Resonant magnetic perturbations of edge-plasmas in toroidal confinement devices

TE Evans - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Controlling the boundary layer in fusion-grade, high-performance, plasma discharges is
essential for the successful development of toroidal magnetic confinement power generating …

Advances in the physics understanding of ELM suppression using resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D

MR Wade, R Nazikian, JS deGrassie, TE Evans… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent experiments on DIII-D have increased confidence in the ability to suppress edge-
localized modes (ELMs) using edge-resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) in ITER …

3D vacuum magnetic field modelling of the ITER ELM control coil during standard operating scenarios

TE Evans, DM Orlov, A Wingen, W Wu, A Loarte… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In-vessel, non-axisymmetric, control coils have proven to be an important option for
mitigating and suppressing edge-localized modes (ELMs) in high performance operating …

Aspects of three dimensional transport for ELM control experiments in ITER-similar shape plasmas at low collisionality in DIII-D

O Schmitz, TE Evans, ME Fenstermacher… - Plasma Physics and …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
A study of three-dimensional (3D) perturbed magnetic field structures and transport for edge
localized mode control experiments with resonant magnetic perturbations at DIII-D is …

ELM destabilization by externally applied non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbations in NSTX

JM Canik, R Maingi, TE Evans, RE Bell… - Nuclear …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on a recent set of experiments performed in NSTX to explore the effects of non-
axisymmetric magnetic perturbations on the stability of edge-localized modes (ELMs). The …

High resolution numerical studies of separatrix splitting due to non-axisymmetric perturbation in DIII-D

A Wingen, TE Evans, KH Spatschek - Nuclear Fusion, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
In DIII-D the splitting and deformation of the separatrix due to externally applied resonant
magnetic perturbations is calculated using a vacuum field line integration code (TRIP3D …

Three-dimensional edge transport simulations for DIII-D plasmas with resonant magnetic perturbations

H Frerichs, D Reiter, O Schmitz, TE Evans… - Nuclear fusion, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The impact of resonant magnetic perturbations on plasma edge transport at DIII-D is
investigated with the EMC3-EIRENE code. The code includes a self-consistent fluid …

Assessment of the runaway electron load distribution in ITER during 3D MHD induced beam termination

H Bergström, K Särkimäki, V Bandaru… - Plasma Physics and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In ITER, disruption-born runaway electrons (REs), unless mitigated, are expected to form a
several Mega-Ampere beam that ultimately intercepts the first wall leading to melting of the …

Magnetic stochasticity in magnetically confined fusion plasmas

S Abdullaev - Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma …, 2014 - Springer
The magnetic confinement concept of thermonuclear plasma is one of the areas of
controlled fusion research developing in the past 50 years in a quest for clean and unlimited …

First EMC3-Eirene simulations of the impact of the edge magnetic perturbations at ASDEX Upgrade compared with the experiment

T Lunt, Y Feng, M Bernert, A Herrmann… - Nuclear …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The EMC3-Eirene code package was applied for the first time to simulate the edge plasma
in an ASDEX Upgrade discharge, in which the newly installed magnetic perturbation (MP) …