Theory of the scrape-off layer width in inner-wall limited tokamak plasmas
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Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior Técnico2014
The present work takes place within the general context of research related to the development of nuclear fusion energy. More specifically, this thesis is mainly a numerical and physical contribution to the understanding of turbulence and associated transp ...
The narrow power decay-length (lambda(q)), recently found in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of inner-wall limited (IWL) discharges in tokamaks, is studied using 3D, flux-driven, global two-fluid turbulence simulations. The formation of the steep plasma profile ...
The International Tokamak Physics Activity Topical Group on scrape-off layer and divertor physics has amassed a database comprising hundreds of reciprocating Langmuir probe measurements of the main scrape-off layer heat-flux width lambda(q) in inner-wall l ...
A recent multi-machine experimental campaign initiated by the ITER Organization concluded that inner-wall limited (IWL) plasmas have a near scrape-off layer (SOL) heat-flux decay length of a few mm's, while the far SOL can have a width of several cm's. The ...
With the installation of non-axisymmetric coil systems on major tokamaks for the purpose of studying the prospects of ELM-free operation, understanding the plasma response to the applied fields is a crucial issue. Application of different response models, ...
A computational method is presented to determine the tokamak actuator time evolution (trajectories) required to optimally reach a given point in the tokamak operating space while satisfying a set of constraints. Usually, trajectories of plasma auxiliary he ...