[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on spherical torus research

M Ono, R Kaita - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The spherical torus or spherical tokamak (ST) is a member of the tokamak family with its
aspect ratio (A= R 0/a) reduced to A∼ 1.5, well below the normal tokamak operating range …

Enhanced H-mode pedestals with lithium injection in DIII-D

TH Osborne, GL Jackson, Z Yan, R Maingi… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Periods of edge localized mode (ELM)-free H-mode with increased pedestal pressure and
width were observed in the DIII-D tokamak when density fluctuations localized to the region …

The role of the density profile in the ASDEX-Upgrade pedestal structure

MG Dunne, S Potzel, F Reimold… - Plasma Physics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental evidence for the impact of a region of high density localised in the high-field
side scrape-off layer (the HFSHD) on plasma confinement is shown in various dedicated …

Advances in H-mode physics for long-pulse operation on EAST

B Wan, J Li, H Guo, Y Liang, G Xu, L Wang… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Since the 2012 International Atomic Energy Agency Fusion Energy Conference
(IAEA-FEC), significant advances in both physics and technology has been made on the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of wall materials and seeding gases on the pedestal and on core plasma performance

E Wolfrum, M Beurskens, MG Dunne… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plasmas in machines with all metal plasma facing components have a lower Z eff, less
radiation cooling in the scrape-off layer and divertor regions and are prone to impurity …

New steady-state quiescent high-confinement plasma in an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak

JS Hu, Z Sun, HY Guo, JG Li, BN Wan, HQ Wang… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
A critical challenge facing the basic long-pulse high-confinement operation scenario (H
mode) for ITER is to control a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instability, known as the edge …

The effect of progressively increasing lithium coatings on plasma discharge characteristics, transport, edge profiles and ELM stability in the National Spherical Torus …

R Maingi, DP Boyle, JM Canik, SM Kaye… - Nuclear …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Lithium wall coatings have been shown to reduce recycling, suppress edge-localized modes
(ELMs), and improve energy confinement in the National Spherical Torus Experiment …

Observation of flat electron temperature profiles in the lithium tokamak experiment

DP Boyle, R Majeski, JC Schmitt, C Hansen, R Kaita… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
It has been predicted for over a decade that low-recycling plasma-facing components in
fusion devices would allow high edge temperatures and flat or nearly flat temperature …

Progress in simulating turbulent electron thermal transport in NSTX

W Guttenfelder, JL Peterson, J Candy, SM Kaye… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonlinear simulations based on multiple NSTX discharge scenarios have progressed to
help differentiate unique instability mechanisms and to validate with experimental …

Extending the low-recycling, flat temperature profile regime in the lithium tokamak experiment-β (LTX-β) with ohmic and neutral beam heating

DP Boyle, J Anderson, S Banerjee, RE Bell… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent experiments in the lithium tokamak experiment-β (LTX-β) have extended the
duration, performance, operating conditions, and diagnosis of the flat-temperature profile …