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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(26)4262025
The first results of studies of high-power (≥ 3 MW) H-mode discharges in double-null X-point-target (XPT) divertor configuration on MAST-U are presented. By combining the large strike point radius of the Super- X divertor with an additional X-point in the baffled outer divertor chambers, further exhaust benefits in strongly detached conditions…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(26)4222025
Dedicated experiments were conducted on Alfvénic instabilities in the ion sub-cyclotron frequency range excited by energetic beam ions in the MAST-Upgrade tokamak. Losses of the beam ions associated with plasma instabilities were measured with a scintillator-type fast ion lost detector (FILD), which provided a 2D image of the losses as functions o…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3552025
This study presents results from particle transport modelling for D/T ratio control experiments conducted during the JET DTE3 campaign. TRANSP interpretative and JETTO predictive simulations for D and T densities were performed and their results are discussed. Despite using simplified models based on Bohm-gyroBohm transport, the simulations inco…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3052025
The MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor is typically seen to detach in steady state discharges. However, divertor re-attachment is observed to occur during fast transient heat loads. In this paper the effect of edge localised modes (ELMs) on the divertor are diagnosed on fast time scales with Thomson scattering and with a new ultrafast divertor spectrosc…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(26)342024
The MAST-U spherical tokamak (ST) is equipped with on-axis and off-axis neutral beam injectors (NBI), external sources of super-Alfvénic fast ions that provide opportunities for studying a wide range of phenomena relevant to the physics of alpha-particles in future burning plasma devices such as STEP or ITER. High performance of MAST-U plasmas rel…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(26)322024
Tikhonov regularization has so far been the method par excellence applied to Fast Ion Loss Detector (FILD) [1] measurements to obtain an accurate fast ion velocity distribution [2]. To address two major drawbacks of Tikhonov regularization, the computational expense and the critical reliance on the optimal value of a hyperparameter, iterative algor…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3692024
Plasma detachment in tokamaks is useful for reducing heat flux to the target. It involves interactions of the plasma with impurities and neutral particles, leading to significant losses of plasma power, momentum, and particles. Accurate mapping of plasma emissivity in the divertor and X-point region is essential for assessing the rel…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)2972024
During detachment, a buffer of neutral atoms and molecules builds up between the target and the ionising plasma. Collisions between the plasma and the molecules play an important role in the detachment process. Studies of plasma-molecular kinetics indicate that the gas temperature is increased during detachment for a wide range of conditions on …
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)2672024
The first generation of nuclear fusion reactors is expected to operate using a mixture of deuterium(D) and tritium(T) fuel. Controlling the D:T ratio is a promising option to control the fusion burn rate. The Joint European Torus (JET), as the only operational tokamak which can use tritium, is uniquely placed to test th…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(24)2652024
Dedicated experiments were performed on MAST Upgrade to study beam-ion losses caused by charge exchange (CX) with edge neutrals. The fuelling was switched from the high-field side to the low-field side mid-discharge. Direct measurements suggest a strong increase in neutral density around the plasma and a deterioration of the beam-ion confinement…
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