, L., Pucek, J., Ranc, L., Bergamaschi, M., Zevi Della Porta, G., Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Amoedo, C., Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Arnesano, J. M., Bencini, V., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschön, B., Caldwell, A., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A. C., Doebert, S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fonseca, R., Furno, I., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Guran, E., Henderson, J., Kedves, M., Kim, S. Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K., Martinez Calderon, M., Mazzoni, S., Moon, K., Morales Guzmán, P. I., Moreira, M., Okhotnikov, N., Pakuza, C., Pannell, Fern, Pardons, A., Pepitone, K., Poimenidou, E., Pukhov, A., Rey, S., Rossel, R., Saberi, H., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, F., Spear, B., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Swain, C., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verzilov, V., Vieira, J., Welsch, C., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Yarygova, V., Zepp, M., Nechaeva, T., Verra, L., Pucek, J., Ranc, L., Bergamaschi, M., Zevi Della Porta, G., Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Amoedo, C., Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Arnesano, J. M., Bencini, V., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschön, B., Caldwell, A., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A. C., Doebert, S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fonseca, R., Furno, I., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Guran, E., Henderson, J., Kedves, M., Kim, S. Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K., Martinez Calderon, M., Mazzoni, S., Moon, K., Morales Guzmán, P. I., Moreira, M., Okhotnikov, N., Pakuza, C., Pannell, Fern, Pardons, A., Pepitone, K., Poimenidou, E., Pukhov, A., Rey, S., Rossel, R., Saberi, H., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, F., Spear, B., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Swain, C., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verzilov, V., Vieira, J., Welsch, C., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Yarygova, V., and Zepp, M.

Abstract

Experimental results show that hosing of a long particle bunch in plasma can be induced by wakefields driven by a short, misaligned preceding bunch. Hosing develops in the plane of misalignment, self-modulation in the perpendicular plane, at frequencies close to the plasma electron frequency, and are reproducible. Development of hosing depends on misalignment direction, its growth on misalignment extent and on proton bunch charge. Results have the main characteristics of a theoretical model, are relevant to other plasma-based accelerators and represent the first characterization of hosing.

Published
2024

10. Implementing water recirculation in a novel portable plasma-activated water reactor enhances antimicrobial effect against Escherichia coli

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Agus, R, Avino, F, Ibba, L, Myers, B, Zampieri, L, Martines, E, Howling, A, Furno, I, Agus, Rita, Avino, Fabio, Ibba, Lorenzo, Myers, Brayden, Zampieri, Leonardo, Martines, Emilio, Howling, Alan, Furno, Ivo, Agus, R, Avino, F, Ibba, L, Myers, B, Zampieri, L, Martines, E, Howling, A, Furno, I, Agus, Rita, Avino, Fabio, Ibba, Lorenzo, Myers, Brayden, Zampieri, Leonardo, Martines, Emilio, Howling, Alan, and Furno, Ivo

Abstract

The need for sustainable and reliable decontamination methods is driven by concerns regarding antibiotic resistance, as well as environmental and cost-efficiency challenges associated with traditional methods. Plasma-activated water (PAW) holds significant promise as an innovative and eco-friendly decontamination method. Nevertheless, prior to industrial implementation of PAW-based decontamination devices, a deep understanding of the bacterial inactivation mechanisms and its interplay with PAW chemical composition is required. Advancing in this field requires interdisciplinary and collaborative research using standardized practices with cost-effective and shareable PAW reactors that are still missing today. Here, to this end, a portable PAW reactor, featuring a surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) that operates in air, is presented. The gaseous and aqueous phases were chemically characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) absorption spectroscopy and vis-spectrophotometry, respectively. To assess PAW antimicrobial efficacy Escherichia coli was employed as a model organism on six different PAW samples for three different treatment times. The significance of water recirculation in controlling the chemical composition of PAW, altering the nitrogen species balance in favor of NO2−, is demonstrated. This chemical modification consequently enhanced the antimicrobial effectiveness of PAW, reaching a log reduction of ∼6. Exposing E. coli to equivalent concentrations of RONS to those found in PAW attained similar log-reductions, indicating that acidified nitrites are key to PAW antimicrobial activity. Through an innovative and portable design, this study illustrates the crucial role of water recirculation in tailoring PAW composition, leading to improved decontamination capabilities and establishing a key parameter for further optimization of PAW production.

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2024

11. Statistical analysis and modeling of intermittent transport events in the tokamak SOL

Author

Anderson, J., Halpern, F., Xanthopoulos, P., Ricci, P., and Furno, I.

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics
Abstract

The turbulence observed in the scrape-off-layer of a tokamak is often characterized by intermittent events of bursty nature, a feature which raises concerns about the prediction of heat loads on the physical boundaries of the device. It appears thus necessary to delve into the statistical properties of turbulent physical fields such as density, electrostatic potential and temperature, focusing on the mathematical expression of tails of the probability distribution functions. The method followed here is to generate statistical information from time-traces of the plasma density stemming from Braginskii-type fluid simulations, and check this against a first-principles theoretical model. The analysis of the numerical simulations indicates that the probability distribution function of the intermittent process contains strong exponential tails, as predicted by the analytical theory., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures

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2014
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12. Methods for characterising microphysical processes in plasmas

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de Wit, T. Dudok, Alexandrova, O., Furno, I., Sorriso-Valvo, L., and Zimbardo, G.

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics, Physics - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability, Physics - Space Physics
Abstract

Advanced spectral and statistical data analysis techniques have greatly contributed to shaping our understanding of microphysical processes in plasmas. We review some of the main techniques that allow for characterising fluctuation phenomena in geospace and in laboratory plasma observations. Special emphasis is given to the commonalities between different disciplines, which have witnessed the development of similar tools, often with differing terminologies. The review is phrased in terms of few important concepts: self-similarity, deviation from self-similarity (i.e. intermittency and coherent structures), wave-turbulence, and anomalous transport., Comment: Space Science Reviews (2013), in press

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2013
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14. Nondiffusive suprathermal ion transport in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas

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Gustafson, K., Ricci, P., Furno, I., and Fasoli, A.

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics, Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract

We investigate suprathermal ion dynamics in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas in the pres- ence of electrostatic turbulence driven by the ideal interchange instability. Turbulent fields from fluid simulations are used in the non-relativistic equation of ion motion to compute suprathermal tracer ion trajectories. Suprathermal ion dispersion starts with a brief ballistic phase, during which particles do not interact with the plasma, followed by a turbulence interaction phase. In this one simple system, we observe the entire spectrum of suprathermal ion dynamics, from subdiffusion to superdiffusion, depending on beam energy and turbulence amplitude. We estimate the duration of the ballistic phase and identify basic mechanisms during the interaction phase that determine the character of suprathermal ion dispersion upon the beam energy and turbulence fluctuation amplitude., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted in PRL

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2011
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15. Latest experimental and theoretical advances in the production of negative ions in caesium-free plasmas

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Taccogna, F., Bechu, S., Aanesland, A., Agostinetti, P., Agnello, R., Aleiferis, S., Angot, T., Antoni, V., Bacal, M., Barbisan, M., Bentounes, J., Bès, A., Capitelli, M., Cartry, G., Cavenago, M., Celiberto, R., Chitarin, G., Delogu, R., De Lorenzi, A., Esposito, F., Fadone, M., Ferron, N., Fubiani, G., Furno, I., Gavilan, L., Guittienne, P., Howling, A., Jacquier, R., Laricchiuta, A., Layet, J. M., Lemaire, J. L., Longo, S., Maurice, B., Minelli, P., Minissale, M., Mitrou, M., Moussaoui, R., Pimazzoni, A., Poggi, C., Rafalskyi, D., Salomon, E., Sartori, E., Sasao, M., Serianni, G., Spada, E., Suweis, S., Svarnas, P., Tahri, L., Ugoletti, M., Variale, V., and Veltri, P.

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2021
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16. Current driven rotating kink mode in a plasma column with a non-line-tied free end

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Furno, I., Intrator, T. P., Abbate, S., Madziwa-Nussinov, T., Light, A., Dorf, L., Lapenta, G., and Ryutov, D. D.

Subjects
Physics - Plasma Physics
Abstract

First experimental measurements are presented for the kink instability in a linear plasma column which is insulated from an axial boundary by finite sheath resistivity. Instability threshold below the classical Kruskal-Shafranov threshold, axially asymmetric mode structure and rotation are observed. These are accurately reproduced by a recent kink theory, which includes axial plasma flow and one end of the plasma column that is free to move due to a non-line-tied boundary condition., Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures

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2006
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18. Measurements of interactions between waves and energetic ions in basic plasma experiments

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Heidbrink, WW, Boehmer, H, McWilliams, R, Preiwisch, A, Zhang, Y, Zhao, L, Zhou, S, Bovet, A, Fasoli, A, Furno, I, Gustafson, K, Ricci, P, Carter, T, Leneman, D, Tripathi, SKP, and Vincena, S

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences, Bioengineering, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences, Fluids & Plasmas, Nuclear and plasma physics
Abstract

To measure the transport of fast ions by various types of waves, complementary experiments are conducted in linear and toroidal magnetic fields in the large plasma device and the toroidal plasma experiment. Lithium sources that are immersed in the plasma provide the energetic ions. Spatial scans of collectors measure the transport. Techniques to find the beam and optimize the spatial sensitivity are described. Measurements of Coulomb scattering, resonant interaction with Alfvén waves, and transport by drift-wave and interchange turbulence are summarized. © 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Published
2012

19. Fast ion source and detector for investigating the interaction of turbulence with suprathermal ions in a low temperature toroidal plasma

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Plyushchev, G, Diallo, A, Fasoli, A, Furno, I, Labit, B, Müller, SH, Podest̀, M, Poli, FM, Boehmer, H, Heidbrink, WW, and Zhang, Y

Subjects
Applied Physics, Engineering, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences
Abstract

A specific experimental apparatus consisting of an ion source and a detector for the investigation of the interaction between suprathermal ions and drift-wave turbulence is developed on the toroidal plasma experiment. Due to the low plasma temperature (∼5 eV), a spatially localized, small-size ion source (∼4 cm) mounted inside the vacuum vessel with relatively low ion energy (∼100 eV-1 keV) can be used. The source consists of an aluminosilicate Li-6 ion emitter (6 mm diameter, 10-30 μA current) installed on a two-dimensional (2D) poloidally moving system. The location, energy, and current density profile of the ion beam will be measured using a 2D movable gridded energy analyzer. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.

Published
2006

20. Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

Author

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

Abstract

The tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) continues to leverage its unique shaping capabilities, flexible heating systems and modern control system to address critical issues in preparation for ITER and a fusion power plant. For the 2019-20 campaign its configurational flexibility has been enhanced with the installation of removable divertor gas baffles, its diagnostic capabilities with an extensive set of upgrades and its heating systems with new dual frequency gyrotrons. The gas baffles reduce coupling between the divertor and the main chamber and allow for detailed investigations on the role of fuelling in general and, together with upgraded boundary diagnostics, test divertor and edge models in particular. The increased heating capabilities broaden the operational regime to include Te/Ti ∼1 and have stimulated refocussing studies from L-mode to H-mode across a range of research topics. ITER baseline parameters were reached in type-I ELMy H-modes and alternative regimes with 'small' (or no) ELMs explored. Most prominently, negative triangularity was investigated in detail and confirmed as an attractive scenario with H-mode level core confinement but an L-mode edge. Emphasis was also placed on control, where an increased number of observers, actuators and control solutions became available and are now integrated into a generic control framework as will be needed in future devices. The quantity and quality of results of the 2019-20 TCV campaign are a testament to its successful integration within the European research effort alongside a vibrant domestic programme and international collaborations.

Published
2022

22. Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma

Author

Verra, L., Wyler, S., Nechaeva, T., Pucek, J., Bencini, V., Bergamaschi, M., Ranc, L., Zevi Della Porta, G., Gschwendtner, E., Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Amoedo, C., Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Arnesano, J. M., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschoen, B., Caldwell, A., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A. C., Doebert, S., Elverson, F. A., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fonseca, R., Furno, I., Gorn, A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Guran, E., Henderson, J., Kedves, M. a., Kim, S. -y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K., Calderon, M. Martinez, Mazzoni, S., Moon, K., Morales Guzman, P. I., Moreira, M., Pakuza, C., Pannell, F., Pardons, A., Pepitone, Kevin, Poimendidou, E., Pukhov, A., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Rossel, R., Saberi, H., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, F., Silva, L., Spear, B., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Swain, C., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Tuev, P., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verzilov, V., Vieira, J., Weidl, M., Welsch, C., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Yarygova, V., Zepp, M., Verra, L., Wyler, S., Nechaeva, T., Pucek, J., Bencini, V., Bergamaschi, M., Ranc, L., Zevi Della Porta, G., Gschwendtner, E., Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C. C., Amoedo, C., Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Arnesano, J. M., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschoen, B., Caldwell, A., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A. C., Doebert, S., Elverson, F. A., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fonseca, R., Furno, I., Gorn, A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Guran, E., Henderson, J., Kedves, M. a., Kim, S. -y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K., Calderon, M. Martinez, Mazzoni, S., Moon, K., Morales Guzman, P. I., Moreira, M., Pakuza, C., Pannell, F., Pardons, A., Pepitone, Kevin, Poimendidou, E., Pukhov, A., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Rossel, R., Saberi, H., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Silva, F., Silva, L., Spear, B., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Swain, C., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Tuev, P., Turner, M., Velotti, F., Verzilov, V., Vieira, J., Weidl, M., Welsch, C., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Yarygova, V., and Zepp, M.

Abstract

Self-modulation is a beam-plasma instability that is useful to drive large-amplitude wakefields with bunches much longer than the plasma skin depth. We present experimental results showing that, when increasing the ratio between the initial transverse size of the bunch and the plasma skin depth, the instability occurs later along the bunch, or not at all, over a fixed plasma length because the amplitude of the initial wakefields decreases. We show cases for which self-modulation does not develop, and we introduce a simple model discussing the conditions for which it would not occur after any plasma length. Changing bunch size and plasma electron density also changes the growth rate of the instability. We discuss the impact of these results on the design of a particle accelerator based on the self-modulation instability seeded by a relativistic ionization front, such as the future upgrade of the Advanced WAKefield Experiment.

Published
2023
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27. Millimeter-wave beam scattering and induced broadening by plasma turbulence in the TCV tokamak

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European Commission, Chellaï, O. [0000-0002-9340-2468], Furno, I. [0000-0001-8348-1716], Poli, E. [0000-0001-7552-4800], Riva, F. [0000-0002-0264-442X], Chellaï, Oulfa, Alberti, S., Furno, I., Goodman, T. P., Maj, O., Merlo, G., Poli, E., Ricci, P., Riva, F., Weber, H., TCV Team, European Commission, Chellaï, O. [0000-0002-9340-2468], Furno, I. [0000-0001-8348-1716], Poli, E. [0000-0001-7552-4800], Riva, F. [0000-0002-0264-442X], Chellaï, Oulfa, Alberti, S., Furno, I., Goodman, T. P., Maj, O., Merlo, G., Poli, E., Ricci, P., Riva, F., Weber, H., and TCV Team

Abstract

The scattering of millimeter-wave beams from electron density fluctuations and the associated beam broadening are experimentally demonstrated. Using a dedicated setup, instantaneous deflection and (de-)focusing of the beam due to density blobs on the beam path are shown to agree with full-wave simulations. The detected time-averaged wave power transmitted through the turbulent plasma is reproduced by the radiative-transfer model implemented in the WKBeam code, which predicts a ∼50% turbulence-induced broadening of the beam cross-section. The role of core turbulence for the considered geometry is highlighted.

Published
2021

28. Controlled growth of the self-modulation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma

Author

Verra, L., Zevi Della Porta, G., Pucek, J., Nechaeva, T., Wyler, S., Bergamaschi, M., Senes, E., Guran, E., Moody, J.T., Kedves, M.Á., Gschwendtner, E., Muggli, P., Agnello, R., Ahdida, C.C., Goncalves, M.C.A., Andrebe, Y., Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Arnesano, J.M., Bachmann, A.-M., Barrientos, D., Batsch, F., Bencini, V., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P.N., Buttenschön, B., Caldwell, A., Chappell, J., Chevallay, E., Chung, M., Cooke, D.A., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Dexter, A.C., Doebert, S., Elverson, F.A., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fedosseev, V., Fonseca, R., Furno, I., Gorn, A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Graubner, T., Grulke, O., Hafych, V., Henderson, J., Hüther, M., Khudiakov, V., Kim, S.-Y., Kraus, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N., Lotov, K., Martinez Calderon, M., Mazzoni, S., Medina Godoy, D., Moon, K., Morales Guzmán, P.I., Moreira, M., Nowak, E., Pakuza, C., Panuganti, H., Pardons, A., Pepitone, K., Perera, A., Pukhov, A., Ramjiawan, R.L., Rey, S., Schmitz, O., Silva, F., Silva, L., Stollberg, C., Sublet, A., Swain, C., Topaloudis, A., Torrado, N., Tuev, P., Velotti, F., Verzilov, V., Vieira, J., Weidl, M., Welsch, C., Wendt, M., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G., Yarygova, V., Zepp, M., and AWAKE Collaboration

Subjects
Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph), Other Fields of Physics, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Acceleratorfysik och instrumentering, Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas [Domínio/Área Científica], Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics, Physics - Plasma Physics, Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph), Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik, physics.plasm-ph, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics - Accelerator Physics, physics.acc-ph
Abstract

A long, narrow, relativistic charged particle bunch propagating in plasma is subject to the self-modulation (SM) instability. We show that SM of a proton bunch can be seeded by the wakefields driven by a preceding electron bunch. SM timing reproducibility and control are at the level of a small fraction of the modulation period. With this seeding method, we independently control the amplitude of the seed wakefields with the charge of the electron bunch and the growth rate of SM with the charge of the proton bunch. Seeding leads to larger growth of the wakefields than in the instability case. A long, narrow, relativistic charged particle bunch propagating in plasma is subject to the self-modulation (SM) instability. We show that SM of a proton bunch can be seeded by the wakefields driven by a preceding electron bunch. SM timing reproducibility and control are at the level of a small fraction of the modulation period. With this seeding method, we independently control the amplitude of the seed wakefields with the charge of the electron bunch and the growth rate of SM with the charge of the proton bunch. Seeding leads to larger growth of the wakefields than in the instability case.

Published
2022

29. Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

Author

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

Abstract

The tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) continues to leverage its unique shaping capabilities, flexible heating systems and modern control system to address critical issues in preparation for ITER and a fusion power plant. For the 2019-20 campaign its configurational flexibility has been enhanced with the installation of removable divertor gas baffles, its diagnostic capabilities with an extensive set of upgrades and its heating systems with new dual frequency gyrotrons. The gas baffles reduce coupling between the divertor and the main chamber and allow for detailed investigations on the role of fuelling in general and, together with upgraded boundary diagnostics, test divertor and edge models in particular. The increased heating capabilities broaden the operational regime to include Te/Ti ∼1 and have stimulated refocussing studies from L-mode to H-mode across a range of research topics. ITER baseline parameters were reached in type-I ELMy H-modes and alternative regimes with 'small' (or no) ELMs explored. Most prominently, negative triangularity was investigated in detail and confirmed as an attractive scenario with H-mode level core confinement but an L-mode edge. Emphasis was also placed on control, where an increased number of observers, actuators and control solutions became available and are now integrated into a generic control framework as will be needed in future devices. The quantity and quality of results of the 2019-20 TCV campaign are a testament to its successful integration within the European research effort alongside a vibrant domestic programme and international collaborations.

Published
2022

30. Validation of edge turbulence codes in a magnetic X-point scenario in TORPEX

Author

Galassi, D., Theiler, C., Body, T., Manke, F., Micheletti, P., Omotani, J., Wiesenberger, M., Baquero-Ruiz, M., Furno, I., Giacomin, M., Laribi, E., Militello, F., Ricci, P., Stegmeir, A., Tamain, P., Bufferand, H., Ciraolo, G., De Oliveira, H., Fasoli, A., Naulin, V., Newton, S. L., Offeddu, N., Oliveira, D. S., Serre, E., Vianello, N., Galassi, D., Theiler, C., Body, T., Manke, F., Micheletti, P., Omotani, J., Wiesenberger, M., Baquero-Ruiz, M., Furno, I., Giacomin, M., Laribi, E., Militello, F., Ricci, P., Stegmeir, A., Tamain, P., Bufferand, H., Ciraolo, G., De Oliveira, H., Fasoli, A., Naulin, V., Newton, S. L., Offeddu, N., Oliveira, D. S., Serre, E., and Vianello, N.

Abstract

Transport processes around the magnetic X-point of tokamaks, such as turbulence and mean-field drifts, are scarcely understood. The assessment of the capability of turbulence codes to quantitatively reproduce these dynamics has been hampered by limitations in computational power and available experimental data. In this paper, we present a rigorous validation of full-scale simulations of a newly developed X-point scenario in the basic toroidal plasma device TORPEX, performed with the four state-of-the-art codes FELTOR, GBS, GRILLIX, and STORM. High-resolution Langmuir probe array measurements of various time-averaged and fluctuating quantities and across the entire cross section of TORPEX show that this X-point scenario features the key ingredients of X-point dynamics, such as small-scale fluctuations and background drifts. The codes are able to qualitatively reproduce some characteristics of the time-averaged fields, such as the ion saturation current profiles at mid-height, the plasma up-down asymmetry, and the blob trajectories. A quantitative agreement is found for the background E × B velocity pattern, while the fluctuation levels are generally underestimated typically by factors of 2 or more, and thus, background fluxes are found to dominate over turbulent ones in simulations. The sensitivity of the simulation results on the plasma collisionality and on the position of the sources is tested in GBS, showing a mild effect on the overall quantitative agreement with the experiment. Overall, this validation reveals the challenges to reproduce the plasma dynamics near an X-point and provides a clear path to a quantitative and computationally relatively inexpensive assessment of future developments in turbulence codes.

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2022

33. 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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34. Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

Author

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.

Published
2022

36. Validation of edge turbulence codes in a magnetic X-point scenario in TORPEX

Author

Galassi, D., primary, Theiler, C., additional, Body, T., additional, Manke, F., additional, Micheletti, P., additional, Omotani, J., additional, Wiesenberger, M., additional, Baquero-Ruiz, M., additional, Furno, I., additional, Giacomin, M., additional, Laribi, E., additional, Militello, F., additional, Ricci, P., additional, Stegmeir, A., additional, Tamain, P., additional, Bufferand, H., additional, Ciraolo, G., additional, De Oliveira, H., additional, Fasoli, A., additional, Naulin, V., additional, Newton, S. L., additional, Offeddu, N., additional, Oliveira, D. S., additional, Serre, E., additional, and Vianello, N., additional

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37. Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: From conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond

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Coda, S, Agostini, M, Albanese, R, Alberti, S, Alessi, E, Allan, S, Allcock, J, Ambrosino, R, Anand, H, Andrebe, Y, Arnichand, H, Auriemma, F, Ayllon-Guerola, J, Bagnato, F, Ball, J, Baquero-Ruiz, M, Beletskii, A, Bernert, M, Bin, W, Blanchard, P, Blanken, T, Boedo, J, Bogar, O, Bolzonella, T, Bombarda, F, Bonanomi, N, Bouquey, F, Bowman, C, Brida, D, Bucalossi, J, Buermans, J, Bufferand, H, Buratti, P, Calabro, G, Calacci, L, Camenen, Y, Carnevale, D, Carpanese, F, Carr, M, Carraro, L, Casolari, A, Causa, F, Cerovsky, J, Chellai, O, Chmielewski, P, Choi, D, Christen, N, Ciraolo, G, Cordaro, L, Costea, S, Cruz, N, Czarnecka, A, Dal Molin, A, David, P, Decker, J, De Oliveira, H, Douai, D, Dreval, M, Dudson, B, Dunne, M, Duval, B, Eich, T, Elmore, S, Embreus, O, Esposito, B, Faitsch, M, Farnik, M, Fasoli, A, Fedorczak, N, Felici, F, Feng, S, Feng, X, Ferro, G, Fevrier, O, Ficker, O, Fil, A, Fontana, M, Frassinetti, L, Furno, I, Gahle, D, Galassi, D, Galazka, K, Gallo, A, Galperti, C, Garavaglia, S, Garcia, J, Garcia-Munoz, M, Garrido, A, Garrido, I, Gath, J, Geiger, B, Giruzzi, G, Gobbin, M, Goodman, T, Gorini, G, Gospodarczyk, M, Granucci, G, Graves, J, Gruca, M, Gyergyek, T, Hakola, A, Happel, T, Harrer, G, Harrison, J, Havlickova, E, Hawke, J, Henderson, S, Hennequin, P, Hesslow, L, Hogeweij, D, Hogge, J, Hopf, C, Hoppe, M, Horacek, J, Huang, Z, Hubbard, A, Iantchenko, A, Igochine, V, Innocente, P, Ionita Schrittwieser, C, Isliker, H, Jacquier, R, Jardin, A, Kappatou, A, Karpushov, A, Kazantzidis, P, Keeling, D, Kirneva, N, Komm, M, Kong, M, Kovacic, J, Krawczyk, N, Kudlacek, O, Kurki-Suonio, T, Kwiatkowski, R, Labit, B, Lazzaro, E, Linehan, B, Lipschultz, B, Llobet, X, Lombroni, R, Loschiavo, V, Lunt, T, Macusova, E, Madsen, J, Maljaars, E, Mantica, P, Maraschek, M, Marchetto, C, Marco, A, Mariani, A, Marini, C, Martin, Y, Matos, F, Frisina, M, Mavkov, B, Mazon, D, Mccarthy, P, Mcdermott, R, Menkovski, V, Merle, A, Meyer, H, Micheletti, D, Militello, F, Mitosinkova, K, Mlynar, J, Moiseenko, V, Molina Cabrera, P, Morales, J, Moret, J, Moro, A, Mumgaard, R, Naulin, V, Nem, R, Nespoli, F, Nielsen, A, Nielsen, S, Nocente, M, Nowak, S, Offeddu, N, Orsitto, F, Paccagnella, R, Palha, A, Papp, G, Pau, A, Pavlichenko, R, Perek, A, Pericoli Ridolfini, V, Pesamosca, F, Piergotti, V, Pigatto, L, Piovesan, P, Piron, C, Plyusnin, V, Poli, E, Porte, L, Pucella, G, Puiatti, M, Putterich, T, Rabinski, M, Juul Rasmussen, J, Ravensbergen, T, Reich, M, Reimerdes, H, Reimold, F, Reux, C, Ricci, D, Ricci, P, Rispoli, N, Rosato, J, Saarelma, S, Salewski, M, Salmi, A, Sauter, O, Scheffer, M, Schlatter, C, Schneider, B, Schrittwieser, R, Sharapov, S, Sheeba, R, Sheikh, U, Shousha, R, Silva, M, Sinha, J, Sozzi, C, Spolaore, M, Stipani, L, Strand, P, Tala, T, Tema Biwole, A, Teplukhina, A, Testa, D, Theiler, C, Thornton, A, Tomaz, G, Tomes, M, Tran, M, Tsironis, C, Tsui, C, Urban, J, Valisa, M, Vallar, M, Van Vugt, D, Vartanian, S, Vasilovici, O, Verhaegh, K, Vermare, L, Vianello, N, Viezzer, E, Vijvers, W, Villone, F, Voitsekhovitch, I, Vu, N, Walkden, N, Wauters, T, Weiland, M, Weisen, H, Wensing, M, Wiesenberger, M, Wilkie, G, Wischmeier, M, Wu, K, Yoshida, M, Zagorski, R, Zanca, P, Zebrowski, J, Zisis, A, Zuin, M, Coda S., Agostini M., Albanese R., Alberti S., Alessi E., Allan S., Allcock J., Ambrosino R., Anand H., Andrebe Y., Arnichand H., Auriemma F., Ayllon-Guerola J. M., Bagnato F., Ball J., Baquero-Ruiz M., Beletskii A. A., Bernert M., Bin W., Blanchard P., Blanken T. C., Boedo J. A., Bogar O., Bolzonella T., Bombarda F., Bonanomi N., Bouquey F., Bowman C., Brida D., Bucalossi J., Buermans J., Bufferand H., Buratti P., Calabro G., Calacci L., Camenen Y., Carnevale D., Carpanese F., Carr M., Carraro L., Casolari A., Causa F., Cerovsky J., Chellai O., Chmielewski P., Choi D., Christen N., Ciraolo G., Cordaro L., Costea S., Cruz N., Czarnecka A., Dal Molin A., David P., Decker J., De Oliveira H., Douai D., Dreval M. B., Dudson B., Dunne M., Duval B. P., Eich T., Elmore S., Embreus O., Esposito B., Faitsch M., Farnik M., Fasoli A., Fedorczak N., Felici F., Feng S., Feng X., Ferro G., Fevrier O., Ficker O., Fil A., Fontana M., Frassinetti L., Furno I., Gahle D. S., Galassi D., Galazka K., Gallo A., Galperti C., Garavaglia S., Garcia J., Garcia-Munoz M., Garrido A. J., Garrido I., Gath J., Geiger B., Giruzzi G., Gobbin M., Goodman T. P., Gorini G., Gospodarczyk M., Granucci G., Graves J. P., Gruca M., Gyergyek T., Hakola A., Happel T., Harrer G. F., Harrison J., Havlickova E., Hawke J., Henderson S., Hennequin P., Hesslow L., Hogeweij D., Hogge J. -P., Hopf C., Hoppe M., Horacek J., Huang Z., Hubbard A., Iantchenko A., Igochine V., Innocente P., Ionita Schrittwieser C., Isliker H., Jacquier R., Jardin A., Kappatou A., Karpushov A., Kazantzidis P. -V., Keeling D., Kirneva N., Komm M., Kong M., Kovacic J., Krawczyk N., Kudlacek O., Kurki-Suonio T., Kwiatkowski R., Labit B., Lazzaro E., Linehan B., Lipschultz B., Llobet X., Lombroni R., Loschiavo V. P., Lunt T., Macusova E., Madsen J., Maljaars E., Mantica P., Maraschek M., Marchetto C., Marco A., Mariani A., Marini C., Martin Y., Matos F., FRISINA, MAURIZIO REMO DOMENICO, Mavkov B., Mazon D., McCarthy P., McDermott R., Menkovski V., Merle A., Meyer H., Micheletti D., Militello F., Mitosinkova K., Mlynar J., Moiseenko V., Molina Cabrera P. A., Morales J., Moret J. -M., Moro A., Mumgaard R. T., Naulin V., Nem R. D., Nespoli F., Nielsen A. H., Nielsen S. K., Nocente M., Nowak S., Offeddu N., Orsitto F. P., Paccagnella R., Palha A., Papp G., Pau A., Pavlichenko R. O., Perek A., Pericoli Ridolfini V., Pesamosca F., Piergotti V., Pigatto L., Piovesan P., Piron C., Plyusnin V., Poli E., Porte L., Pucella G., Puiatti M. E., Putterich T., Rabinski M., Juul Rasmussen J., Ravensbergen T., Reich M., Reimerdes H., Reimold F., Reux C., Ricci D., Ricci P., Rispoli N., Rosato J., Saarelma S., Salewski M., Salmi A., Sauter O., Scheffer M., Schlatter C., Schneider B. S., Schrittwieser R., Sharapov S., Sheeba R. R., Sheikh U., Shousha R., SILVA, MARTA, Sinha J., Sozzi C., Spolaore M., Stipani L., Strand P., Tala T., Tema Biwole A. S., Teplukhina A. A., Testa D., Theiler C., Thornton A., Tomaz G., Tomes M., Tran M. Q., Tsironis C., Tsui C. K., Urban J., Valisa M., Vallar M., Van Vugt D., Vartanian S., Vasilovici O., Verhaegh K., Vermare L., Vianello N., Viezzer E., Vijvers W. A. J., Villone F., Voitsekhovitch I., Vu N. M. T., Walkden N., Wauters T., Weiland M., Weisen H., Wensing M., Wiesenberger M., Wilkie G., Wischmeier M., Wu K., Yoshida M., Zagorski R., Zanca P., Zebrowski J., Zisis A., Zuin M., Coda, S, Agostini, M, Albanese, R, Alberti, S, Alessi, E, Allan, S, Allcock, J, Ambrosino, R, Anand, H, Andrebe, Y, Arnichand, H, Auriemma, F, Ayllon-Guerola, J, Bagnato, F, Ball, J, Baquero-Ruiz, M, Beletskii, A, Bernert, M, Bin, W, Blanchard, P, Blanken, T, Boedo, J, Bogar, O, Bolzonella, T, Bombarda, F, Bonanomi, N, Bouquey, F, Bowman, C, Brida, D, Bucalossi, J, Buermans, J, Bufferand, H, Buratti, P, Calabro, G, Calacci, L, Camenen, Y, Carnevale, D, Carpanese, F, Carr, M, Carraro, L, Casolari, A, Causa, F, Cerovsky, J, Chellai, O, Chmielewski, P, Choi, D, Christen, N, Ciraolo, G, Cordaro, L, Costea, S, Cruz, N, Czarnecka, A, Dal Molin, A, David, P, Decker, J, De Oliveira, H, Douai, D, Dreval, M, Dudson, B, Dunne, M, Duval, B, Eich, T, Elmore, S, Embreus, O, Esposito, B, Faitsch, M, Farnik, M, Fasoli, A, Fedorczak, N, Felici, F, Feng, S, Feng, X, Ferro, G, Fevrier, O, Ficker, O, Fil, A, Fontana, M, Frassinetti, L, Furno, I, Gahle, D, Galassi, D, Galazka, K, Gallo, A, Galperti, C, Garavaglia, S, Garcia, J, Garcia-Munoz, M, Garrido, A, Garrido, I, Gath, J, Geiger, B, Giruzzi, G, Gobbin, M, Goodman, T, Gorini, G, Gospodarczyk, M, Granucci, G, Graves, J, Gruca, M, Gyergyek, T, Hakola, A, Happel, T, Harrer, G, Harrison, J, Havlickova, E, Hawke, J, Henderson, S, Hennequin, P, Hesslow, L, Hogeweij, D, Hogge, J, Hopf, C, Hoppe, M, Horacek, J, Huang, Z, Hubbard, A, Iantchenko, A, Igochine, V, Innocente, P, Ionita Schrittwieser, C, Isliker, H, Jacquier, R, Jardin, A, Kappatou, A, Karpushov, A, Kazantzidis, P, Keeling, D, Kirneva, N, Komm, M, Kong, M, Kovacic, J, Krawczyk, N, Kudlacek, O, Kurki-Suonio, T, Kwiatkowski, R, Labit, B, Lazzaro, E, Linehan, B, Lipschultz, B, Llobet, X, Lombroni, R, Loschiavo, V, Lunt, T, Macusova, E, Madsen, J, Maljaars, E, Mantica, P, Maraschek, M, Marchetto, C, Marco, A, Mariani, A, Marini, C, Martin, Y, Matos, F, Frisina, M, Mavkov, B, Mazon, D, Mccarthy, P, Mcdermott, R, Menkovski, V, Merle, A, Meyer, H, Micheletti, D, Militello, F, Mitosinkova, K, Mlynar, J, Moiseenko, V, Molina Cabrera, P, Morales, J, Moret, J, Moro, A, Mumgaard, R, Naulin, V, Nem, R, Nespoli, F, Nielsen, A, Nielsen, S, Nocente, M, Nowak, S, Offeddu, N, Orsitto, F, Paccagnella, R, Palha, A, Papp, G, Pau, A, Pavlichenko, R, Perek, A, Pericoli Ridolfini, V, Pesamosca, F, Piergotti, V, Pigatto, L, Piovesan, P, Piron, C, Plyusnin, V, Poli, E, Porte, L, Pucella, G, Puiatti, M, Putterich, T, Rabinski, M, Juul Rasmussen, J, Ravensbergen, T, Reich, M, Reimerdes, H, Reimold, F, Reux, C, Ricci, D, Ricci, P, Rispoli, N, Rosato, J, Saarelma, S, Salewski, M, Salmi, A, Sauter, O, Scheffer, M, Schlatter, C, Schneider, B, Schrittwieser, R, Sharapov, S, Sheeba, R, Sheikh, U, Shousha, R, Silva, M, Sinha, J, Sozzi, C, Spolaore, M, Stipani, L, Strand, P, Tala, T, Tema Biwole, A, Teplukhina, A, Testa, D, Theiler, C, Thornton, A, Tomaz, G, Tomes, M, Tran, M, Tsironis, C, Tsui, C, Urban, J, Valisa, M, Vallar, M, Van Vugt, D, Vartanian, S, Vasilovici, O, Verhaegh, K, Vermare, L, Vianello, N, Viezzer, E, Vijvers, W, Villone, F, Voitsekhovitch, I, Vu, N, Walkden, N, Wauters, T, Weiland, M, Weisen, H, Wensing, M, Wiesenberger, M, Wilkie, G, Wischmeier, M, Wu, K, Yoshida, M, Zagorski, R, Zanca, P, Zebrowski, J, Zisis, A, Zuin, M, Coda S., Agostini M., Albanese R., Alberti S., Alessi E., Allan S., Allcock J., Ambrosino R., Anand H., Andrebe Y., Arnichand H., Auriemma F., Ayllon-Guerola J. M., Bagnato F., Ball J., Baquero-Ruiz M., Beletskii A. A., Bernert M., Bin W., Blanchard P., Blanken T. C., Boedo J. A., Bogar O., Bolzonella T., Bombarda F., Bonanomi N., Bouquey F., Bowman C., Brida D., Bucalossi J., Buermans J., Bufferand H., Buratti P., Calabro G., Calacci L., Camenen Y., Carnevale D., Carpanese F., Carr M., Carraro L., Casolari A., Causa F., Cerovsky J., Chellai O., Chmielewski P., Choi D., Christen N., Ciraolo G., Cordaro L., Costea S., Cruz N., Czarnecka A., Dal Molin A., David P., Decker J., De Oliveira H., Douai D., Dreval M. B., Dudson B., Dunne M., Duval B. P., Eich T., Elmore S., Embreus O., Esposito B., Faitsch M., Farnik M., Fasoli A., Fedorczak N., Felici F., Feng S., Feng X., Ferro G., Fevrier O., Ficker O., Fil A., Fontana M., Frassinetti L., Furno I., Gahle D. S., Galassi D., Galazka K., Gallo A., Galperti C., Garavaglia S., Garcia J., Garcia-Munoz M., Garrido A. J., Garrido I., Gath J., Geiger B., Giruzzi G., Gobbin M., Goodman T. P., Gorini G., Gospodarczyk M., Granucci G., Graves J. P., Gruca M., Gyergyek T., Hakola A., Happel T., Harrer G. F., Harrison J., Havlickova E., Hawke J., Henderson S., Hennequin P., Hesslow L., Hogeweij D., Hogge J. -P., Hopf C., Hoppe M., Horacek J., Huang Z., Hubbard A., Iantchenko A., Igochine V., Innocente P., Ionita Schrittwieser C., Isliker H., Jacquier R., Jardin A., Kappatou A., Karpushov A., Kazantzidis P. -V., Keeling D., Kirneva N., Komm M., Kong M., Kovacic J., Krawczyk N., Kudlacek O., Kurki-Suonio T., Kwiatkowski R., Labit B., Lazzaro E., Linehan B., Lipschultz B., Llobet X., Lombroni R., Loschiavo V. P., Lunt T., Macusova E., Madsen J., Maljaars E., Mantica P., Maraschek M., Marchetto C., Marco A., Mariani A., Marini C., Martin Y., Matos F., FRISINA, MAURIZIO REMO DOMENICO, Mavkov B., Mazon D., McCarthy P., McDermott R., Menkovski V., Merle A., Meyer H., Micheletti D., Militello F., Mitosinkova K., Mlynar J., Moiseenko V., Molina Cabrera P. A., Morales J., Moret J. -M., Moro A., Mumgaard R. T., Naulin V., Nem R. D., Nespoli F., Nielsen A. H., Nielsen S. K., Nocente M., Nowak S., Offeddu N., Orsitto F. P., Paccagnella R., Palha A., Papp G., Pau A., Pavlichenko R. O., Perek A., Pericoli Ridolfini V., Pesamosca F., Piergotti V., Pigatto L., Piovesan P., Piron C., Plyusnin V., Poli E., Porte L., Pucella G., Puiatti M. E., Putterich T., Rabinski M., Juul Rasmussen J., Ravensbergen T., Reich M., Reimerdes H., Reimold F., Reux C., Ricci D., Ricci P., Rispoli N., Rosato J., Saarelma S., Salewski M., Salmi A., Sauter O., Scheffer M., Schlatter C., Schneider B. S., Schrittwieser R., Sharapov S., Sheeba R. R., Sheikh U., Shousha R., SILVA, MARTA, Sinha J., Sozzi C., Spolaore M., Stipani L., Strand P., Tala T., Tema Biwole A. S., Teplukhina A. A., Testa D., Theiler C., Thornton A., Tomaz G., Tomes M., Tran M. Q., Tsironis C., Tsui C. K., Urban J., Valisa M., Vallar M., Van Vugt D., Vartanian S., Vasilovici O., Verhaegh K., Vermare L., Vianello N., Viezzer E., Vijvers W. A. J., Villone F., Voitsekhovitch I., Vu N. M. T., Walkden N., Wauters T., Weiland M., Weisen H., Wensing M., Wiesenberger M., Wilkie G., Wischmeier M., Wu K., Yoshida M., Zagorski R., Zanca P., Zebrowski J., Zisis A., and Zuin M.

Abstract

The research program of the TCV tokamak ranges from conventional to advanced-tokamak scenarios and alternative divertor configurations, to exploratory plasmas driven by theoretical insight, exploiting the device's unique shaping capabilities. Disruption avoidance by real-time locked mode prevention or unlocking with electron-cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) was thoroughly documented, using magnetic and radiation triggers. Runaway generation with high-Z noble-gas injection and runaway dissipation by subsequent Ne or Ar injection were studied for model validation. The new 1 MW neutral beam injector has expanded the parameter range, now encompassing ELMy H-modes in an ITER-like shape and nearly noninductive II-mode discharges sustained by electron cyclotron and neutral beam current drive. In the H-mode, the pedestal pressure increases modestly with nitrogen seeding while fueling moves the density pedestal outwards, but the plasma stored energy is largely uncorrelated to either seeding or fueling. High fueling at high triangularity is key to accessing the attractive small edge-localized mode (type-II) regime. Turbulence is reduced in the core at negative triangularity, consistent with increased confinement and in accord with global gyrokinetic simulations. The geodesic acoustic mode, possibly coupled with avalanche events, has been linked with particle flow to the wall in diverted plasmas. Detachment, scrape-off layer transport, and turbulence were studied in L- and H-modes in both standard and alternative configurations (snowflake, super-X, and beyond). The detachment process is caused by power `starvation' reducing the ionization source, with volume recombination playing only a minor role. Partial detachment in the H-mode is obtained with impurity seeding and has shown little dependence on flux expansion in standard single-null geometry. In the attached 1,-mode phase, increasing the outer connection length reduces the in-out heat-flow asymmetry. A doublet plasma, fe

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2019

38. Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment

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Hafych, V., additional, Caldwell, A., additional, Agnello, R., additional, Ahdida, C.C., additional, Aladi, M., additional, Amoedo Goncalves, M.C., additional, Andrebe, Y., additional, Apsimon, O., additional, Apsimon, R., additional, Bachmann, A.-M., additional, Baistrukov, M.A., additional, Batsch, F., additional, Bergamaschi, M., additional, Blanchard, P., additional, Burrows, P.N., additional, Buttenschön, B., additional, Chappell, J., additional, Chevallay, E., additional, Chung, M., additional, Cooke, D.A., additional, Damerau, H., additional, Davut, C., additional, Demeter, G., additional, Dexter, A., additional, Doebert, S., additional, Farmer, J., additional, Fasoli, A., additional, Fedosseev, V.N., additional, Fiorito, R., additional, Fonseca, R.A., additional, Furno, I., additional, Gessner, S., additional, Gorn, A.A., additional, Granados, E., additional, Granetzny, M., additional, Graubner, T., additional, Grulke, O., additional, Gschwendtner, E., additional, Guran, E.D., additional, Henderson, J.R., additional, Hüther, M., additional, Kedves, M.Á., additional, Khudyakov, V., additional, Kim, S.-Y., additional, Kraus, F., additional, Krupa, M., additional, Lefevre, T., additional, Liang, L., additional, Lopes, N., additional, Lotov, K.V., additional, Mazzoni, S., additional, Medina Godoy, D., additional, Moody, J.T., additional, Moon, K., additional, Morales Guzmán, P.I., additional, Moreira, M., additional, Nechaeva, T., additional, Nowak, E., additional, Pakuza, C., additional, Panuganti, H., additional, Pardons, A., additional, Perera, A., additional, Pucek, J., additional, Pukhov, A., additional, Ráczkevi, B., additional, Ramjiawan, R.L., additional, Rey, S., additional, Schmitz, O., additional, Senes, E., additional, Silva, L.O., additional, Stollberg, C., additional, Sublet, A., additional, Topaloudis, A., additional, Torrado, N., additional, Tuev, P.V., additional, Turner, M., additional, Velotti, F., additional, Verra, L., additional, Vieira, J., additional, Vincke, H., additional, Welsch, C.P., additional, Wendt, M., additional, Wing, M., additional, Wolfenden, J., additional, Woolley, B., additional, Xia, G., additional, Zepp, M., additional, and Zevi Della Porta, G., additional

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2021
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40. A Variable Structure Control Scheme Proposal for the Tokamak à Configuration Variable

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Marco, Aitor, Garrido, Aitor J., Coda, Stefano, Garrido, Izaskun, Ahn, J., Albanese, R., Alberti, S., Alessi, E., Allan, S., Anand, H., Anastassiou, G., Andrebe, Y., Angioni, C., Ariola, M., Bernert, M., Beurskens, M., Bin, W., Blanchard, P., Blanken, T. C., Boedo, J. A., Bolzonella, T., Bouquey, F., Braunmueller, F. H., Bufferand, H., Buratti, P., Calabro, G., Camenen, Y., Carnevale, D., Carpanese, F., Causa, F., Cesario, R., Chapman, I. T., Chellai, O., Choi, D., Cianfarani, C., Ciraolo, G., Citrin, J., Costea, S., Crisanti, F., Cruz, N., Czarnecka, A., Decker, J., De Masi, G., De Tommasi, G., Douai, D., Dunne, M., Duval, B. P., Eich, T., Elmore, S., Esposito, B., Faitsch, M., Fasoli, A., Fedorczak, N., Felici, F., Fevrier, O., Ficker, O., Fietz, S., Fontana, M., Frassinetti, L., Furno, I., Galeani, S., Gallo, A., Galperti, C., Garavaglia, S., Garrido, I., Geiger, B., Giovannozzi, E., Gobbin, M., Goodman, T. P., Gorini, G., Gospodarczyk, M., Granucci, G., Graves, J. P., Guirlet, R., Hakola, A., Ham, C., Harrison, J., Hawke, J., Hennequin, P., Hnat, B., Hogeweij, D., Hogge, J. -Ph., Honore, C., Hopf, C., Horacek, J., Huang, Z., Igochine, V., Innocente, P., Schrittwieser, C. Ionita, Isliker, H., Jacquier, R., Jardin, A., Kamleitner, J., Karpushov, A., Keeling, D. L., Kirneva, N., Kong, M., Koubiti, M., Kovacic, J., Kramer-Flecken, A., Krawczyk, N., Kudlacek, O., Labit, B., Lazzaro, E., Le, H. B., Lipschultz, B., Llobet, X., Lomanowski, B., Loschiavo, V. P., Lunt, T., Maget, P., Maljaars, E., Malygin, A., Maraschek, M., Marini, C., Martin, P., Martin, Y., Mastrostefano, S., Maurizio, R., Mavridis, M., Mazon, D., McAdams, R., McDermott, R., Merle, A., Meyer, H., Militello, F., Miron, I. G., Cabrera, P. A. Molina, Moret, J. -M., Moro, A., Moulton, D., Naulin, V., Nespoli, F., Nielsen, A. H., Nocente, M., Nouailletas, R., Nowak, S., Odstrcil, T., Papp, G., Paprok, R., Pau, A., Pautasso, G., Ridolfini, V. Pericoli, Piovesan, P., Piron, C., Pisokas, T., Porte, L., Preynas, M., Ramogida, G., Rapson, C., Rasmussen, J. Juul, Reich, M., Reimerdes, H., Reux, C., Ricci, P., Rittich, D., Riva, F., Robinson, T., Saarelma, S., Saint-Laurent, F., Sauter, O., Scannell, R., Schlatter, Ch., Schneider, B., Schneider, P., Schrittwieser, R., Sciortino, F., Sertoli, M., Sheikh, U., Sieglin, B., Silva, M., Sinha, J., Sozzi, C., Spolaore, M., Stange, T., Stoltzfus-Dueck, T., Tamain, P., Teplukhina, A., Testa, D., Theiler, C., Thornton, A., Tophoj, L., Tran, M. Q., Tsironis, C., Tsui, C., Uccello, A., Vartanian, S., Verdoolaege, G., Verhaegh, K., Vermare, L., Vianello, N., Vijvers, W. A. J., Vlahos, L., Vu, N. M. T., Walkden, N., Wauters, T., Weisen, H., Wischmeier, M., Zestanakis, P., Zuin, M., and TCV Team

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Variable structure control, Tokamak, Article Subject, General Computer Science, Plasma heating, Computer science, PID controller, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, lcsh:QA75.5-76.95, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Control-system, Control theory, law, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear fusion, 010306 general physics, Real-time control, Multidisciplinary, Plasma, Fusion power, Magnetic field, Control system, lcsh:Electronic computers. Computer science, Robust control, Tokamak à configuration variable
Abstract

Fusion power is the most significant prospects in the long-term future of energy in the sense that it composes a potentially clean, cheap, and unlimited power source that would substitute the widespread traditional nonrenewable energies, reducing the geographical dependence on their sources as well as avoiding collateral environmental impacts. Although the nuclear fusion research started in the earlier part of 20th century and the fusion reactors have been developed since the 1950s, the fusion reaction processes achieved have not yet obtained net power, since the generated plasma requires more energy to achieve and remain in necessary particular pressure and temperature conditions than the produced profitable energy. For this purpose, the plasma has to be confined inside a vacuum vessel, as it is the case of the Tokamak reactor, which consists of a device that generates magnetic fields within a toroidal chamber, being one of the most promising solutions nowadays. However, the Tokamak reactors still have several issues such as the presence of plasma instabilities that provokes a decay of the fusion reaction and, consequently, a reduction in the pulse duration. In this sense, since long pulse reactions are the key to produce net power, the use of robust and fast controllers arises as a useful tool to deal with the unpredictability and the small time constant of the plasma behavior. In this context, this article focuses on the application of robust control laws to improve the controllability of the plasma current, a crucial parameter during the plasma heating and confinement processes. In particular, a variable structure control scheme based on sliding surfaces, namely, a sliding mode controller (SMC) is presented and applied to the plasma current control problem. In order to test the validity and goodness of the proposed controller, its behavior is compared to that of the traditional PID schemes applied in these systems, using the RZIp model for the Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV) reactor. The obtained results are very promising, leading to consider this controller as a strong candidate to enhance the performance of the PID-based controllers usually employed in this kind of systems.

Published
2019

41. Experimental study of high power mm-waves scattering by plasma turbulence in TCV plasmas

Author

Chellaï O., Alberti S., Furno I., Goodman T., Koehn A., Figini L., Ricci D., Hizanidis L., Papagiannis P., and Tsironis C.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

Understanding the propagation of high power mm-wave in plasmas is of tremendous importance in the route to fusion considering their extensive use in magnetically confined fusion devices. Mm-beams, launched from the outside of the vessel must propagate through plasma edge-turbulence before reaching their target region. Until recently, the effect of edge-turbulence on the beam propagation was neglected, but it has been estimated for ITER that it could lead to significant differences in the time-averaged and instantaneous beam profiles, leading to a loss of efficiency in their use. In this paper, we present first direct experimental measurements of high power beam after propagation in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas in TCV.

Published
2017
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42. Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma

Author

Batsch, F, Muggli, P, Agnello, R, Ahdida, CC, Amoedo Goncalves, MC, Andrebe, Y, Apsimon, O, Apsimon, R, Bachmann, A-M, Baistrukov, MA, Blanchard, P, Braunmüller, F, Burrows, PN, Buttenschön, B, Caldwell, A, Chappell, J, Chevallay, E, Chung, M, Cooke, DA, Damerau, H, Davut, C, Demeter, G, Deubner, HL, Doebert, S, Farmer, J, Fasoli, A, Fedosseev, VN, Fiorito, R, Fonseca, RA, Friebel, F, Furno, I, Garolfi, L, Gessner, S, Gorgisyan, I, Gorn, AA, Granados, E, Granetzny, M, Graubner, T, Grulke, O, Gschwendtner, E, Hafych, V, Helm, A, Henderson, JR, Hüther, M, Kargapolov, I Yu, Kim, S-Y, Kraus, F, Krupa, M, Lefevre, T, Liang, L, Liu, S, Lopes, N, Lotov, KV, Martyanov, M, Mazzoni, S, Medina Godoy, D, Minakov, VA, Moody, JT, Moon, K, Morales Guzmán, PI, Moreira, M, Nechaeva, T, Nowak, E, Pakuza, C, Panuganti, H, Pardons, A, Perera, A, Pucek, J, Pukhov, A, Ramjiawan, RL, Rey, S, Rieger, K, Schmitz, O, Senes, E, Silva, LO, Speroni, R, Spitsyn, RI, Stollberg, C, Sublet, A, Topaloudis, A, Torrado, N, Tuev, PV, Turner, M, Velotti, F, Verra, L, Verzilov, VA, Vieira, J, Vincke, H, Welsch, CP, Wendt, M, Wing, M, Wiwattananon, P, Wolfenden, J, Woolley, B, Xia, G, Zepp, M, Zevi Della Porta, G, AWAKE Collaboration, and Collaboration, AWAKE

Subjects
Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph), Proton, Other Fields of Physics, Phase (waves), FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas [Domínio/Área Científica], 01 natural sciences, Instability, Relativistic particle, physics.plasm-ph, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, physics.acc-ph, Physics, acceleration, Plasma, electron-beam, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Physics - Plasma Physics, ddc, Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph), Transverse plane, Amplitude, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics - Accelerator Physics, Atomic physics, Event (particle physics)
Abstract

We use a relativistic ionization front to provide various initial transverse wakefield amplitudes for the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in plasma. We show experimentally that, with sufficient initial amplitude ($\ge(4.1\pm0.4)$ MV/m), the phase of the modulation along the bunch is reproducible from event to event, with 3 to 7% (of 2$\pi$) rms variations all along the bunch. The phase is not reproducible for lower initial amplitudes. We observe the transition between these two regimes. Phase reproducibility is essential for deterministic external injection of particles to be accelerated., Comment: Letter and Supplemental Material, 6 figures, 8 pages

Published
2021

49. Physics of negative ions and helicon waves in a resonant antenna plasma source for neutral beams

Author

Furno I., Riccardo A., Bechu S., Fadone M., Guittienne P., Howling A., Jacquier R., Plyushchev G., Stollberg C., Barbisan M., Pasqualotto R., and Simonin A.

Subjects
Resonant Antenna Ion Device, neutral beams, Physics of negative ions, RAID, resonant antenna plasma source, helicon waves
Abstract

Helicon sources for NBIs -- - Helicon plasmas as negative ion sources could have advantages over traditional ICPs: - 1) reduced RF power; - 2) stable operation at low pressure (< 0.3 Pa) resulting in low electron stripping losses; - 3) higher efficiency of negative ion production in volume production mode, and a high degree of molecular dissociation, which would be favorable in a caesiated source; - 4) by producing a magnetized plasma column, they are well-adapted to a blade-shape geometry, such as those required for photo-neutralizer-based NBIs. -- RAID [1] is a high-power (up to 20kW) helicon source equipped with resonant antennas [2]-- - Helicon plasmas in hydrogen and deuterium can be produced and sustained in steady-state; - RAID plasmas exhibit a negative ion-rich shell; - The maximum negative ion density increases with injected RF power; -- A 1.5 D fluid model coupled to experimental Te and ne profiles reproduces many observed features -- - Negative ions are generated by dissociative attachment on ro-vibrationally excited H2 molecules; - In the plasma column center, hot electrons destroy H- by electron detachment and mutual neutralization. At the edge of the plasma column, atomic detachment destroys H-; -- Extraction of negative ions -- - A radial extractor has been developed; - First experiments demonstrated negative ion extraction.

Published
2021

50. Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch

Author

Chappell, J., Adli, E., Agnello, R., Aladi, M., Andrebe, Y, Apsimon, O., Apsimon, R., Bachmann, A.-M., Baistrukov, M. A., Batsch, F., Bergamaschi, M., Della Porta, G. Z., Blanchard, P., Burrows, P. N., Buttenschön, B., Caldwell, A., Chevallay, E., Chung, M., Cooke, D. A., Damerau, H., Davut, C., Demeter, G., Deubner, L. H., Dexter, A., Djotyan, G. P., Doebert. S., Farmer, J., Fasoli, A., Fedosseev, V. N., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Friebel, F., Furno, I., Garolfi, L., Gessner, S., Goddard, B., Gorgisyan, I., Gorn, A. A., Granados, E., Granetzny, M., Grulke, O., Gschwendtner, E., Hafych, V., Hartin, A., Helm, A, Henderson, J. R., Howling, A., Hüther, M ., Jacquier, R., Jolly, S. W., Kargapolov, I. Y., Kedves, M. Á., Keeble, F., Kelisani, M. D., Kim, S.-Y, Krausz, F., Krupa, M., Lefevre, T ., Li, Y., Liang, L., Liu, S., Lopes, N. C., Lotov, K. V., Martyanov, M., Mazzoni, S., Medina Godoy, D., Militsyn, B. L., Minakov, V. A., Moody, J. T., Morales Guzmán, P. I., Moreira, M. T., Panuganti, H., Pardons, A., Peña Asmus, F., Perera, A., Petrenko, A., Pucek, J., Pukhov, A., Ráczkevi, B., Ramjiawan, R. L., Rey, S., Ruhl, H., Saberi, H., Schmitz, O., Senes, E., Sherwood, P., Silva, L. O., Spitsyn, R. I., Tuev, P. V., Velotti, F., Verra, L., Verzilov, V. A., Vieira, J., Welsch, C. P., Williamson, B., Wing, M., Wolfenden, J., Woolley, B., Xia, G. X., and Zepp, M.

Subjects
Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Proton, Other Fields of Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, Electron injection, Physics::Plasma Physics, physics.plasm-ph, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, physics.acc-ph, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Dynamics (mechanics), Surfaces and Interfaces, Plasma, Laser, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Physics - Plasma Physics, ddc, Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph), Amplitude, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics - Accelerator Physics, Atomic physics, Excitation
Abstract

Plasma wakefield dynamics over timescales up to 800 ps, approximately 100 plasma periods, are studied experimentally at the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE). The development of the longitudinal wakefield amplitude driven by a self-modulated proton bunch is measured using the external injection of witness electrons that sample the fields. In simulation, resonant excitation of the wakefield causes plasma electron trajectory crossing, resulting in the development of a potential outside the plasma boundary as electrons are transversely ejected. Trends consistent with the presence of this potential are experimentally measured and their dependence on wakefield amplitude are studied via seed laser timing scans and electron injection delay scans., 11 pages, 8 figures

Published
2021

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