M. 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…
PreprintK K Kirov F. Auriemma R. Bilato C. Challis E. De la Luna J. Garcia J. Hobirk P. Jacquet A. Kappatou Y. Kazakov D. Keeling D. King V. Kiptily E. Lerche C. Maggi J. Mailloux P. Mantica M. Mantsinen M. Maslov R. Sharma Z. Stancar D. Van Eester JET-EFDA contributors
Several Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH) schemes in DT plasma have been considered for the ITER reactor [1]. Most of these heating schemes are minority heating at fundamental frequency. In DT plasma, both reactants can also absorb RF power as majorities at fundamental n=1 or harmonic n=2 frequency. Understanding benefits of directly heatin…
PreprintV.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. Maggi1 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 “af…
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 PurchaseV.G. Kiptily Ye.O. Kazakov M. Nocente J. Ongena M. Dreval T. Craciunescu M. Fitzgerald L. Giacomelli V. Goloborodko M.V. Iliasova E.M. Khilkevitch D. Rigamonti A.V. Shevelev J. Garcia J. Oliver S.E. Sharapov Z. Stancar H. Weisen
Alfvén eigenmode (AE) instabilities driven by α-particles have been observed in D-3He fusion experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall [Kiptily et al, submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters, 2020]. The impact of these type instabilities on a burning plasma is of crucial relevance for the perfor…
PreprintM. VALOVIČ Y. BARANOV A. BOBOC J. BUCHANAN J. CITRIN E. DELABIE L. GARZOTTI C. GIROUD R. MCKEAN E. LERCHE E. DE LA LUNA V. KIPTILY F. KÖCHL M. MARIN S. MENMUIR C. VON THUN G. TVALASHVILI AND THE JET CONTRIBUTORS
Control of plasma H:D isotope mix using solely shallow pellets (in H or D) was demonstrated in recent experiments, attaining ~50%:50% ratio. The isotope mix propagates from the edge to the core on the confinement timescale. Isotope dependence of energy confinement is within error bar to scaling laws. A dataset is collected for different pellet s…
PreprintV.G.Kiptily Ye.O.Kazakov M.Nocente J.Ongena M.Dreval T.Craciunescu M.Fitzgerald L.Giacomelli V.Goloborodko D.Rigamonti A.V.Shevelev J.Garcia H.J.C.Oliver S.E.Sharapov Z.Stancar H. Weisen
Alfvén eigenmode (AE) instabilities driven by alpha-particles have been observed in D-3He fusion experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall (ILW). For the efficient generation of fusion alpha-particles from D-3He fusion reaction, the 3‑ion radio frequency (RF) scenario was used t…
Preprint PublishedK. K. Kirov Y. Kazakov M. Nocente J. Ongena Y. Baranov F. Casson J. Eriksson L. Giacomelli C. Hellesen V. Kiptily R. Bilato K. Crombe R. Dumont P. Jacquet T. Johnson E. Lerche M. Mantsinen D. Van Eester J. Varje H. Weisen JET Contributors
Understanding the impact of the synergistic effects on fast ion distribution function (DF) is essential for maximising the fusion rates in magnetic confinement fusion plasma. Because fusion reactions such as D-D, D-3He, D-T etc. have different energy dependencies, tailoring the energies of the fast ions to predetermined values optimal for fusion…
Preprint PublishedV.G. Kiptily M. Fitzgerald Ye.O. Kazakov M. Nocente J. Ongena S.E. Sharapov M. Dreval Ž. Štancar T. Craciunescu J. Garcia L. Giacomelli V.Goloborodko J. Oliver H. Weisen
Dedicated experiments to generate high-energy D ions and D-3He fusion-born alpha particles have been performed at the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall (ILW). Deuterium ions from neutral beam injection (NBI) with acceleration voltage of 100 keV were accelerated to higher energies in the core of mixed D-3He…
Preprint PublishedV.G. Kiptily Ye. Kazakov M. Nocente M. Fitzgerald S. Sharapov A.E. Shevelev JET Contributors
Elliptical AE (EAE) and TAE mode instabilities have been observed in hydrogen-rich (nH/(nH+nD)~70-90% JET discharges of so-called “three-ion scenario”, i.e. D-(3He)-H three ion ICRH scenario [1], which is characterized by strong absorption of radio frequency waves a…
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