The DESC stellarator code suite. Part 1. Quick and accurate equilibria computations

D Panici, R Conlin, DW Dudt, K Unalmis… - Journal of Plasma …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Three-dimensional equilibrium codes are vital for stellarator design and operation, and high-
accuracy equilibria are also necessary for stability studies. This paper details comparisons …

Radial electric field and density fluctuations measured by Doppler reflectometry during the post-pellet enhanced confinement phase in W7-X

T Estrada, D Carralero, T Windisch, E Sánchez… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Radial profiles of density fluctuations and the radial electric field, E r, have been measured
using Doppler reflectometry during the post-pellet enhanced confinement phase achieved …

An experimental characterization of core turbulence regimes in Wendelstein 7-X

D Carralero, T Estrada, E Maragkoudakis… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
First results from the optimized helias Wendelstein 7-X stellarator (W7-X) have shown that
core transport is no longer mostly neoclassical, as is the case in previous kinds of …

Global electromagnetic turbulence simulations of W7-X-like plasmas with GENE-3D

F Wilms, AB Navarro, G Merlo, L Leppin… - Journal of Plasma …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The GENE-3D code, the global stellarator version of the established GENE framework, has
been extended to an electromagnetic gyrokinetic code. This paper outlines the basic …

Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport in LHD stellarator with boron impurity

T Singh, JH Nicolau, F Nespoli, G Motojima, Z Lin… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport for discharge#
166256 of the Large Helical Device stellarator in the presence of boron impurity show the co …

[HTML][HTML] Global gyrokinetic simulation of neoclassical ambipolar electric field and its effects on microturbulence in W7-X stellarator

JY Fu, JH Nicolau, PF Liu, XS Wei, Y Xiao, Z Lin - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Global neoclassical simulations of a model equilibrium of the W7-X stellarator find an
ambipolar electric field with either an ion root or an electron root solution depending on the …

Impact of the temperature ratio on turbulent impurity transport in Wendelstein 7-X

T Wegner, JA Alcuson, B Geiger, A Stechow… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
First experimental observations in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator indicate that the impurity
confinement can be explained by turbulent processes. In particular, plasma discharges with …

Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport using kinetic electrons in LHD stellarator

T Singh, JH Nicolau, Z Lin, S Sharma, A Sen… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Global gyrokinetic simulations of ion temperature gradient (ITG) and trapped electron mode
(TEM) in the LHD stellarator are carried out using the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC) with …

Phase contrast imaging measurements and numerical simulations of turbulent density fluctuations in gas-fuelled ECRH discharges in Wendelstein 7-X

JP Bähner, JA Alcusón, SK Hansen… - Journal of Plasma …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The fundamental nature of turbulent density fluctuations in standard Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X)
stellarator discharges is investigated experimentally via phase contrast imaging (PCI) in …

Global gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in stellarator plasmas

A Mishchenko, M Borchardt, R Hatzky… - Journal of Plasma …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Global electromagnetic turbulence is simulated in stellarator geometry using the gyrokinetic
particle-in-cell code EUTERPE. The evolution of the turbulent electromagnetic field and the …