MANTIS: a real-time quantitative multispectral imaging system for fusion plasmas

A Perek, WAJ Vijvers, Y Andrebe… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This work presents a novel, real-time capable, 10-channel Multispectral Advanced
Narrowband Tokamak Imaging System installed on the TCV tokamak, MANTIS. Software …

Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: from conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond

S Coda, M Agostini, R Albanese, S Alberti… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The research program of the TCV tokamak ranges from conventional to advanced-tokamak
scenarios and alternative divertor configurations, to exploratory plasmas driven by …

Nitrogen-seeded divertor detachment in TCV L-mode plasmas

O Février, C Theiler, JR Harrison, CK Tsui… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Most of the detachment experiments done to date on the tokamak à configuration variable
(TCV), both in standard and alternative divertor geometries, focused on L-mode integrated …

Separating the roles of magnetic topology and neutral trapping in modifying the detachment threshold for TCV

A Fil, B Lipschultz, D Moulton, BD Dudson… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Total flux expansion, a divertor magnetic topology design choice embodied in the Super-X
divertor, is predicted through simple analytic models and SOLPS calculations to reduce the …

Real-time feedback control of the impurity emission front in tokamak divertor plasmas

T Ravensbergen, M van Berkel, A Perek… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In magnetic confinement thermonuclear fusion the exhaust of heat and particles from the
core remains a major challenge. Heat and particles leaving the core are transported via …

[HTML][HTML] RADCAM—a radiation camera system combining foil bolometers, AXUV diodes, and filtered soft x-ray diodes

UA Sheikh, L Simons, BP Duval, O Février… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Measurements of radiated power are critical for characterizing and optimizing tokamak
performance. The RADCAM system, comprising arrays of foil bolometers, Absolute eXtreme …

An improved understanding of the roles of atomic processes and power balance in divertor target ion current loss during detachment

K Verhaegh, B Lipschultz, BP Duval, O Février… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The process of divertor detachment, whereby heat and particle fluxes to divertor surfaces are
strongly diminished, is required to reduce heat loading and erosion in a magnetic fusion …

Effects of nitrogen seeding in a tokamak plasma

S Raj, N Bisai, V Shankar, A Sen - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of nitrogen gas seeding in the edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) regions of a
tokamak plasma are studied through 2D fluid simulations using the BOUT++ code. Proper …

Comparison of high density and nitrogen seeded detachment using SOLPS-ITER simulations of the tokamak á configuration variable

A Smolders, M Wensing, S Carli… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
First of a kind SOLPS-ITER simulations on tokamak á configuration variable (TCV) that
include nitrogen have been performed to model recent nitrogen seeded detachment …

Argon, neon, and nitrogen impurity transport in the edge and SOL regions of a tokamak

S Raj, N Bisai, V Shankar, A Sen - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulations of the interchange plasma turbulence in the presence of medium-Z
impurities (N 2, Ne, and Ar) seeding have been performed using BOUT++. These simulation …