Filamentary plasma eruptions and their control on the route to fusion energy

C Ham, A Kirk, S Pamela, H Wilson - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
The tokamak is the most advanced approach to fusion and is approaching operation under
power-plant conditions, promising sustainable, low-emission, baseload power to the grid. As …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The density dependence of edge-localized-mode suppression and pump-out by resonant magnetic perturbations in the DIII-D tokamak

QM Hu, R Nazikian, BA Grierson, NC Logan… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The density dependence of edge-localized-mode (ELM) suppression and density pump-out
(density reduction) by n= 2 resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) is consistent with the …

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 …

Role of sheared E× B flow in self-organized, improved confinement states in magnetized plasmas

KH Burrell - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A major scientific success story of magnetic fusion research in the past several
decades has been the theoretical development and experimental testing of the process of …

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 …

Wide operational windows of edge-localized mode suppression by resonant magnetic perturbations in the DIII-D tokamak

QM Hu, R Nazikian, BA Grierson, NC Logan… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Edge-localized mode (ELM) suppression by resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs)
generally occurs over very narrow ranges of the plasma current (or magnetic safety factor q …

The role of edge resonant magnetic perturbations in edge-localized-mode suppression and density pump-out in low-collisionality DIII-D plasmas

QM Hu, R Nazikian, BA Grierson, NC Logan… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-fluid nonlinear MHD simulations using the TM1 code demonstrate that the formation of
magnetic islands at the top and bottom of the H-mode pedestal, together with the strong …

Integrated RMP-based ELM-crash-control process for plasma performance enhancement during ELM crash suppression in KSTAR

M Kim, G Shin, J Lee, WH Ko, H Han, SH Hahn… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The integrated Resonant Magnetic Perturbation (RMP)-based Edge-Localized
Mode (ELM)-crash-control process aims to enhance the plasma performance during 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 …