J.F. Rivero-Rodriguez J. Galdon-Quiroga J. Dominguez-Palacios M. Garcia-Muñoz D. Garcia-Vallejo J. Gonzalez-Martin K. McClements L. Sanchis K. Sarkimaki A. Snicker Y. Todo L. Velarde E. Viezzer
Observations of enhanced fast-ion losses during edge localized modes (ELMs) have been reported in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, revealing losses above the injection energy. This suggests that fast ions can be accelerated and lost by the ELMs. Recent analysis delves into the analysis of the ELM-induced losses, suggesting that the fast ions are los…
PreprintGuoliang Xia Yueqiang Liu T.C. Hender K.G. McClements E. Trier E. Tholerus
In this work, the MARS-F/K codes (Liu Y Q et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681 & Liu Y Q et al 2008 Phys. Plasmas 15 112503) are utilized to model the passive and active control of the n=1 (n is the toroidal mode number) resistive wall mode (RWM) in a spherical tokamak (aspect rat…
Preprint PublishedJ.F. Rivero-Rodriguez S. Sharapov K. McClements M. Garcia-Muñoz N. Crocker M. Dreval D. Dunai N. Fil M. Fitzgerald J. Galdon-Quiroga C. Michael D. Ryan L. Velarde the MAST-U Team
Due to their relatively higher Vbeam/VAlvén ratio, spherical tokamaks are ideal to investigate high-frequency modes such as Compressional Alfvén Eigenmodes (CAEs) and Global Alfvén Eigenmodes (GAEs), and so they have been previously studied in MAST [1, 2]. Besides, the recently installed scintillator-based Fast-Ion Loss …
PreprintK. G. McClements M. Fitzgerald H. J. C. Oliver A. P. Prokopyszyn
The UK has launched a programme to build a prototype fusion power plant, the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), by 2040. It is intended that the STEP prototype will generate fusion power of the order of 1 GW and net electrical power of the order of 100 MW. Plasma scenarios that could be compatible with these design requirements and wit…
PreprintN. Fil S.E. Sharapov M. Fitzgerald G.J. Choi Z. Lin R.A. Tinguely H.J.C. Oliver K.G. McClements P.G. Puglia R.J. Dumont M. Porkolab JET Contributors
Recent JET Deuterium experiments with an advanced internal transport barrier (ITB) scenario have been performed to clearly observe destabilised toroidicity-induced Alfvén eigenmodes (TAEs) by fast ions; interestingly, these also exhibit unstable electromagnetic (EM) perturbations in the sub-TAE frequency range. We identify such EM perturbations to…
Preprint PublishedK G McClements J Young L Garzotti O M Jones C A Michael
The work reported in this paper has already been presented internally by placement student Jacob Young at a MAST Physics and Technology meeting on December 17 2020. Therefore it does not require a paper review presentation. Please also note that the paper is proposed for inclusion in a special issue of Plasma Research Express linked to the recent I…
Preprint PublishedB Chapman R O Dendy S C Chapman K G McClements R Ochoukov
Observations have recently been made of ion cyclotron emission (ICE) that originates from the core plasma in the DIII-D and ASDEX-Upgrade tokamaks. In some of these cases, the ICE spectral peaks correspond to the local cyclotron harmonic frequencies of fusion-born ions close to the magnetic axis. This is in contrast to the hitherto usual spatial lo…
PreprintA. R. Jackson A. S. Jacobsen K. G. McClements C. A. Michael M. Cecconello
The efficient confinement of fast ions is crucial to the development of a fusion power plant. Sawtooth crashes are a manifestation of an internal kink instability, which can severely degrade this confinement. The effect of these on a fast ion population can be investigated using fast-ion deuterium-alpha (FIDA) spectroscopy, where charge exchange…
Preprint PublishedR O Dendy B Chapman G S Yun S C Chapman K G McClements S G Thatipamula M H Kim A Zalzali
Intense suprathermal radiation, with spectral peaks at multiple harmonics of the deuteron cyclotron frequency, is detected from the outer midplane edge of KSTAR deuterium plasmas that are heated by tangential neutral beam injection (NBI) of 100keV deuterons. We identify how this deuterium ion cyclotron emission (ICE) is generated, and distinguish t…
Preprint PublishedN. Vianello D. Carralero C. K. Tsui V. Naulin M. Agostini J. Boedo B. Labit C. Theiler D. Aguiam S. Allan M. Bernert S. Costea I. Cziegler H. De Oliveira J. Galdon-Quiroga G. Grenfell A. Hakola C. Ionita H. Isliker A. Karpushov J. Kovacic B. Lipschultz R. Mauriozio K. McClements F. Militello J. Olsen J. J. Rasmussen T. Ravensbergen H. Reimerdes B. Schneider R. Schrittwieser M. Spolaore K. Verhaegh J. Vicente N. Walkden W. Zhang E. Wolfrum the ASDEX Upgrade Team the TCV team the EUROfusion MST1 Team
A detailed cross-device investigation on the role of filamentary dynamics in high density regimes has been performed within the EUROfusion framework comparing ASDEX-Upgrade (AUG) and TCV tokamaks. Both devices have run density ramp experiments at different levels of plasma current, keeping toroidal field or q95 constant in order to disentangle the …
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