[HTML][HTML] Impact of divertor neutral pressure on confinement degradation of advanced tokamak scenarios at ASDEX Upgrade

D Silvagni, M Dunne, T Luda, A Bock, A Burckhart… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Over previous campaigns, an intense experimental program on advanced tokamak (AT)
scenarios, has been carried out at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak with full-tungsten wall …

The power dependence of the maximum achievable H-mode and (disruptive) L-mode separatrix density in ASDEX Upgrade

P Manz, T Eich, O Grover… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In future fusion reactors disruptions must be avoided at all costs. Disruptions due to the
density limit (DL) are typically described by the power-independent Greenwald scaling …

Investigation of helium exhaust dynamics at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak with full-tungsten wall

A Zito, M Wischmeier, A Kappatou, A Kallenbach… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
An efficient removal of He ash by active pumping in future fusion devices is necessary to
avoid fuel dilution and not degrade the core confinement properties. Therefore, a deep …

The broadening of SOL profiles in JET tritium plasma and its impact on machine operation

HJ Sun, SA Silburn, IS Carvalho, DB King… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Unusually high power loads on the beryllium limiter caused by neutral beam re-ionisation,
and much cooler divertor target surfaces were observed during the recent JET tokamak …

A practical protocol to emulate a reactor scenario on present machines, with application to the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak via predictive modeling

E Fable, P David, O Kudlacek, C Hopf, B Sieglin… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, a novel practical strategy to emulate a reactor scenario on present tokamak
experiments is presented. A recipe how to scale several relevant parameters from a …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear verification of the resistive-wall boundary modules in the specyl and pixie3d magneto-hydrodynamic codes for fusion plasmas

L Spinicci, D Bonfiglio, L Chacón, S Cappello… - AIP Advances, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A nonlinear verification benchmark is reported between the three-dimensional
magneto-hydrodynamic (3D MHD) codes SPECYL [Cappello and Biskamp, Nucl. Fusion 36 …

Tokamak H-mode edge-SOL global turbulence simulations with an electromagnetic, transcollisional drift-fluid model

W Zholobenko, K Zhang, A Stegmeir, J Pfennig… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The design of commercially feasible magnetic confinement fusion reactors strongly relies on
the reduced turbulent transport in the plasma edge during operation in the high confinement …

[HTML][HTML] Sanae-Inoue Itoh 1952–2019: a memorial note for a pioneer researcher of plasma bifurcation

A Fujisawa, N Kasuya, Y Kosuga, Y Nagashima… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - Springer
This memorial note for Professor Sanae-I Itoh presents her specific achievements in physics
research alongside her wider record of accomplishment in the field of magnetically confined …

Analysis of high frequency Alfvén eigenmodes observed in ASDEX Upgrade plasmas in the presence of RF-accelerated NBI ions

R Ochoukov, S Sipilä, R Bilato, V Bobkov… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High frequency Alfvén eigenmodes in the ion cyclotron frequency range are actively
researched on the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak (AUG). The general properties of this particular …

Effects of alpha particles on the transport of helium ash driven by collisionless trapped electron mode turbulence

G Zhu, L Wang, W Guo, MS Hussain, M Zhang - Nuclear Fusion, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of alpha (α) particles on the transport of helium ash driven by collisionless
trapped electron mode (CTEM) turbulence are analytically studied using quasi-linear theory …