Density limits in toroidal plasmas

M Greenwald - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
In addition to the operational limits imposed by MHD stability on plasma current and
pressure, an independent limit on plasma density is observed in confined toroidal plasmas …

Transport and confinement in the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) plasma

RJ Akers, JW Ahn, GY Antar, LC Appel… - Plasma physics and …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
A combination of recently installed state-of-the-art imaging and profile diagnostics, together
with established plasma simulation codes, are providing for the first time on Mega Ampère …

Edge shear flows and particle transport near the density limit of the HL-2A tokamak

R Hong, GR Tynan, PH Diamond, L Nie, D Guo… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Edge shear flow and its effect on regulating turbulent transport have long been suspected to
play an important role in plasmas operating near the Greenwald density limit n G. In this …

Zonal shear layer collapse and the power scaling of the density limit: old LH wine in new bottles

R Singh, PH Diamond - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Edge shear layer collapse causes edge cooling and aggravates radiative effects. This paper
details on the microscopic dynamics of the emergence of power (Q) scaling of density limit …

High density limit in reversed field pinches

ME Puiatti, P Scarin, G Spizzo, M Valisa… - Physics of …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The fusion triple product depends on density, which is therefore a key parameter for the
future fusion reactor. In this paper the high density limit is studied in the reversed field …

Tokamak Plasmas with Density up to 10 Times the Greenwald Limit

NC Hurst, BE Chapman, JS Sarff, AF Almagri… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Current-carrying, toroidal laboratory plasmas typically cannot be sustained with an electron
density above the empirical Greenwald limit. Presented here are tokamak experiments in the …

First time observation of local current shrinkage during the MARFE behavior on the J-TEXT tokamak

P Shi, G Zhuang, K Gentle, Q Hu, J Chen, Q Li… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Multifaceted asymmetric radiation as well as strong poloidal asymmetry of the electron
density from the edge, dubbed as' MARFE', has been observed in high electron density …

Study of MHD mode and cooling process during disruptions triggered by impurities injection in J-TEXT

Y Huang, ZY Chen, Q Hu, Q Yu, ZH Jiang… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The injection of a large amount of impurities is one of the possible ways of mitigating
disruption in large-scale tokamaks. The deposition of impurities at the center of the plasma is …

On the scaling of avaloids and turbulence with the average density approaching the density limit

GY Antar, G Counsell, JW Ahn - Physics of plasmas, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
This article is dedicated to the characterization of turbulent transport in the scrape-off layer of
the Mega Ampère Spherical Tokamak [A. Sykes et al, Phys. Plasmas 8, 2101 (2001)] as a …

Prediction of multifaceted asymmetric radiation from the edge movement in density-limit disruptive plasmas on Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak …

W Hu, J Hou, Z Luo, Y Huang, D Chen, B Xiao… - Chinese …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Multifaceted asymmetric radiation from the edge (MARFE) movement which can cause
density limit disruption is often encountered during high density operation on many …