I Turner A J T Holmes J Zacks R McAdams
A 1D model of an RF driven ion source is presented and is based on the ionisation of thermal electrons. The RF source differs from traditional filament and arc ion sources because there are no primary electrons present, and is simply composed of an antenna region (driver) and a main plasma discharge region. However the model does still make use …
Preprint PublishedD. Gallart M. Mantsinen C. Challis D. Frigione J. Graves E. Belonohy F. Casson A. Czarnecka J. Eriksson J. Garcia M. Goniche C. Hellesen J. Hobirk P. Jacquet E. Joffrin N. Krawczyk D. King M. Lennholm E. Lerche E. Pawelec X. Sáez M. Sertoli G. Sips E. Solano M. Tsalas P. Vallejos Olivares M. Valisa
During the 2015-2016 JET campaigns many efforts have been devoted to the exploration of high-performance plasma scenarios envisaged for DT operation in JET. In this paper we review various key recent hybrid discharges and model the combined ICRF+NBI heating. These deuterium discharges with deuterium beams had the ICRF antenna frequency tuned to mat…
Preprint PublishedM. R. Hardman M. Barnes C. M. Roach F. I. Parra
Multiple space and time scales arise in plasma turbulence in magnetic confinement fusion devices because of the smallness of the square root of the electron-to-ion mass ratio and the consequent disparity of the ion and electron thermal gyroradii and thermal speeds. Direct simulations of this turbulence that include both ion and electron space-ti…
Preprint PublishedJ W Connor C J Ham R J Hastie A Zocco
Kinetic treatments of drift tearing modes that match an inner, resonant layer solution to an external MHD solution, can fail to match the ideal MHD boundary condition on the parallel electric field. In this paper we demonstrate how consideration of ion sound and ion Landau damping effects achieves this, placing the theory on a firm footing. The …
Preprint Publishedyiqiang wang Mike Gorley Saurabh Kabra Elizabeth Surrey
Eurofer 97 is the main structural material targeted for the DEMO reactors which will be operated under magnetic fields. It is therefore imperative to understand the effect of magnetic fields on the mechanical properties of the Eurofer 97. Here we preform 30 uniaxial tensile tests with and without a 1.5 T magnetic field at room temperature. The stat…
Preprint PublishedA.V. Melnikov E. Ascasibar A. Cappa F. Castejon L.G. Eliseev C. Hidalgo P.O. Khabanov N.K. Kharchev A.S. Kozachek L.I. Krupnik M. Liniers S.E.Lysenko J.L. dePablos V.N. Zenin S.E. Sharapov M.V. Ufimtsev and TJ-II team
Alfven Eigenmodes were studied in low magnetic shear flexible heliac TJ-II (B0=0.95 T, =1.5 m, =0.22 m) NBI heated plasmas (PNBI <1.1 MW, ENBI=32 keV) by Heavy Ion Beam Probe (HIBP) [1, 2, 3]. The L-mode hydrogen plasma was investigated at various magnetic configurations with rotational transform t(a)/2
Preprint PublishedF. Koechl A.R. Polevoi C.S. Byun D.H. Na J.M. Seo F.A.A. Felici A. Fukuyama J. Garcia N. Hayashi C.E. Kessel T. Luce J.M. Park F. Poli O. Sauter A.C.C. Sips P. Strand A. Teplukhina I. Voitsekhovitch A. Wisitsorasak X. Yuan
We report results of the benchmarking of core particle transport simulations by the codes widely used in the interpretative transport analyses and predictive modelling of tokamak plasmas. Our analysis includes formulation of transport equations, difference between electron and ion particle solvers, comparison of simulations of particle sinks and so…
Preprint PublishedM. Willensdorfer T.B. Cote M. Griener D.A. Ryan E. Strumberger W. Suttrop N. Wang M. Cavedon S.S. Denk M. Dunne R. Fischer J. Galdon-Quiroga C.J. Ham C.C. Hegna M. Hoelzl A. Kirk M. Maraschek F. Mink N. Leuthold F. Orain E. P. Seliunin H. Zohm the ASDEX Upgrade Team and the MST1 Team
The impact of the three-dimensional (3D) tokamak geometry from external magnetic perturbations (MPs) on the local edge stability has been examined in high confinement mode (H-mode) plasmas with edge localised modes (ELMs) in ASDEX Upgrade. The 3D geometry has been probed using rigidly rotating MP fields. The measured distortions of the plasma bound…
Preprint PublishedAlessandro Geraldini Felix Parra Fulvio Militello
Using a kinetic model for the ions and adiabatic electrons, we solve a steady state, electron-repelling magnetic presheath in which a uniform magnetic field makes a small angle α
Preprint PublishedJordan Cavalier Nicolas Lemoine Frederic Brochard Vladimir Weinzettl Jakub Seidl Scott Silburn Patrick Tamain Renaud Dejarnac Jiri Adamek Radomir Panek
Following the lead of [Nguyen Van Yen Nucl. Fus. 52 (2012) 013005 (11pp)], this article tackles the problem of tomographic inversion with one camera assuming a constant emissivity of light along the magnetic field lines. In this way, the 3D problem reduces to 2D by helical symmetry, allowing for the reconstruction of any poloidal plane in the …
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