Plasma performance and operational space without ELMs in DIII-D

C Paz-Soldan, DIII-D Team - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A database of DIII-D plasmas without edge-localized modes (ELMs) compares the
operating space and plasma performance of stationary no-ELM regimes found in …

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 …

Experimental conditions to suppress edge localised modes by magnetic perturbations in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak

W Suttrop, A Kirk, V Bobkov, M Cavedon… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Access conditions for full suppression of edge localised modes (ELMs) by magnetic
perturbations (MP) in low density high confinement mode (H-mode) plasmas are studied in …

Advances in physics of the magneto-hydro-dynamic and turbulence-based instabilities in toroidal plasmas via 2-D/3-D visualization

HK Park, MJ Choi, M Kim, M Kim, J Lee, D Lee… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - Springer
A robust theoretical framework for describing the explosive growth of the magneto-hydro-
dynamic (MHD) and turbulence-based instabilities in toroidal plasmas can only be achieved …

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 …

First demonstration of full ELM suppression in low input torque plasmas to support ITER research plan using n= 4 RMP in EAST

Y Sun, Q Ma, M Jia, S Gu, A Loarte, Y Liang… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Full suppression of type-I edge localized modes (ELMs) using n= 4 resonant magnetic
perturbations (RMPs) as planned for ITER has been demonstrated for the first time (n is the …

Turbulence characterization during the suppression of edge-localized modes by magnetic perturbations on ASDEX Upgrade

N Leuthold, W Suttrop, M Willensdorfer… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We study localized edge turbulence in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak that appears if
resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) are applied to suppress edge localized modes …

The effect of plasma shape and neutral beam mix on the rotation threshold for RMP-ELM suppression

C Paz-Soldan, R Nazikian, L Cui, BC Lyons… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Varying the neutral beam injection (NBI) mix reveals a clear pedestal-top rotation threshold
for edge localized mode (ELM) suppression by resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) …

Grassy-ELM regime with edge resonant magnetic perturbations in fully noninductive plasmas in the DIII-D tokamaka

R Nazikian, CC Petty, A Bortolon, X Chen… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Resonant magnetic perturbations (n= 3 RMPs) are used to suppress large amplitude ELMs
and mitigate naturally occurring'grassy'-ELMs in DIII-D plasmas relevant to the ITER steady …

Effects of RMP-induced changes of radial electric fields on microturbulence in DIII-D pedestal top

S Taimourzadeh, L Shi, Z Lin, R Nazikian… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Gyrokinetic simulations of DIII-D tokamak with axisymmetric equilibrium show that the
reduction in the radial electric field shear at the top of the pedestal during edge localized …