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Magnetic field configurational study on a helicon-based plasma source for future neutral beam systems

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Riccardo Agnello

A helicon-based plasma source is under development and exploration at CEA-IRFM to produce an efficient and dense magnetized plasma column. The final objective of this development is the extraction and acceleration of a blade-like negative ion beam in view ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2019

Electrical integration of two 1MW/2s dual-frequency gyrotrons into the EC-system of the TCV tokamak

Stefano Alberti, Damien Fasel, Ugo Siravo, Jérémie Dubray, Albert Perez

The electron-cyclotron heating system of the TCV tokamak is being enhanced as part of a major upgrade. Two MW-class dual-frequency gyrotrons will be installed. The first has already been delivered and will be fully commissioned on-site by the end of 2018 w ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2019

Turbulence simulations in diverted geometry

Paolo Ricci, Paola Paruta, Maurizio Giacomin, Carrie Fiona Beadle, André Calado Coroado

Abstract The study of scrape-off layer (SOL) is a fundamental step in magnetic confinement fusion research. For example, SOL sets the boundary conditions for the tokamak core and it provides the energy flux toward the tokamak wall. With the goal of improvi ...

2018

Tokamaks and stellarators are the most promising reactor concepts using the magnetic confinement to contain the plasma fuel. Reactors capable of sustaining deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reactions requires the confinement of a very high temperature plasma ...

EPFL2017

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

Christian Gabriel Theiler, Alessandro Marinoni

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 localized modes (ELMs). The regime has been demonstrated on the Alcator C-Mod, ASDEX ...

2016

On the non-stiffness of edge transport in L-mode tokamak plasmas

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Stephan Brunner, Alexander Karpushov, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Yann Camenen, Roland Behn, Doohyun Kim, Gabriele Merlo, Lucia Isabel Federspiel, Donghyun Kim

Transport analyses using first-principle turbulence codes and 11/2-D transport codes usually study radial transport properties between the tokamak plasma magnetic axis and a normalized minor radius around 0.8. In this region, heat transport shows significa ...

Amer Inst Physics2014

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Numerical simulations using the finite element method (FEM) verify the light confinement effect observed in nano-scale solid immersion lenses (SILs). As observed in experiments, a strong light confinement occurs on the bottom surface of the SILs in simulat ...

2013

The Tokamak concept, based on magnetic confinement of a hydrogen plasma, is one of today's most promising paths to energy production by nuclear fusion. The experimental scenarios leading to the largest fusion rate are based on a high confinement plasma reg ...

EPFL2012

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We report on the generation of photonic nanojets, which resemble optical bottle beams. They are realized by manipulating the illumination of dielectric microspheres. As illumination we use the outer region of deliberately truncated Bessel-Gauss beam or a f ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa2012

Extremely Shaped Plasmas to Improve the Tokamak Concept

Francesco Piras

Energy is essential for human existence and our future depends on plentiful and accessible sources of energy. The world population is fast growing and the average energy used per capita increases. One of the greatest challenges for human beings is that of ...

EPFL2011