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Machine learning enhanced tomographic reconstruction for multispectral imaging on TCV

A multispectral camera setup is used to infer a 2D map of plasma parameters in a tokamak from spectral emissions. However, the light measured by these cameras is line integrated in the toroidal direction, whereas emissivities on the poloidal plane are nece ...

2025

Isotope effects in linear and saturated ohmic confinement of TCV tokamak and gyrokinetic validation

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Benoît Labit, Alexander Karpushov, Artur Perek, Oleg Krutkin, Dmytry Mykytchuk, Henri Weisen, Lorenzo Martinelli

We investigated isotope effects during the tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) ohmic discharge of a diverted positive triangular shape configuration of deuterium (D) and hydrogen (H) plasmas. The transition from the linear ohmic confinement (LOC) regime ...

2025

𝑋-Point Target Radiator Regime in Tokamak Divertor Plasmas

Basil Duval, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Artur Perek, Luke Simons, Garance Hélène Salomé Durr-Legoupil-Nicoud, Daniele Hamm, Francesco Pastore, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno, Curdin Tobias Wüthrich

Fusion plasma regimes with a strongly radiating magnetic 𝑋 point are promising candidates to tackle the outstanding power exhaust challenge in reactor-scale devices. In this Letter, we report on a new type of 𝑋-point radiator, the XPTR (𝑋-point target radi ...

American Physical Society (APS)2025

L-H power threshold for neutral beam heated plasmas with Deuterium, Hydrogen, Helium and mixed ion species in TCV

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Yves Martin, Benoît Labit, Alessandro Pau, Alexander Karpushov, Artur Perek, Dmytry Mykytchuk

A systematic study of the power threshold for L-H transition has been conducted in TCV. Only results from NB heated plasmas are reported. The dependencies of PLH on plasma current, plasma density and main ion species have been investigated. For Deuterium&# ...

IOP Publishing2025

Interpretation of divertor ion temperature measurements from an attached towards a detached regime

Basil Duval, Patrick Blanchard, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Artur Perek, Luke Simons, Christine Stollberg, Olivier Claude Martin Février, Lorenzo Martinelli, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno

We present simultaneous profiles of the poloidal distribution of electron temperature and density (Te, ne), the poloidal emissivity distributions of a range of spectral lines together with the corresponding ion temperatures, Ti, in the TCV divertor plasma. ...

2025

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

Resonant interaction between runaway electrons and the toroidal magnetic field ripple in TCV

Umar Sheikh, Artur Perek

This work explains the anomalously high runaway electron (RE) pitch angles inferred in the flat-top of dedicated Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV) experiments. Kinetic modelling shows that the resonant interaction between the gyromotion of the electro ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2024

Demonstration of a sparse sensor placement technique to the limited diagnostic set in a fusion power plant

Artur Perek, Lorenzo Martinelli

DEMO will have a limited diagnostic set for optimization of reactor performance, and limited diagnostic coverage due to challenging reactor conditions. This poses challenges for control, especially for detachment control which is planned to be performed wi ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Comparison of detachment in Ohmic plasmas with positive and negative triangularity

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Laurie Porte, Artur Perek, Garance Hélène Salomé Durr-Legoupil-Nicoud, Olivier Claude Martin Février, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno

In recent years, negative triangularity (NT) has emerged as a potential high-confinement L-mode reactor solution. In this work, detachment is investigated using core density ramps in lower single null Ohmic L-mode plasmas across a wide range of upper, lowe ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2024

Automated shot-to-shot optimization of the plasma start-up scenario in the TCV tokamak

Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Cristian Galperti, Artur Perek, Pedro Andres Molina Cabrera, Curdin Tobias Wüthrich

Plasma start-up is typically achieved manipulating poloidal magnetic fields, gas injection and possibly auxiliary heating. Model-based design techniques have been gaining increasing attention in view of future large tokamaks which have more stringent const ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2024