Experimental divertor physics

CS Pitcher, PC Stangeby - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
The physics of divertors in tokamaks is reviewed, primarily from an experimental point of
view, although where possible simple analytic modelling is included. The paper covers the …

Chapter 7: Tomography diagnostics: Bolometry and soft-x-ray detection

LC Ingesson, B Alper, BJ Peterson… - Fusion science and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This chapter reviews multichannel broadband measurement of the soft-X-ray radiation and
total radiation in magnetically confined fusion plasma experiments. Common detector types …

Plasma detachment in divertor tokamaks

AW Leonard - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Observations of divertor plasma detachment in tokamaks are reviewed. Plasma detachment
is characterized in terms of transport and dissipation of power, momentum and particle flux …

Divertor studies in nitrogen induced completely detached H-modes in full tungsten ASDEX Upgrade

F Reimold, M Wischmeier, M Bernert, S Potzel… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The first stable completely detached H-mode plasma in the full tungsten ASDEX Upgrade
has been achieved. Complete detachment of both targets is induced by nitrogen seeding …

Divertor physics research on Alcator C-Mod

B Lipschultz, B LaBombard, JL Terry… - Fusion science and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Many important contributions to the understanding of divertor physics are presented in this
review of Alcator C-Mod research. The three regimes of parallel transport, sheath limited …

Radiative and three-body recombination in the Alcator C-Mod divertor

D Lumma, JL Terry, B Lipschultz - Physics of Plasmas, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
Significant recombination of the majority ion species has been observed in the divertor
region of Alcator C-Mod IH Hutchinson et al., Phys. Plasmas 1, 1511 1994 under detached …

Heat flux mitigation by impurity seeding in high-field tokamaks

ML Reinke - Nuclear Fusion, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The ability for tokamaks to exhaust power in the boundary via impurity radiation is explored
using empirical scalings and a simple 0D exhaust model, focusing on the scaling with …

Predictive SOLPS-ITER simulations to study the role of divertor magnetic geometry in detachment control in the MAST-U Super-X configuration

O Myatra, B Lipschultz, D Moulton, K Verhaegh… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The SOLPS-ITER code has been utilised to study the movement of the detachment front
location from target towards the X-point for MAST-U Super-X plasmas. Two sets of detached …

Diagnostic systems on alcator c-mod

NP Basse, A Dominguez, EM Edlund… - Fusion Science and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
An overview of the diagnostics installed on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak is presented.
Approximately 25 diagnostic systems are being operated on C-Mod. The compact design of …

High resolution bolometry on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

RL Boivin, JA Goetz, ES Marmar, JE Rice… - Review of Scientific …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
Recent breakthroughs in silicon detector technology now permit measurement of radiated
power over a wide range in photon energies. These detectors (also known as AXUV …