S. Chen N. Correa Villanueva S. Kirk S. Capp O. Fordham A. Reeves S. Jones R. Khan A. Sergi C. Thompson
During development of the UKAEA’S Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), assessment of manufacturing strategies for the inboard shield identified several gaps in knowledge. Limits arose from the modularization of this component, geometric constraints of tungsten ceramic forming, joining with low-activation interlayers and dissimilar j…
PreprintPeng Shi Yuhan Wang Li Gao Hongjuan Sun Qinghu Yang Xin Xu Chengshuo Shen Yanqiu Chen Qinlin Tao Zhipeng Cheng Haosheng Wu Lu Wang Zhongyong Chen Nengchao Wang Zhoujun Yang Jingchun Li Yonghua Ding Yuan Pan J-TEXT team
This article presents an in-depth study of the sequence of events leading to density limit disruption in J-TEXT tokamak plasmas, with an emphasis on boudary turbulent transport and the high-field-side high-density (HFSHD) front. These phenomena were extensively investigated by using Langmuir probe and Polarimeter-interferometer diagnostics. The res…
PreprintO. El Atwani H.T. Vo M. Tunes C. Lee A. Alvarado N. Krienke J. Poplawsky A.A. Kohnert J. Gigax W.-Y. Chen M. Li Y. Wang J.S. Wróbel Duc Nguyen-Manh J.K.S. Baldwin U. Tukac E. Aydogan S. Fensin E. Martinez
In the quest of new materials that can withstand severe irradiation and mechanical extremes for advanced applications (e.g. fission reactors, fusion devices, space applications, etc), design, prediction and control of advanced materials beyond current material designs become a paramount goal. Here, though a combined experimental and simula…
PreprintR. Scannell H. Liu E. Mukhin E. Yatsuka A. Gorbunov L. Giudicotti G. Kurskiev J. Chen M. A. Van Zeeland D. Finkenthal R. Imazawa D. Brower A. Sirinelli T. Akiyama T. Carlstrom D. Johnson M. Lesher C. Watts M. Bassan
This paper provides an overview of the status of the laser diagnostics to be implemented on ITER. This includes descriptions of the Thomson scattering in the Core, Edge and Divertor regions, polarimetry and interferometry diagnostics used for measuring plasma density and also measurements of Helium density in the divertor using Laser Induced Flo…
PreprintPeng Shi Hongjuan Sun Ge Zhuang Zhifeng Cheng Li Gao Zhipeng Chen Jingchun Li Yinan Zhou the J-TEXT Team
This article reports the first observation of the high-field side high density (HFSHD) in the limiter devices. In the J-TEXT high density discharges, the high-density front at the HFS scrape-off layer (SOL) region edge has been clearly identified by the far-infrared laser polarimeter-interferometer. The HFSHD forms at the HFS SOL, and then expan…
Preprint PublishedGuanqi Dong Yueqiang Liu Xi Chen Guangzhou Hao Yi Liu Shuo Wang Neng Zhang Guoliang Xia
In quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) regime, edge harmonic oscillations (EHOs) are believed to provide necessary radial transport to prevent occurrence of large edge localized modes. A systematic modeling study is performed here on the low-n EHOs in a DIII-D QH-mode plasma [Chen et al. 2016 Nucl. Fusion 56 076011], by utilizing the MARS-Q code [Liu et a…
Preprint PublishedJ. Morris M. Y. Ye S. Mao
The Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) bridges the gap between ITER and a demonstration fusion power plant (DEMO). The primary objectives of CFETR are: demonstrate tritium self-sufficiency, ~1GW fusion power, operate in steady-state and have a duty cycle of 0.3-0.5 [1]. CFETR is in the pre-conceptual design phase and is currently envis…
Preprint PublishedN. Zhang Y. Q. Liu P. Piovesan V. Igochine D. L. Yu S. Wang G. Q. Dong G. Z. Hao G. L. Xia W. J. Chen L. Liu J. Q. Li X. Bai
Resistive plasma response to the n = 1 (n is the toroidal mode number) RMP field is systematically investigated for a high-beta hybrid discharge on ASDEX Upgrade. Both linear and quasi-linear response are modelled using the MARS-F and MARS-Q codes, respectively. Linear response computations show a large internal kink response when the plasma centra…
Preprint PublishedV.H. Chen F.I. Parra J.C. Hillesheim
The Doppler Backscattering (DBS) microwave diagnostic enables the non-perturbative characterisation of density fluctuations and flows, both at the edge and the core of the plasma. The large magnetic pitch angle (up to 35 degrees, compared to 15 degrees in standard tokamaks like JET) and the time-varying magnetic equilibrium make the use of DBS in s…
Preprint PublishedJ.Galdon-Quiroga M.Garcia-Munoz S.Sharapov L.Sanchis-Sanchez L.Chen M.Dunne J.Gonzalez-Martin M.Hoelz A.S.Jacobsen K.G.McClements M.Nocente F.Orain J.F.Rivero-Rodriguez D.A.Ryan M.Salewski P.Schneider A.Snicker W.Suttrop Y.Todo M.A.Van Zeeland E.Viezzer M.Willensdorfer D.Zarzoso F.Zonca The ASDEX Upgrade Team MST1 Team
An edge resonant transport layer has been found to explain many aspects of fast-ion confinement under symmetry breaking 3D edge perturbations, such as edge localized modes (ELMs) and externally applied magnetic perturbations (MPs). Experimental measurements in the ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) tokamak show that fast-ion losses in the presence of symmetry bre…
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