V.G. Kiptily M. Fitzgerald S.E. Sharapov M. Poradzinski Z. Stancar P. J. Bonofiglo R. Dumont Z. Ghani V. Goloborodko S. Menmuir1 D. Keeling M. Podestà H. Sun D.M. Taylor D. Douai J. Garcia C.F. Maggi J. Mailloux F. Rimini
The fusion-born alpha-particle heating in magnetically confined fusion machines is a high priority subject for study. The self-heating of thermonuclear fusion plasma by alpha-particles was observed in recent deuterium-tritium (D-T) experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET). This observation was possible by conducting so-called “after…
PreprintM. Fitzgerald R. Dumont D. Keeling J. Mailloux S. Sharapov M. Dreval A. Figueiredo R. Coelho J. Ferreira P. Rodrigues F. Nabais D. Borba Ž. Štancar G. Szepesi R.A. Tinguely N Fil P.G. Puglia H.J.C. Oliver V. Kiptily M. Baruzzo M. Lennholm P. Siren J. Garcia C.F. Maggi
A toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) has been observed driven by alpha particles in the Joint European Torus (JET). The observation was made in dedicated deuterium-tritium experiments where radio-frequency (RF) heating was absent, in the so-called “afterglow” period when neutral beam heating was removed. Agreement with reduced and perturbative mod…
PreprintHJ. Sun SA. Silburn IS. Carvalho C Giroud G Fishpool GF. Matthews DB. King RB. Henriques DL. Keeling FG. Rimini L. Garzotti D. Frigione D. Van Eester D Kos M-L. Mayoral J. Mailloux C. Maggi A. Huber D. Douai PJ. Lomas L Morten M. Maslov K. Kirov P. Jacquet CG. Lowry M. Baruzzo C. Stuart J. Mitchell L. Horvath DC. McDonald JET Contributors
Unusually high power loads on the Beryllium limiter caused by Neutral Beam re-ionisation, and much cooler divertor target surfaces were observed during the recent JET tritium campaign. As both phenomena are driven by scrape-off layer (SOL) physics, the SOL features of 72 tritium H-mode discharges and their deuterium references have been studied. …
Preprint PublishedP. J. Bonofiglo V. Kiptily V. Goloborodko Z. Stancar M. Podesta F. E. Cecil C. D. Challis J. Hobirk A. Kappatou E. Lerche I. Carvalho J. Garcia J. Mailloux C. F. Maggi A. G. Meigs
Capacitive plasma pickup is a well-known and difficult problem for plasma-facing edge diagnostics. Ths problem must be addressed to ensure an accurate and robust interpretation of the real signal measurements versus noise. JET’s Faraday cup fast ion loss detector array is particularly prone to this issue and can be used as a …
Preprint PurchaseP.A. Schneider C. Angioni L. Frassinetti L. Horvath M. Maslov F. Auriemma M. Cavedon C.D. Challis E. Delabie M.G. Dunne J.M. Fontdecaba Climent J. Hobirk A. Kappatou D.L. Keeling B. Kurzan M. Lennholm B. Lomanovski C.F. Maggi R.M. McDermott T. Pütterich A. Thorman M. Willensdorfer
Experiments in ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) and JET with the ITER-like wall (JET-ILW) are performed to separate the pedestal and core contributions to confinement in H-modes with different main ion masses. A strong isotope mass dependence in the pedestal is found which is enhanced at high gas puffing. This is because the ELM type changes when going fro…
Preprint PublishedJ.C. Hillesheim E. Delabie E. Solano C.F. Maggi H. Meyer E. Belonohy I. Carvalho E. de la Luna A. Drenik M. Gelfusa C. Giroud J. Hobirk A.E. Hubbard A. Kappatou H.T. Kim A. Huber E. Lerche B. Lomanowski M. Mantsinen S. Menmuir I. Nunes E. Peluso F. Rimini P.A. Schneider M. Stamp G. Verdoolaege JET Contributors
Unraveling the conditions that permit access to H-mode continues to be an unresolved physics issue for tokamaks, and accurate extrapolations are important for planning ITER operations and DEMO design constraints. Experiments have been performed in JET, with the ITER-like W/Be wall, to increase the confidence of predictions for the L-H transition po…
Preprint PublishedN J Conway A Cackett C F Maggi A G Meigs K-D Zastrow T M Biewer D L Hillis
Since 2010, an in-vessel calibration light source (ICLS) has been used periodically on JET to calibrate a range of diagnostics at UV, visible and IR wavelengths. During shutdowns, the ICLS (essentially an integrating sphere) is positioned within the vacuum vessel by the remote handling (RH) system. Following the 2013 run, several changes were made …
Preprint PublishedA R Field J M Fontdecaba L Frassinetti L Horvath Hyun-Tae Kim C Maggi C M Roach S Saarelma M Sertoli G Szepeisi JET contributors
The exhaust (loss) power components due to ELMs, radiation and heat transport across the edge transport barrier (ETB) between ELMs are quantifed for H-mode plasmas in JET-C and JET-ILW to provide data for comparison with simulations of pedestal heat transport. In low-current, JET-ILW pulses with a low rate of gas fuelling, the pedestal heat tran…
Preprint PublishedS. Saarelma L. Frassinetti P. Bilkova C.D. Challis A. Chankin R. Fridström L. Garzotti L. Horvath C.F. Maggi JET Contributors
The self-consistent core-pedestal prediction model of a combination of EPED1 type pedestal prediction and a simple stiff core transport model is able to predict type I ELMy pedestals of a large database JET-ILW (ITER-like wall) at the similar accuracy as is obtained when the experimental global plasma b is used as input. The neutral penetration …
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