[HTML][HTML] Convective transport by intermittent blob-filaments: Comparison of theory and experiment

DA D'ippolito, JR Myra, SJ Zweben - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A blob-filament (or simply “blob”) is a magnetic-field-aligned plasma structure which is
considerably denser than the surrounding background plasma and highly localized in the …

Edge turbulence measurements in toroidal fusion devices

SJ Zweben, JA Boedo, O Grulke… - Plasma Physics and …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews measurements of edge plasma turbulence in toroidal magnetic fusion
devices with an emphasis on recent results in tokamaks. The dominant feature of edge …

Power and particle control

A Loarte, B Lipschultz, AS Kukushkin… - Nuclear …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress, since the ITER Physics Basis publication (ITER Physics Basis Editors et al 1999
Nucl. Fusion 39 2137–2664), in understanding the processes that will determine the …

Heuristic drift-based model of the power scrape-off width in low-gas-puff H-mode tokamaks

RJ Goldston - Nuclear Fusion, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A heuristic model for the plasma scrape-off width in low-gas-puff tokamak H-mode plasmas
is introduced. Grad B and curv B drifts into the scrape-off layer (SOL) are balanced against …

Transport-driven scrape-off-layer flows and the boundary conditions imposed at the magnetic separatrix in a tokamak plasma

B LaBombard, JE Rice, AE Hubbard, JW Hughes… - Nuclear …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma profiles and flows in the low-and high-field side scrape-off-layer (SOL) regions in
Alcator C-Mod are found to be remarkably sensitive to magnetic separatrix topologies (upper …

Edge turbulence imaging in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

SJ Zweben, DP Stotler, JL Terry, B LaBombard… - Physics of …, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
The two-dimensional (2D) radial vs poloidal structure of edge turbulence in the Alcator C-
Mod tokamak [IH Hutchinson, R. Boivin, PT Bonoli et al., Nucl. Fusion 41, 1391 (2001)] was …

High-speed imaging of edge turbulence in NSTX

SJ Zweben, RJ Maqueda, DP Stotler, A Keesee… - Nuclear …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
The two-dimensional radial vs poloidal structure and motion of edge turbulence in the
National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) were measured using high-speed imaging of …

Cross-field blob transport in tokamak scrape-off-layer plasmas

DA D'ippolito, JR Myra, SI Krasheninnikov - Physics of Plasmas, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
Recent measurements show that nondiffusive, intermittent transport of particles can play a
major role in the scrape-off-layer (SOL) of fusion experiments. A possible mechanism for fast …

An experimental investigation of the high density transition of the scrape-off layer transport in ASDEX Upgrade

D Carralero, G Birkenmeier, HW Müller, P Manz… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A multidiagnostic approach, utilizing Langmuir probes in the midplane, X-point and divertor
walls, along with lithium beam and infrared measurements is employed to evaluate the …

Observations of the turbulence in the scrape-off-layer of Alcator C-Mod and comparisons with simulation

JL Terry, SJ Zweben, K Hallatschek, B LaBombard… - Physics of …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The intermittent turbulent transport in the scrape-off-layer SOL of Alcator C-Mod IH
Hutchinson, R. Boivin, PT Bonoli et al., Nucl. Fusion 41, 1391 2001 is studied experimentally …