V. 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 PublishedB. J. Ding P. T. Bonoli A. Tuccillo M. Goniche K. Kirov M. Li Y. Li R. Cesario Y. Peysson A. Ekedahl L. Amicucci S. Baek I. Faust R. Parker S. Shiraiwa G. M. Wallace A. Cardinali C. Castaldo S. Ceccuzzi J. Mailloux F. Napoli F. Liu B. Wan JET Contributors
Progress in understanding lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) at high density has been made through experiments and modeling, which is encouraging given the need for an efficient off-axis current profile control technique in burning plasma. By reducing the wall recycling of neutrals, the edge temperature is increased and the effect of parametric inst…
Preprint PublishedK. K. Kirov A. Ekedahl J. Bernardo M. Goniche J. Mailloux
In this report key aspects of Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD) operation at JET are presented. Amplitude and broadening of the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum at about 3.7GHz and the frequency shift of the lower sideband were analyzed by means of new diagnostic utilizing RF spectra measurements. Dependencies on plasma density, LH power and the toroi…
Preprint PublishedJ. Figueiredo J. Mailloux K. Kirov D. Kinna M. Stamp S. Devaux G. Arnoux J. S. Edwards A. V. Stephen P. Mccullen C. Hogben JET EFDA Contributors
Arcs are the potentially most dangerous events related to Lower Hybrid (LH) antenna operation. If left uncontrolled they can produce damage and cause plasma disruption by impurity influx. To address this issue an arc real time control and protection imaging system for the Joint European Torus (JET) LH antenna has been implemented. The LH system is …
PublishedM-L. Mayoral V. Bobkov A. Czarnecka I. Day A. Ekedahl P. Jacquet M. Goniche R. King K. Kirov E. Lerche J. Mailloux D. Van Eester O. Asunta C. Challis D. Ciric J.W. Coenen L. Colas C. Giroud M. Graham I. Jenkins E. Joffrin T. Jones D.
The major aspects linked to the use of the JET auxiliary heating systems: NBI, ICRF and LHCD, in the new JET ITER-like wall (JET-ILW) are presented. We show that although there were issues related to the operation of each system, efficient and safe plasma heating was obtained with room for higher power. For the NBI up to 25.7MW was safely injected;…
PublishedK. K. Kirov Yu. Baranov E. Barbato M. Brix G. Corrigan A. Ekedahl M. Goniche J. Mailloux V. Petrzilka F. Rimini M. Stamp JET EFDA Contributors
An overview of the recent results of Lower Hybrid (LH) experiments at JET with the ITER-like wall (ILW) is presented. Topics relevant to LH wave coupling are addressed as well as issues related to ILW and LH system protections. LH wave coupling was studied in conditions determined by ILW recycling and operational constraints. It was concluded that …
PublishedK.K. Kirov J. Mailloux A. Ekedahl V. Petrzilka G. Arnoux Yu. Baranov M. Brix M. Goniche S. Jachmich M.-L. Mayoral J. Ongena F. Rimini M. Stamp JET EFDA Contributors
In this paper important aspects of Lower Hybrid (LH) operation with the ITER Like Wall (ILW) [1] at JET are reported. Impurity release during LH operation was investigated and it was found that there is no significant Be increase with LH power. Concentration of W was analysed in more detail and it was concluded that LH contributes negligibly to its…
PublishedYu. F. Baranov C. D. Challis A. Ekedahl M. Goniche K. Kirov et al.
Mechanisms of arc formation have been analyzed and the critical electric fields for the multipactor effect calculated, compared to the experimental values and found to be within the normal operational space of the LH system on JET. It has been shown that the characteristic electron energy (20-1000)eV for the highest multipactor resonances (N=4-9) a…
PublishedJ.-M. Noterdaeme E. Righi J. Degrassie V. Chan K. Kirov et al.
Detailed measurements of the rotation profile in L-mode plasmas heated by ICRF only (H minority in D), show a distinct off-axis maximum in the co-current direction. There is a slight dependence on the position of the resonance layer: the off-axis maximum in the rotation profile is modestly higher for a high field side position of the resonance laye…
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