Recent progress in modeling ICRF-edge plasma interactions with application to ASDEX Upgrade

W Zhang, R Bilato, V Bobkov, A Cathey… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper summarizes recent progress in modeling the interaction between ion cyclotron
range of frequency (ICRF) waves and edge plasma with application to ASDEX Upgrade. The …

WEST actively cooled load resilient ion cyclotron resonance heating system results

J Hillairet, P Mollard, L Colas, W Helou… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Three identical new WEST ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) antennas have been
designed, assembled then commissioned on plasma from 2013 to 2019. The WEST ICRH …

Review on recent progress in ion cyclotron range of frequency systems, experiments and modelling for magnetic confinement fusion

J Hillairet - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
This paper is a broad overview and a summary of the recent progress achieved in Ion
Cyclotron Range of Frequency (ICRF) systems, experiments and modelling during the last …

Validation of the ICRF antenna coupling code RAPLICASOL against TOPICA and experiments

W Tierens, D Milanesio, G Urbanczyk, W Helou… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we validate the finite element code RAPLICASOL, which models
radiofrequency wave propagation in edge plasmas near ICRF antennas, against …

ICRH operations and experiments during the JET-ILW tritium and DTE2 campaigns

P Jacquet, E Lerche, M Mantsinen… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
2021 has culminated with the completion of the JET-ILW DTE2 experimental campaign. This
contribution summarizes Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH) operations from system …

Maximization of ICRF power by SOL density tailoring with local gas injection

P Jacquet, M Goniche, V Bobkov, E Lerche… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Experiments have been performed under the coordination of the International Tokamak
Physics Activity (ITPA) on several tokamaks, including ASDEX Upgrade (AUG), JET and DIII …

The ICRF antenna of DTT: Design status and perspectives

S Ceccuzzi, B Baiocchi, A Cardinali… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The basis of design for the Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency (ICRF) antennas of the
Divertor Tokamak Test facility (DTT) is defined and the most suitable design solutions …

RF wave coupling, plasma heating and characterization of induced plasma-material interactions in WEST L-mode discharges

G Urbanczyk, L Colas, J Hillairet, E Lerche… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma heating in the full tungsten (W) environment in a steady-state tokamak (WEST) relies
on electromagnetic waves in both the lower hybrid (LH) and ion cyclotron range of …

Simulation of the ion cyclotron range of frequencies slow wave and the lower hybrid resonance in 3D in RAPLICASOL

M Usoltceva, R Ochoukov, W Tierens… - Plasma Physics and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) wave propagation is calculated theoretically for
tokamak conditions and for linear magnetized plasma device IShTAR which is dedicated to …

[HTML][HTML] Progress on ion cyclotron range of frequencies heating physics and technology in support of the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor

JR Wilson, PT Bonoli - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) heating is foreseen as an integral component of the
initial ITER operation. The status of ICRF preparations for ITER and supporting research …