The JOREK non-linear extended MHD code and applications to large-scale instabilities and their control in magnetically confined fusion plasmas

M Hoelzl, GTA Huijsmans, SJP Pamela… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
JOREK is a massively parallel fully implicit non-linear extended magneto-hydrodynamic
(MHD) code for realistic tokamak X-point plasmas. It has become a widely used versatile …

3D field phase-space control in tokamak plasmas

JK Park, YM Jeon, Y In, JW Ahn, R Nazikian, G Park… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
A small relaxation of the axisymmetric magnetic field of a tokamak into a non-axisymmetric
three-dimensional (3D) configuration can be effective to control magnetohydrodynamic …

ELM control with RMP: plasma response models and the role of edge peeling response

Y Liu, CJ Ham, A Kirk, L Li, A Loarte… - Plasma Physics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) have extensively been demonstrated as a
plausible technique for mitigating or suppressing large edge localized modes (ELMs) …

The role of edge resonant magnetic perturbations in edge-localized-mode suppression and density pump-out in low-collisionality DIII-D plasmas

QM Hu, R Nazikian, BA Grierson, NC Logan… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-fluid nonlinear MHD simulations using the TM1 code demonstrate that the formation of
magnetic islands at the top and bottom of the H-mode pedestal, together with the strong …

Overview of physics studies on ASDEX Upgrade

H Meyer, C Angioni, CG Albert, N Arden… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) programme, jointly run with the EUROfusion MST1
task force, continues to significantly enhance the physics base of ITER and DEMO. Here, the …

Observation of magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas during the suppression of edge-localized modes

M Willensdorfer, V Mitterauer, M Hoelzl, W Suttrop… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
In tokamaks, a leading platform for fusion energy, periodic filamentary plasma eruptions
known as edge-localized modes occur in plasmas with high-energy confinement and steep …

Runaway electron mitigation by 3D fields in the ASDEX-Upgrade experiment

M Gobbin, L Li, YQ Liu, L Marrelli… - Plasma Physics and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Disruption-generated runaway electron (RE) beams represent a severe threat for tokamak
plasma-facing components in high current devices like ITER, thus motivating the search of …

Plasma response measurements of external magnetic perturbations using electron cyclotron emission and comparisons to 3D ideal MHD equilibrium

M Willensdorfer, SS Denk, E Strumberger… - Plasma Physics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The plasma response from an external n= 2 magnetic perturbation field in ASDEX Upgrade
has been measured using mainly electron cyclotron emission (ECE) diagnostics and a rigid …

Role of 3D neoclassical particle flux in density pump-out during ELM control by RMP in DIII-D

Y Liu, C Paz-Soldan, L Li, Y Sun - Nuclear Fusion, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The application of three-dimensional (3D) resonant magnetic perturbations, for the purpose
of controlling edge localized modes (ELMs) in high confinement (H-mode) tokamak fusion …

Penetration properties of applied resonant magnetic perturbation in HL-2A tokamak

X Wang, HW Zhang, WJ Chen, TF Sun, W Zhang… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Any arbitrary perturbation on a magnetic field separatrix can cause a structure named
homoclinic tangle in tokamaks. Both an edge localized mode (ELM) and a resonant …