Plasma confinement and transport
EJ Doyle, WA Houlberg, Y Kamada… - Nuclear …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The understanding and predictive capability of transport physics and plasma confinement is
reviewed from the perspective of achieving reactor-scale burning plasmas in the ITER …
reviewed from the perspective of achieving reactor-scale burning plasmas in the ITER …
Steady state operation
C Gormezano, ACC Sips, TC Luce, S Ide… - Nuclear …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Significant progress has been made in the area of advanced modes of operation that are
candidates for achieving steady state conditions in a fusion reactor. The corresponding …
candidates for achieving steady state conditions in a fusion reactor. The corresponding …
Heating and current drive by electron cyclotron waves
R Prater - Physics of plasmas, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The physics model of electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive (ECCD) is
becoming well validated through systematic comparisons of theory and experiment. This …
becoming well validated through systematic comparisons of theory and experiment. This …
Effects of localized electron heating and current drive on the sawtooth period
C Angioni, TP Goodman, MA Henderson… - Nuclear …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Localized electron heating and current drive, like those produced by electron cyclotron
heating (ECH) systems, are powerful tools for controlling the sawtooth period. They allow the …
heating (ECH) systems, are powerful tools for controlling the sawtooth period. They allow the …
The effect of ECRH on the electron velocity distribution function
S Coda, I Klimanov, S Alberti, G Arnoux… - Plasma physics and …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) is a mature technology that has progressed
constantly over a period of forty years, particularly as a tool in magnetic confinement fusion …
constantly over a period of forty years, particularly as a tool in magnetic confinement fusion …
Stationary, high bootstrap fraction plasmas in DIII-D without inductive current control
PA Politzer, AW Hyatt, TC Luce, FW Perkins… - Nuclear …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We have initiated an experimental programme to address some of the questions associated
with the operation of a tokamak with high bootstrap current fraction under high performance …
with the operation of a tokamak with high bootstrap current fraction under high performance …
Plasma turbulence, suprathermal ion dynamics and code validation on the basic plasma physics device TORPEX
The TORPEX basic plasma physics device at the Center for Plasma Physics Research
(CRPP) in Lausanne, Switzerland is described. In TORPEX, simple magnetized toroidal …
(CRPP) in Lausanne, Switzerland is described. In TORPEX, simple magnetized toroidal …
Status of and prospects for advanced tokamak regimes from multi-machine comparisons using the 'International Tokamak Physics Activity'database
X Litaudon, E Barbato, A Becoulet… - Plasma physics and …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Advanced tokamak regimes obtained in ASDEX Upgrade, DIII-D, FT-U, JET, JT-60U, TCV
and Tore Supra experiments are assessed both in terms of their fusion performance and …
and Tore Supra experiments are assessed both in terms of their fusion performance and …
The impact of fusion-born alpha particles on runaway electron dynamics in ITER disruptions
In the event of a tokamak disruption in a DT plasma, fusion-born alpha particles take several
milliseconds longer to thermalise than the background. As the damping rates drop …
milliseconds longer to thermalise than the background. As the damping rates drop …
Linear stability analysis of microinstabilities in electron internal transport barrier non-inductive discharges
The role of the current profile and ion and electron temperature ratio in Tokamak à
Configuration Variable (TCV) electron internal transport barrier (eITB) non-inductive …
Configuration Variable (TCV) electron internal transport barrier (eITB) non-inductive …