B. Geiger A. N. Karpushov S. Sharapov R. Akers A. Bock M. Dunne B. Duval M. Fontana L. Giannone J. Hobirk C. Hopf A.S. Jacobsen D. Keeling P. Lauber C. Marini P. ZS. Poloskei M. Salewski O. Sauter P. A. Schneider D. Testa A.J. Van Vuuren M. Willensdorfer TCV Team ASDEX Upgrade Team EUROfusion MST15 Team
The fast-ion transport has been investigated in low-collisionality discharges at ASDEX Upgrade and TCV using offaxis neutral beams. In both devices Alfven eigenmode activity was observed which does, however, not strongly affect the global fast-ion confinement. In contrast, charge exchange losses have been identified to have a strong effect. At TCV …
PreprintR.A. Tinguely P.G. Puglia N. Fil S. Dowson M. Porkolab A. Dvornova A. Fasoli M. Fitzgerald G.T.A. Huysmans M. Maslov S. Sharapov D. Testa JET Contributors
This paper presents a dedicated study of plasma-antenna (PA) coupling with the Alfvén Eigenmode Active Diagnostic (AEAD) in JET. Stable AEs and their resonant frequencies f, damping rates < 0, and toroidal mode numbers n are measured for various PA separations and limiter versus X-point magnetic cofigurations. Two stable AEs are observed to be …
Preprint PublishedR.A. Tinguely P.G. Puglia N. Fil S. Dowson M. Porkolab A. Fasoli D. Testa JET Contributors
This paper presents results of extensive analysis of mode excitation observed during the operation of the Alfvén Eigenmode Active Diagnostic (AEAD) in the JET tokamak during the 2019-2020 deuterium campaign. Six of eight toroidally-spaced antennas, each with independent power and phasing, were successful in actively exciting stable MHD modes in…
Preprint PublishedS. Dowson S. Dorling H. K. Sheikh T. Blackman G. Jones A. Goodyear P. Puglia P. Blanchard A. Fasoli D. Testa N. Fil V. Aslanyan M. Porkolab W. Pires De Sa R. Galvao L. Ruchko J. Figueiredo C. Perez Von Thun JET Contributors
The Alfvén Eigenmode Active Diagnostic system (AEAD) has undergone a major upgrade and redesign to provide a state of the art excitation and real-time detection system for JET. The new system consists of individual 4kW amplifiers for each of the six antennas, allowing for increased current, separate excitation and real time control of relative …
Preprint PublishedV. Aslanyan S. Taimourzadeh L. Shi Z. Lin G. Dong P. Puglia M. Porkolab R. Dumont S. E. Sharapov J. Mailloux M. Tsalas M. Maslov A. Whitehead R. Scannell S. Gerasimov S. Dorling S. Dowson H. K. Sheikh T. Blackman G. Jones A. Goodyear K. K. Kirov P. Blanchard A. Fasoli D. Testa JET Contributors
The Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code (GTC) has been used to study Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes (TAEs) in high-performance plasmas. Experiments performed at the Joint European Torus, where TAEs were driven by energetic particles arising from Neutral Beams, ion cyclotron resonant heating and resonantly excited by dedicated external antennas, have been simulat…
Preprint PublishedN. Fil M. Porkolab P. Puglia V. Aslanyan S. Dowson M. Fitzgerald S. E. Sharapov H. K. Sheikh Z. Lin J. Bao P. Blanchard A. Fasoli D. Testa J. Mailloux M. Tsalas M. Maslov A. Whitehead R. Scannell S. Gerasimov S. Dorling T. Blackman G. Jones A. Goodyear K. K. Kirov R. Dumont M. Podesta JET Contributors
The resonant detection and measurement of the damping rates of Alfvén Eigenmodes (AEs) is of critical importance to the design of experiments and development of models of AE stability [1]. With the Alfvén Eigenmodes Active Diagnostic (AEAD) on JET, weakly-damped Toroidal AEs (TAEs) have been probed. Theoretical modeling using the Gyrokinetic Toro…
Preprint PublishedA. Dvornova G.T.A. Huijsmans S. Sharapov F.J. Artola P. Puglia M. Hoelzl S. Pamela A. Fasoli D. Testa
Toroidal Alfven Eigenmode (TAE) excitation can be caused by fusion-born or Ion Cyclotron Resonance and neutral beam heating fast particles through wave-particle resonance. TAEs may affect fast particle confinement, reduce heating and current drive efficiency, cause damage to the first wall, and decrease overall plasma performance. Excitation of TA…
Preprint PublishedV. Aslanyan S. Taimourzadeh L. Shi Z. Lin G. Dong P. Puglia M. Porkolab R. Dumont S. E. Sharapov J. Mailloux M. Tsalas M. Maslov A. Whitehead R. Scannell S. Gerasimov S. Dorling S. Dowson H. K. Sheikh T. Blackman G. Jones A. Goodyear K. K. Kirov P. Blanchard A. Fasoli D. Testa JET Contributors
The Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code (GTC) has been used to study Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes (TAEs) in high-performance plasmas. Experiments performed at the Joint European Torus, where TAEs were driven by energetic particles arising from Neutral Beams, ion cyclotron resonant heating and resonantly excited by dedicated external antennas, have been simula…
Preprint PublishedS. E. Sharapov L.-G. Eriksson A. Fasoli G. Gorini J. Källne V. G. Kiptily A. A. Korotkov A. Murari S. D. Pinches D. S. Testa P. R. Thomas
Studies establishing key phenomena and developing diagnostics for energetic particle physics, which are essential for the next step burning plasma experiments such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), have been performed at the Joint European Torus (JET). Experiments have demonstrated clear selfheating of deuterium-tritiu…
PublishedP. H. Titus J. Snipes A. F. Fasoli D.Testa B.Walton JET-EFDA Contributors
In this paper the mechanical design of the new active MHD antennas for JET is described and the structural/mechanical analysis for the antennas is presented. These new antennas replace the existing n = 1 or 2 saddle coils with a set of eight smaller antennas designed to excite Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes (TAE's) with high toroidal mode number (n ~ …
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