Elements of H-mode pedestal structure

RJ Groebner, S Saarelma - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews current understanding of key physics elements that control the H-mode
pedestal structure, which exists at the boundary of magnetically confined plasmas. The …

Gyrokinetic analysis of inter-edge localized mode transport mechanisms in a DIII-D pedestal

MR Halfmoon, DR Hatch, MT Kotschenreuther… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, gyrokinetic simulations are used to study pedestal fluctuations for DIII-D
discharge 174082 using the GENE code. Nonlinear local simulations indicate that electron …

[HTML][HTML] From L-mode to the L–H transition, experiments on ASDEX upgrade and related gyrokinetic simulations

N Bonanomi, C Angioni, GD Conway, T Happel… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This work combines experimental observations from the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak with
related gyrokinetic simulations of the turbulence moving from L-mode toward, and beyond …

Micro-tearing mode dominated electron heat transport in DIII-D H-mode pedestal

J Chen, X Jian, DL Brower, SR Haskey, Z Yan… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A new, comprehensive set of evidence reveals that Micro-Tearing Modes (MTMs) dominate
pedestal electron heat transport in an H-mode experiment in the DIII-D tokamak. The …

Spectral transition of multiscale turbulence in the tokamak pedestal

EA Belli, J Candy, I Sfiligoi - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The transition in the turbulence spectrum from ion-scale dominated regimes to multiscale
transport regimes that couple ion and electron scales is studied with gyrokinetic simulations …

Gyrokinetic simulations compared with magnetic fluctuations diagnosed with a Faraday-effect radial interferometer-polarimeter in the DIII-D pedestal

MT Curie, DR Hatch, M Halfmoon, J Chen… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental data on electromagnetic fluctuations in DIII-D, made available by the Faraday-
effect radial interferometer-polarimeter (RIP) diagnostic Chen (2016 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87 …

Gyrokinetic simulation of pedestal degradation correlated with enhanced magnetic turbulence in a DIII-D ELMy H-mode discharge

X Jian, J Chen, C Holland, VS Chan… - Plasma Physics and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Gyrokinetic simulation of a dedicated pedestal density ramping-up discharge on DIII-D can
reproduce the enhancement of magnetic turbulence in the pedestal, which is identified to be …

Intrinsic evolution of the decoupling and coupling of the plasma density and temperature in a cylindrical laboratory plasma device

CY Wang, WW Xiao, Y Ren, PH Diamond… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
An intrinsic evolution in the decoupling–coupling–decoupling (DCD) of the electron density
and temperature responding to the magnetic field change is observed in a cylindrical …

A near X-point charge exchange neutral spectroscopy (CENS) system for DIII-D

SR Haskey, C Chrystal, A Angulo, A Bortolon… - Review of Scientific …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
A 16 channel spectroscopy system has been installed on DIII-D to provide information about
the energy distribution of the atomic neutrals using the Doppler shift and broadening of …

Details of the neutral energy distribution and ionization source using spectrally resolved Balmer-alpha measurements on DIII-D

SR Haskey, BA Grierson, L Stagner… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Spectrally resolved passive Balmer-α (D-α, H-α) measurements from the DIII-D 16 channel
edge main-ion charge exchange recombination system confirm the presence of higher …