How turbulence spreading improves power handling in quiescent high confinement fusion plasmas

Z Li, X Chen, PH Diamond, X Xu, X Qin… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Viable magnetic fusion devices necessitate combining good confinement with effective
power flux handling. A major concern for ITER, and devices beyond, is the divertor heat load …

The role of ion-scale micro-turbulence in pedestal width of the DIII-D wide-pedestal QH mode

Z Li, X Chen, X Jian, D Ernst, X Xu, RJ Groebner… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The low-edge rotation, intrinsically ELM-free, and improved confinement wide-pedestal
quiescent H-mode (QH-mode), discovered in DIII-D tokamak, has pedestal widths exceeding …

Summary of presentations reported in EXperiment confinement (EX-C) session at the 29th IAEA fusion energy conference

M Xu, C Meng, GZ Hao - Nuclear Fusion, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This is a summary paper of the research activities presented in the magnetic fusion
EXperiment Confinement (EX-C) session at the 29th International Atomic Energy Agency …

[PDF][PDF] DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy

M Yoshida, G Giruzzi, N Aiba - acris.aalto.fi
The DIII-D tokamak research program utilizes a favourable combination of fusion-relevant
size, flexible and varied actuators, and outstanding diagnostics to provide scientific solutions …