Magnetic-confinement fusion

J Ongena, R Koch, R Wolf, H Zohm - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Our modern society requires environmentally friendly solutions for energy production.
Energy can be released not only from the fission of heavy nuclei but also from the fusion of …

A brief review: effects of resonant magnetic perturbation on classical and neoclassical tearing modes in tokamaks

W Zhengxiong, T Weikang, WEI Lai - Plasma Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the effects of resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) on classical tearing
modes (TMs) and neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) from the theory, experimental …

TORBEAM 2.0, a paraxial beam tracing code for electron-cyclotron beams in fusion plasmas for extended physics applications

E Poli, A Bock, M Lochbrunner, O Maj, M Reich… - Computer Physics …, 2018 - Elsevier
The paraxial WKB code TORBEAM (Poli, 2001) is widely used for the description of electron-
cyclotron waves in fusion plasmas, retaining diffraction effects through the solution of a set of …

[HTML][HTML] Helium line ratio spectroscopy for high spatiotemporal resolution plasma edge profile measurements at ASDEX Upgrade

M Griener, E Wolfrum, M Cavedon, R Dux… - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The thermal helium beam edge diagnostic has recently been upgraded at the ASDEX
Upgrade (AUG) tokamak experiment. Line ratio spectroscopy on neutral helium is a valuable …

Toroidal modelling of resonant magnetic perturbations response in ASDEX-Upgrade: coupling between field pitch aligned response and kink amplification

DA Ryan, YQ Liu, A Kirk, W Suttrop… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Using the MARS-F code (Liu et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681), the single fluid resistive
MHD plasma response to applied n= 2 resonant magnetic perturbations is computed, for a …

Interplay between turbulence, neoclassical and zonal flows during the transition from low to high confinement mode at ASDEX Upgrade

M Cavedon, T Pütterich, E Viezzer… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The spatio-temporal interplay between turbulence, mean and zonal flows has been
investigated at the L–H and H–L transitions in the edge region of the ASDEX Upgrade …

Velocity-space observation regions of high-resolution two-step reaction gamma-ray spectroscopy

M Salewski, M Nocente, G Gorini, AS Jacobsen… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy (GRS) measurements resolve spectral shapes of
Doppler-broadened γ-rays. We calculate weight functions describing velocity-space …

Nonlinear coupling induced toroidal structure of edge localized modes

AF Mink, M Hoelzl, E Wolfrum, F Orain, M Dunne… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Edge localized modes (ELMs) are magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities that cause fast
periodic relaxations of the strong edge pressure gradient in tokamak fusion plasmas. A …

Overview of operation and experiments in the ADITYA-U tokamak

RL Tanna, H Raj, J Ghosh, R Kumar, S Aich… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The first Indian tokamak, ADITYA, operated for over two decades with a circular poloidal
limiter, has been upgraded to a tokamak named ADITYA Upgrade (ADITYA-U) to attain …

[HTML][HTML] Fast piezoelectric valve offering controlled gas injection in magnetically confined fusion plasmas for diagnostic and fuelling purposes

M Griener, O Schmitz, K Bald, D Bösser… - Review of scientific …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
In magnetically confined fusion plasmas controlled gas injection is crucial for plasma fuelling
as well as for various diagnostic applications such as active spectroscopy. We present a …