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 …

Non-linear magnetohydrodynamic modeling of plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbations

F Orain, M Bécoulet, G Dif-Pradalier, G Huijsmans… - Physics of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction of static Resonant Magnetic Perturbations (RMPs) with the plasma flows is
modeled in toroidal geometry, using the non-linear resistive MHD code JOREK, which …

Screening of resonant magnetic perturbations by flows in tokamaks

M Becoulet, F Orain, P Maget, N Mellet, X Garbet… - Nuclear …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The non-linear reduced four-field RMHD model in cylindrical geometry was extended to
include plasma rotation, neoclassical poloidal viscosity and two fluid diamagnetic effects …

Study of in-vessel nonaxisymmetric ELM suppression coil concepts for ITER

MJ Schaffer, JE Menard, MP Aldan, JM Bialek… - Nuclear …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Large Type-I edge-localized mode (ELM) heat pulses may limit the life of divertor targets in a
burning plasma. Recent experiments show that pitch-resonant nonaxisymmetric magnetic …

Edge localized mode control using n= 1 resonant magnetic perturbation in the EAST tokamak

Y Sun, M Jia, Q Zang, L Wang, Y Liang, YQ Liu… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A set of in-vessel resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) coil has been recently installed in
EAST. It can generate a range of spectrum, and there is a relatively large window for edge …

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 …

Three-dimensional modeling of plasma edge transport and divertor fluxes during application of resonant magnetic perturbations on ITER

O Schmitz, M Becoulet, P Cahyna, TE Evans… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Results from three-dimensional modeling of plasma edge transport and plasma–wall
interactions during application of resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) fields for control of …

Mechanism of edge localized mode mitigation by resonant magnetic perturbations

M Becoulet, F Orain, GTA Huijsmans, S Pamela… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
A possible mechanism of edge localized modes (ELMs) mitigation by resonant magnetic
perturbations (RMPs) is proposed based on the results of nonlinear resistive …

Quasi-linear MHD modelling of H-mode plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbations

E Nardon, P Tamain, M Bécoulet, G Huysmans… - Nuclear …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The plasma response to externally imposed resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) is
investigated through quasi-linear MHD modelling in the case where the resonant surfaces …