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Dynamic Charge Transport Behavior of Double-layer Thin Film Materials Under Electron Beam Irradiation

Spacecraft dielectrics in the complex space environment often suffer charging and discharging, causing on-orbit anomalies and failures. Studying charge transport in the dielectric during a spacecraft's charging process is crucial. It helps take measures li ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2025

Investigating the influence of divertor baffles on nitrogen-seeded detachment in TCV with SOLPS-ITER simulations and TCV experiments

Basil Duval, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Guang-Yu Sun, Luke Simons, Olivier Claude Martin Février, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno, Claudia Colandrea

Plasma edge simulations with the SOLPS-ITER code are performed to study the influence of divertor baffles on nitrogen-seeded detachment in Tokamak & agrave; Configuration Variable (TCV) single-null, L-mode discharges. Scans of nitrogen seeding rate are con ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2025

Neutral pressure measurement in TCV tokamak using ASDEX-type pressure gauges

Holger Reimerdes, Marcelo Baquero Ruiz, Guang-Yu Sun

Probing the neutral gas distribution at the edge of magnetic confinement fusion devices is critical for plasma exhaust studies. In the TCV tokamak, a set of ASDEX-type hot ionization pressure gauges (APGs) has been installed for fast, in situ measurements ...

2025

Impurity-seeded detachment in conventional and optimized TCV divertor geometry

Guang-Yu Sun

Nuclear fusion provides a potentially unlimited and clean energy source which motivates the development of fusion power plants. The tokamak is one of the most promising concepts for a future reactor, confining the fusion plasmas in a torus using strong mag ...

EPFL2025

Low‐Power Tunable Micro‐Plasma Device for Efficient and Scalable CO2 Valorization

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Jeremy Luterbacher, Guang-Yu Sun, Hongkeng Zhu

Valorizing CO2 into chemical building blocks via efficient electrified processes could significantly decrease carbon emissions. In this work, a device that allows generation of tunable micro‐plasma modes (arc, pulsed, pulsed arc) on a chip for efficient, l ...

Wiley2025

Oblique streaming waves observed in multipactor-induced plasma discharge above a dielectric surface

Haomin Sun, Guang-Yu Sun

In a recent discovery (Wen et al 2022 Phys. Rev. Lett. 129 045001), streaming waves were found in multipactor-induced plasma discharges. However, due to the limitations of a 1D simulation setup, these waves displayed only transverse dynamics. In this lette ...

2024

Analytical model for estimating the equilibrium plasma quantities in an electron beam-plasma system

Haomin Sun, Guang-Yu Sun

We develop an analytical model for estimating the equilibrium quantities, such as electron temperature and number density, in an electron beam-plasma interaction system. This model provides a convenient way to calculate the effective electron temperature a ...

2024

Access to an ELM-suppressed X-point radiator regime in TCV snowflake minus configurations

Basil Duval, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Artur Perek, Guang-Yu Sun, Luke Simons, Daniele Hamm, Olivier Claude Martin Février, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno, Curdin Tobias Wüthrich

TCV’s operating regime with an X-point radiator (XPR) has been broadened by changing the magnetic geometry. XPRs have properties that could make them an attractive power exhaust solution for fusion reactors. These include the conversion of a high fraction ...

Elsevier2024

The role of neutral baffling in closed divertor for nitrogen-seeded detachment in TCV tokamak

Guang-Yu Sun

Excessive power exhaust on divertor target remains a critical challenge for magnetic confinement fusion reactor based on the tokamak concept. If unmitigated, the power received on the divertor target will far exceed the material limit of 5-10MW/m2 in futur ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

Suppression of dielectric surface flashover induced by strong electromagnetic field at multiple spatial scales based on above/sub-surface discharge development mechanisms

Guang-Yu Sun

Spacecraft charging and electrostatic discharging (ESD) are prone to occur in harsh space environments. In particular, in the case of coupling strong electromagnetic field (EMF), ESD damages may occur at a low charging potential, posing a serious threat to ...

2024