Publications related to Tokamak

Negative Hydrogen Ions in a Helicon Plasma Source

There is nowadays a large interest to employ helicon plasmas as sources of negative ions for Neutral Beam Injectors (NBIs). Helicon plasma sources offer a number of advantages compared to current Inductive Couple Plasma (ICP) negative ions source, such as ...

EPFL2020

Experimental verification of X-point potential well formation in unfavorable magnetic field direction

Basil Duval, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Joaquim Loizu Cisquella, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno, Claudia Colandrea, Marco Wischmeier, Cedric Kar-Wai Tsui, Mirko Wensing, Hugo De Oliveira

Recent TCV experiments confirm the predicted formation of an electric potential well, below the magnetic X-point, in configurations with unfavorable

B_t

field direction (ion

\nabla B

drift away from the divertor), that substantially reshapes the typica ...

2020

Scrape-off layer transport and filament characteristics in high-density tokamak regimes

Holger Reimerdes, Benoît Labit, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Alexander Karpushov, Nicola Vianello, Cedric Kar-Wai Tsui, Kevin Henricus Annemarie Verhaegh, Roberto Maurizio, Hugo De Oliveira

A detailed cross-device investigation on the role of filamentary dynamics in high-density regimes has been performed within the EUROfusion framework, comparing the ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) and TCV tokamaks. Both devices run density ramp experiments at different ...

2020

Megawatt power generation of the dual-frequency gyrotron for TCV at 84 and 126 GHz, in long pulses

Timothy Goodman, Stefano Alberti, Minh Quang Tran, Jean-Philippe Hogge, Damien Fasel, Matthieu Toussaint, Ugo Siravo, Jérémy Genoud, Jérémie Dubray, Jonathan Sylvain Masur, Christian Moura, Ioannis Pagonakis, Blaise Marlétaz, Konstantinos Avramidis

In the frame of the TCV Tokamak upgrade, two 84/126 GHz/2 s dual frequency gyrotrons designed by SPC and KIT and manufactured by THALES will be added to the existing EC-System. The first unit has been delivered to EPFL-SPC and tested. In the commissioning ...

2020

Generation and observation of fast deuterium ions and fusion-born alpha particles in JET D-He-3 plasmas with the 3-ion radio-frequency heating scenario

Henri Weisen, Javier García Hernández, Alberto Mariani, Samuele Mazzi

Dedicated experiments to generate energetic D ions and D-(3) He fusion-born alpha particles were performed at the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall (ILW). Using the 3-ion D-(D-NBI)-(3) He radio frequency (RF) heating scenario, deuterium io ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2020

Update of ion-optical system of neutral beam of Tokamak a Configuration Variable

Alexander Karpushov

An injector of fast deuterium atoms for plasma heating was designed and installed at the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV). The neutral beam can deliver 1 MW power to the plasma in 2 s pulses. An ion beam of the injector is formed by a triode multisli ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2020

DEMO physics challenges beyond ITER

Olivier Sauter, Emiliano Fable, Hartmut Zohm

For electricity producing tokamak fusion reactors like EU-DEMO, it is prudent to choose a plasma scenario close to the ITER baseline, where the largest amount of experimental evidence is available. Nevertheless, there are some aspects in which ITER and EU- ...

2020

X-point potential well formation in diverted tokamaks with unfavorable magnetic field direction

Basil Duval, Holger Reimerdes, Joaquim Loizu Cisquella, Marco Wischmeier, Mirko Wensing

Fluid simulations of the boundary of fusion plasmas predict the formation of an electric potential well in the vicinity of the X-point in detached divertor conditions with Bt in the unfavorable direction for H-mode access. This potential well arises when t ...

2020

Nonlinear gyrokinetic PIC simulations in stellarators with the code EUTERPE

Laurent Villard, Eduardo Sanchez, Alberto Bottino

In this work, the first nonlinear particle-in-cell simulations carried out in a stellarator with the global gyrokinetic code EUTERPE using adiabatic electrons and realistic plasma parameters are reported. Several studies are conducted with the aim of enabl ...

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS2020

TCV heating and divertor upgrades

Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Jean-Marc Moret, Stefano Alberti, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Alexander Karpushov, Matthieu Toussaint, Marcelo Baquero Ruiz, Dario Vaccaro

The operational range and the reactor relevance of the TCV experiments are being enhanced by two sets of major upgrades. The first includes the installation of neutral beam injection (NBI) and new electron cyclotron (EC) auxiliary heating sources, to reach ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2020

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Negative Hydrogen Ions in a Helicon Plasma Source

Experimental verification of X-point potential well formation in unfavorable magnetic field direction

Scrape-off layer transport and filament characteristics in high-density tokamak regimes

Megawatt power generation of the dual-frequency gyrotron for TCV at 84 and 126 GHz, in long pulses

Generation and observation of fast deuterium ions and fusion-born alpha particles in JET D-He-3 plasmas with the 3-ion radio-frequency heating scenario

Update of ion-optical system of neutral beam of Tokamak a Configuration Variable

DEMO physics challenges beyond ITER

X-point potential well formation in diverted tokamaks with unfavorable magnetic field direction

Nonlinear gyrokinetic PIC simulations in stellarators with the code EUTERPE

TCV heating and divertor upgrades

Generation and observation of fast deuterium ions and fusion-born alpha particles in JET D-He-3 plasmas with the 3-ion radio-frequency heating scenario

TCV heating and divertor upgrades

Negative Hydrogen Ions in a Helicon Plasma Source

Scrape-off layer transport and filament characteristics in high-density tokamak regimes

Megawatt power generation of the dual-frequency gyrotron for TCV at 84 and 126 GHz, in long pulses

Experimental verification of X-point potential well formation in unfavorable magnetic field direction

Nonlinear gyrokinetic PIC simulations in stellarators with the code EUTERPE

Update of ion-optical system of neutral beam of Tokamak a Configuration Variable

DEMO physics challenges beyond ITER

X-point potential well formation in diverted tokamaks with unfavorable magnetic field direction