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On the relationship between the multi-region relaxed variational principle and resistive inner-layer theory

Joaquim Loizu Cisquella, Ankit Kumar

We show that the variational energy principle of the multi-region relaxed magnetohydrodynamic (MRxMHD) model can be used to predict finite-pressure linear tearing instabilities. In this model, the plasma volume is sliced into sub-volumes separated by 'idea ...

2023

Modeling of saturated external MHD instabilities in tokamaks: A comparison of 3D free boundary equilibria and nonlinear stability calculations

Jonathan Graves

3D free boundary equilibrium computations have recently been used to model external kinks and edge harmonic oscillations (EHOs), comparing with linear MHD stability codes, and nonlinear analytic theory [Kleiner et al., Phys. Plasma Controlled Fusion 61, 08 ...

AIP Publishing2022

Development of free-boundary equilibrium and transport solvers for simulation and real-time interpretation of tokamak experiments

Francesco Carpanese

To exploit fusion as a source of energy, a hot and dense confined plasma is needed. This is achieved in tokamaks by actively controlling the plasma state meaning shape, position and internal kinetic profiles. This thesis addresses two topics: the developme ...

EPFL2021

Neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs), magnetic islands located at rational

q

surfaces, are an important class of resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) instabilities in tokamak plasmas, with

q

the safety factor. NTMs are one of the main constraints of the a ...

EPFL2020

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A kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic model with kinetic pressure closure is derived from a consistent guiding-centre framework. Higher-order (gyroviscous) corrections to the pressure tensor are derived in complex geometry from a reduced kinetic equation. The prop ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2019

A drift-kinetic analytical model for scrape-off layer plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality

Paolo Ricci, Rogério Manuel Cabete De Jesus Jorge

A drift-kinetic model to describe the plasma dynamics in the scrape-off layer region of tokamak devices at arbitrary collisionality is derived. Our formulation is based on a gyroaveraged Lagrangian description of the charged particle motion, and the corres ...

Cambridge University Press2017

Observation of short time-scale spectral emissions at millimeter wavelengths with the new CTS diagnostic on the FTU tokamak

Cristian Galperti, Gabriele Grosso

On the FTU tokamak, the collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostic was renewed for investigating the possible excitation of parametric decay instabilities (PDI) by electron cyclotron (EC) or CTS probe beams in presence of magnetic islands and measure t ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2017

The lack of an appropriate model to describe the plasma dynamics in the tokamak scrapeoff layer (SOL) has undermined our ability to reliably predict the heat flux to the vessel wall of future fusion devices, one of the most important issues on the way to f ...

2017

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The impact of plasma shaping on tokamak scrape-off layer (SOL) turbulence is investigated. The drift-reduced Braginskii equations are written for arbitrary magnetic geometries, and an analytical equilibrium model is used to introduce the dependence of turb ...

Institute of Physics2017

Suprathermal electron studies in Tokamak plasmas by means of diagnostic measurements and modeling

Josef Kamleitner

To achieve reactor-relevant conditions in a tokamak plasma, auxiliary heating systems are required and can be realized by waves injected in the plasma that heat ions or electrons under certain conditions. Electron cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH) is a ver ...

EPFL2015

Neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs), magnetic islands located at rational

q

surfaces, are an important class of resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) instabilities in tokamak plasmas, with

q

the safety factor. NTMs are one of the main constraints of the a ...

EPFL2020