Stabilization of the external kink and the resistive wall mode

MS Chu, M Okabayashi - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The pursuit of steady-state economic production of thermonuclear fusion energy has led to
research on the stabilization of the external kink and the resistive wall mode. Advances in …

The reversed field pinch

L Marrelli, P Martin, ME Puiatti, JS Sarff… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the research on the reversed field pinch (RFP) in the last three decades.
Substantial experimental and theoretical progress and transformational changes have been …

Coupling of nonlinear axisymmetric plasma evolution with three-dimensional volumetric conductors

F Villone, L Barbato, S Mastrostefano… - Plasma Physics and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
With reference to toroidal fusion devices, we solve axisymmetric nonlinear evolutionary
equilibrium equations, describing the plasma behaviour, self-consistently coupled to eddy …

Resistive wall mode control code maturity: progress and specific examples

Y Liu, MS Chu, WF Guo, F Villone… - Plasma Physics and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Two issues of the resistive wall mode (RWM) control code maturity are addressed: the
inclusion of advanced mode damping physics beyond the ideal MHD description, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Self-consistent coupling of JOREK and CARIDDI: On the electromagnetic interaction of 3D tokamak plasmas with 3D volumetric conductors

N Isernia, N Schwarz, FJ Artola, S Ventre, M Hoelzl… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Self-consistent coupling of JOREK and CARIDDI: On the electromagnetic interaction of 3D
tokamak plasmas with 3D volumetric conductors | Physics of Plasmas | AIP Publishing Skip to …

Plasma stability theory including the resistive wall effects

VD Pustovitov - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2015 - cambridge.org
Plasma stabilization due to a nearby conducting wall can provide access to better
performance in some scenarios in tokamaks. This was proved by experiments with an …

Progress in physics and control of the resistive wall mode in advanced tokamaks

Y Liu, IT Chapman, MS Chu, H Reimerdes… - Physics of …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Self-consistent computations are carried out to study the stability of the resistive wall mode
(RWM) in DIII-D [JL Luxon, Nucl. Fusion 42, 614 (2002)] plasmas with slow plasma rotation …

Overview of RFX-mod results

P Martin, L Apolloni, ME Puiatti, J Adamek… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
With the exploration of the MA plasma current regime in up to 0.5 s long discharges, RFX-
mod has opened new and very promising perspectives for the reversed field pinch (RFP) …

RWM control studies on RFX-mod with a limited set of active coils

M Baruzzo, T Bolzonella, YQ Liu, G Manduchi… - Nuclear …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
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Sideways forces on asymmetric tokamak walls during plasma disruptions

V Yanovskiy, N Isernia, VD Pustovitov, F Villone - Nuclear Fusion, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In the quarter-century since the danger of sideways force on tokamak walls during
disruptions was first recognized, substantial progress has been made in understanding the …