Stability optimization of energetic particle driven modes in nuclear fusion devices: the FAR3d gyro-fluid code

J Varela, D Spong, L Garcia, Y Ghai, J Ortiz… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The development of reduced models provide efficient methods that can be used to perform
short term experimental data analysis or narrow down the parametric range of more …

Physics basis for the divertor tokamak test facility

F Crisanti, R Ambrosino, MV Falessi, L Gabellieri… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper is dealing with the physics basis used for the design of the Divertor Tokamak Test
facility (DTT), under construction in Frascati (DTT 2019 DTT interim design report (2019)) …

ATEP: an advanced transport model for energetic particles

P Lauber, M Falessi, G Meng… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we report on the implementation and verification of a phase-space resolved
energetic particle (EP) transport model. It is based on a first-principle theoretical framework …

Nonlinear dynamics of the reversed shear Alfvén eigenmode in burning plasmas

W Tao, WEI Shizhao, S Briguglio… - Plasma Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In a tokamak fusion reactor operated at steady state, the equilibrium magnetic field is likely
to have reversed shear in the core region, as the noninductive bootstrap current profile …

Nonlinear radial envelope evolution equations and energetic particle transport in tokamak plasmas

F Zonca, L Chen, MV Falessi, Z Qiu - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This work provides a general description of the self-consistent energetic particle phase
space transport in burning plasmas, based on nonlinear gyrokinetic theory. The self …

Quasilinear theory and modelling of gyrokinetic turbulent transport in tokamaks

G Staebler, C Bourdelle, J Citrin, R Waltz - Nuclear Fusion, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The theory, development, and validation of reduced quasilinear models of gyrokinetic
turbulent transport in the closed flux surface core of tokamaks is reviewed. In combination …

Nonlinear interaction of Alfvénic instabilities and turbulence via the modification of the equilibrium profiles

A Biancalani, A Bottino, D Del Sarto… - Journal of Plasma …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Nonlinear simulations of Alfvén modes (AMs) driven by energetic particles (EPs) in the
presence of turbulence are performed with the gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code ORB5. The …

[HTML][HTML] Drift wave soliton formation via beat-driven zonal flow and implication on plasma confinement

N Chen, L Chen, F Zonca, Z Qiu - Physics of Plasmas, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, gyrokinetic theory of drift waves (DWs) self-regulation via the beat-driven zonal
flow (ZF) is presented, and finite diamagnetic drift frequency due to plasma nonuniformity is …

The effects of zonal fields on energetic-particle excitations of reversed-shear Alfvén eigenmode: simulation and theory

L Chen, P Liu, R Ma, Z Lin, Z Qiu, W Wang… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
By employing both nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation and analytical theory, we have
investigated the effects of zonal (electromagnetic) fields on the energetic particle's (EPs) …

Nonlinear excitation of energetic particle driven geodesic acoustic mode by resonance overlap with Alfvén instability in ASDEX Upgrade

H Wang, P Lauber, Y Todo, Y Suzuki, H Li… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
The Alfvén instability nonlinearly excited the energetic-particle-driven geodesic acoustic
mode on the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak, as demonstrated experimentally. The mechanism of …