Overview of L-to H-mode transition experiments at ASDEX Upgrade

U Plank, RM McDermott, G Birkenmeier… - Plasma Physics and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents an overview of results from L–H transition experiments that were
performed at ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) with the aim of identifying the underlying mechanisms …

How the birth and death of shear layers determine confinement evolution: from the L→ H transition to the density limit

PH Diamond, R Singh, T Long… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Electric field profile structure—especially its shear—is a natural order parameter for the edge
plasma, and characterizes confinement regimes ranging from the H-mode (Wagner et al …

First tungsten radiation studies in DIII-D's ITER baseline demonstration discharges

F Turco, TC Luce, ACC Sips, C Greenfield… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
ITER Baseline Scenario plasmas were studied in DIII-D using krypton and xenon gases as a
proxy for the tungsten that will be present in ITER. These impurities were chosen for having …

The role of isotope mass on neutral fueling and density pedestal structure in the DIII-D tokamak

RA Chaban, S Mordijck, AM Rosenthal… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of isotope mass on neutral fueling and density pedestal structure in the DIII-D tokamak
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Understanding the LH isotope effect at the DIII-D tokamak and advancements in synthetic turbulence diagnostics

KJ Callahan, L Schmitz, Q Pratt, TA Carter… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
It is determined that while heat flux differences between hydrogen and deuterium isotope
experiments result from natural differences in carbon impurity content at DIII-D, it is not the …

Effects of collisional ion orbit loss on tokamak radial electric field and toroidal rotation in an L-mode plasma

H Zhu, T Stoltzfus-Dueck, R Hager, S Ku… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Ion orbit loss has been used to model the formation of a strong negative radial electric field E
r in the tokamak edge, as well as edge momentum transport and toroidal rotation. To …

Determining the access to H–mode in the ITER pre–fusion and fusion power operation phases at low plasma current with full–radius TGLF–SAT2 simulations of L …

C Angioni, J Citrin, A Loarte, AR Polevoi, SH Kim… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The pre–fusion power operation 1 phase of ITER is planned to be characterized by electron
cyclotron resonance heating only. Under the assumption that the access to H–mode is …

On the origin of the DIII-D LH power threshold isotope effect

KJ Callahan, L Schmitz, TA Carter, EA Belli… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The increased low to high confinement mode (L to H-mode) power threshold $ P_\mathrm
{LH} $ in DIII-D low collisionality hydrogen plasmas (compared to deuterium) is shown to …

Ripple-induced neoclassical toroidal viscous torque in Augmented-First Plasma operation phase in ITER

Y Liu, X Bai, Y Gribov, F Koechl, A Loarte… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
A systematic calculation is performed on the ripple-induced neoclassical toroidal viscous
(NTV) torque for new ITER scenarios designed for the Augmented-First Plasma (A-FP) …

LH transition studies on MAST: power threshold and heat flux analysis

L Howlett, I Cziegler, S Freethy, H Meyer - Nuclear Fusion, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Spherical tokamaks are known to differ from conventional tokamaks in a number of physics
areas, but our understanding is limited by a comparative lack of experimental data. A …