Overview of L-to H-mode transition experiments at ASDEX Upgrade

U Plank, RM McDermott, G Birkenmeier… - Plasma Physics and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents an overview of results from L–H transition experiments that were
performed at ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) with the aim of identifying the underlying mechanisms …

Overview of progress in European medium sized tokamaks towards an integrated plasma-edge/wall solution a

H Meyer, T Eich, M Beurskens, S Coda, A Hakola… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Integrating the plasma core performance with an edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) that leads
to tolerable heat and particle loads on the wall is a major challenge. The new European …

Overview of initial negative triangularity plasma studies on the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak

T Happel, T Pütterich, D Told, M Dunne… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of results of negative triangularity (NT) studies from the ASDEX Upgrade
tokamak (AUG) is given. Moderate values of the triangularity in the range of δ average≈ …

[HTML][HTML] Development of the plasma scenario for EU-DEMO: Status and plans

M Siccinio, JP Graves, R Kembleton, H Lux… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is part of a series of publications concerning the development of the European
DEMO during the Pre-Concept Design Phase (2014-2020), and also describing the strategy …

Access and sustainment of naturally ELM-free and small-ELM regimes

E Viezzer - Nuclear Fusion, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Edge localized modes (ELMs) have a detrimental effect on the plasma facing components
and pose one of the most serious obstacles for steady-state operation in a future fusion …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study of the edge radial electric field in different drift configurations and its role in the access to H-mode at ASDEX Upgrade

U Plank, D Brida, GD Conway, T Happel… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of the equilibrium radial electric field (Er) has been studied experimentally at
ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) in L-modes of “favorable”(ion∇ B-drift toward primary X-point) and …

Progress from ASDEX Upgrade experiments in preparing the physics basis of ITER operation and DEMO scenario development

U Stroth, D Aguiam, E Alessi, C Angioni, N Arden… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of recent results obtained at the tokamak ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) is given. A
work flow for predictive profile modelling of AUG discharges was established which is able …

Prospects of core–edge integrated no-ELM and small-ELM scenarios for future fusion devices

E Viezzer, ME Austin, M Bernert, KH Burrell… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of our grand challenges towards fusion energy is the achievement of a high-
performance plasma core coupled to a boundary solution. The high confinement mode (H …

Multi-device studies of pedestal physics and confinement in the I-mode regime

AE Hubbard, T Osborne, F Ryter, M Austin… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes joint ITPA studies of the I-mode regime, which features an edge
thermal barrier together with L-mode-like particle and impurity transport and no edge …

Overview of HL-2A recent experiments

M Xu, XR Duan, Y Liu, XM Song, DQ Liu… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The mission of HL-2A is to explore the key physical topics relevant to ITER and to the
advanced tokamak operation (eg the operation of future HL-2M), such as the access of H …