Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors
G Federici, CH Skinner, JN Brooks, JP Coad… - Nuclear …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
The major increase in discharge duration and plasma energy in a next step DT fusion
reactor will give rise to important plasma-material effects that will critically influence its …
reactor will give rise to important plasma-material effects that will critically influence its …
Density limits in toroidal plasmas
M Greenwald - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
In addition to the operational limits imposed by MHD stability on plasma current and
pressure, an independent limit on plasma density is observed in confined toroidal plasmas …
pressure, an independent limit on plasma density is observed in confined toroidal plasmas …
Overview of the SPARC tokamak
The SPARC tokamak is a critical next step towards commercial fusion energy. SPARC is
designed as a high-field () relevant to fusion power plants. SPARC's place in the path to …
designed as a high-field () relevant to fusion power plants. SPARC's place in the path to …
ARC: A compact, high-field, fusion nuclear science facility and demonstration power plant with demountable magnets
The affordable, robust, compact (ARC) reactor is the product of a conceptual design study
aimed at reducing the size, cost, and complexity of a combined fusion nuclear science …
aimed at reducing the size, cost, and complexity of a combined fusion nuclear science …
Plasma confinement and transport
EJ Doyle, WA Houlberg, Y Kamada… - Nuclear …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The understanding and predictive capability of transport physics and plasma confinement is
reviewed from the perspective of achieving reactor-scale burning plasmas in the ITER …
reviewed from the perspective of achieving reactor-scale burning plasmas in the ITER …
I-mode: an H-mode energy confinement regime with L-mode particle transport in Alcator C-Mod
An improved energy confinement regime, I-mode, is studied in Alcator C-Mod, a compact
high-field divertor tokamak using ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRFs) auxiliary …
high-field divertor tokamak using ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRFs) auxiliary …
Multi-scale gyrokinetic simulation of tokamak plasmas: enhanced heat loss due to cross-scale coupling of plasma turbulence
The transport of heat in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas is dominated by the complex
nonlinear dynamics of plasma turbulence. In magnetically confined plasmas used for fusion …
nonlinear dynamics of plasma turbulence. In magnetically confined plasmas used for fusion …
Realization of thousand-second improved confinement plasma with Super I-mode in Tokamak EAST
Mastering nuclear fusion, which is an abundant, safe, and environmentally competitive
energy, is a great challenge for humanity. Tokamak represents one of the most promising …
energy, is a great challenge for humanity. Tokamak represents one of the most promising …
Characterization of enhanced high-confinement modes in Alcator C-Mod
M Greenwald, R Boivin, P Bonoli, R Budny… - Physics of …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Regimes of high-confinement mode have been studied in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak
[Hutchinson et al., Phys. Plasmas 1, 1511 (1994)]. Plasmas with no edge localized modes …
[Hutchinson et al., Phys. Plasmas 1, 1511 (1994)]. Plasmas with no edge localized modes …
Edge radial electric field structure and its connections to H-mode confinement in Alcator C-Mod plasmas
High-resolution charge-exchange recombination spectroscopic measurements of B 5+ ions
have enabled the first spatially resolved calculations of the radial electric field (E r) in the …
have enabled the first spatially resolved calculations of the radial electric field (E r) in the …