Internal transport barrier in tokamak and helical plasmas

K Ida, T Fujita - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The differences and similarities between the internal transport barriers (ITBs) of tokamak and
helical plasmas are reviewed. By comparing the characteristics of the ITBs in tokamak and …

Progress in the development and understanding of a high poloidal-beta tokamak operating scenario for an attractive fusion pilot plant

S Ding, AM Garofalo - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2022 - Springer
The high poloidal-beta (β P) regime was first proposed as a high bootstrap current scenario
for a steady-state fusion pilot plant (FPP) in the 1990s (Kikuchi in Nucl Fusion 30: 265 …

Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas

L Wang, HQ Wang, S Ding, AM Garofalo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Divertor detachment offers a promising solution to the challenge of plasma-wall interactions
for steady-state operation of fusion reactors. Here, we demonstrate the excellent …

Overview of tokamak turbulence stabilization by fast ions

J Citrin, P Mantica - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years tokamak experiments and modelling have increasingly indicated that the
interaction between suprathermal (fast) ions and thermal plasma can lead to a reduction of …

A high-density and high-confinement tokamak plasma regime for fusion energy

S Ding, AM Garofalo, HQ Wang, DB Weisberg, ZY Li… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The tokamak approach, utilizing a toroidal magnetic field configuration to confine a hot
plasma, is one of the most promising designs for developing reactors that can exploit …

Integrated operation of steady-state long-pulse H-mode in experimental advanced superconducting tokamak

X Gong, AM Garofalo, J Huang, J Qian… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Recent Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) experiments
have successfully demonstrated a long-pulse steady-state scenario with improved plasma …

Progress in extending high poloidal beta scenarios on DIII-D towards a steady-state fusion reactor and impact of energetic particles

J Huang, AM Garofalo, JP Qian, XZ Gong… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
To prepare for steady-state operation of future fusion reactors (eg the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor and China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor …

DIII-D research to prepare for steady state advanced tokamak power plants

RJ Buttery, B Covele, J Ferron, A Garofalo… - Journal of Fusion …, 2019 - Springer
We review progress made on the advanced tokamak path to fusion energy by the DIII-D
National Fusion Facility (Luxon et al. in Nucl Fusion 42: 614, 2002). The advanced tokamak …

EAST steady-state long pulse H-mode with core-edge integration for CFETR

XZ Gong, AM Garofalo, J Huang, JP Qian… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A recent EAST experiment has successfully demonstrated long pulse steady-state high
plasma performance scenario and core-edge integration since the last IAEA in 2018. A …

Role of microtearing turbulence in DIII-D high bootstrap current fraction plasmas

X Jian, C Holland, J Candy, E Belli, V Chan… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We report on the first direct comparisons of microtearing turbulence simulations to
experimental measurements in a representative high bootstrap current fraction (f BS) …