L W Packer M Gilbert S Hughes S Lilley R Pampin J-C Sublet
In support of the technological requirements for fusion, the UK fusion technology programme is conducting several experiments using the ASP DT neutron irradiation facility at AWE Aldermaston. The present experimental programme covers two key areas of technology development: improving the quality of nuclear cross-section data required for fusion-rel…
PublishedS. Saarelma O.J. Kwon A. Kirk Mast Team
We study the effects of the X-point configuration on ELM triggering peeling and ballooning modes by using fixed boundary equilibria and modifying the plasma shape to approach the limit of a true X-point. The current driven pure peeling modes are asymptotically stabilised by the X-point while the stabilising effect on ballooning modes depends on the…
PublishedP. Mantica C. Angioni C. Challis G. Colyer L. Frassinetti N. Hawkes T. Johnson M. Tsalas P. C. Devries J. Weiland B. Baiocchi M. N. A. Beurskens A. C. A. Figueiredo C. Giroud J. Hobirk E. Joffrin E. Lerche V. Naulin A. G. Peeters A. Sal
New transport experiments on JET indicate that ion stiffness mitigation in the core of a rotating plasma, as described by Mantica et al. [ Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 175002 (2009) ] results from the combined effect of high rotational shear and low magnetic shear. The observations have important implications for the understanding of improved ion core con…
PublishedI.N.Chugunov V.G.Kiptily A.E.Shevelev D.B.Gin
Gamma-ray spectrometry provides diagnostics of fast ion behavior in plasmas of large tokamaks. Information acquiring with the gamma-ray diagnostics gives possibility to identify and distinguish simultaneously presence of fast alpha-particles and other ions (H, D, T, 3 He), to obtain its relative densities and also to perform tomographic radial prof…
PublishedF. Militello M. Romanelli J.W. Connor R.J. Hastie
It is shown that drift wave plasma turbulence in the electromagnetic regime can significantly affect the zonal flow dynamics and drive zonal fields. A new interpretation of the effect of the zonal fields on the zonal flow stability is given as previous analytic predictions are shown to be inadequate for accurately describing the numerical results. …
PublishedC. Arnas C. Pardanaud C. Martin P. Roubin G. De Temmerman et al.
Among dust particles of various origins collected in the MAST vessel, large quantities of carbon nanoparticles are observed. They are produced in the coldest plasma regions from the nucleation of carbonaceous species originating from physical and chemical erosion of the graphitic plasma facing components. On the other hand, laboratory plasmas studi…
PublishedA. Kirk Yueqiang Liu E. Nardon P. Tamain P. Cahyna I. Chapman P. Denner H. Meyer S. Mordijck D. Temple The Mast Team
Experiments have been performed on MAST using internal (n=3) resonant magnetic perturbation coils. The application of the RMPs to L-mode discharges has shown a clear density pump out when the field line pitch angle at the low field side of the plasma is sufficiently well aligned with the applied field. The application of the RMPs before the L-H tra…
PublishedM. Tardocchi M. Nocente I. Proverbio V. G. Kiptily P. Blanchard S. Conroy M. Fontanesi G. Grosso K. Kneupner E. Lerche A. Murari E. Perelli Cippo A. Pietropaolo B. Syme D. Van Eester G. Gorini
Intensities and detailed spectral shapes of γ-ray emission peaks were successfully reproduced using a physics model combining the kinetics of the reacting ions with a detailed description of the nuclear reaction differential cross sections for populating the L1-L8 14 N excitation levels yielding the observed γ-ray emission. The results provide a …
PublishedV. F. Shevchenko M. De Bock S. J. Freethy A. N. Saveliev R. G. L. Vann
Angular scanning of electron Bernstein wave emission (EBE) has been conducted in MAST. From EBE measurements over a range of viewing angles, the angular position and orientation of the B-X-O mode conversion (MC) window can be estimated, giving the pitch angle of the magnetic field in the MC layer. The radial position of the corresponding MC layer i…
PublishedF. Militello W. Fundamenski
The behaviour of the turbulence in magnetic fusion plasmas is discussed in the framework of dimensional analysis. Three main dimensionless parameters are identified, which directly affect the adiabatic response of the plasma and hence control the electron response. They were originally introduced by Scott [B. Scott, Plasma Phys Control. Fusion, 39,…
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