An upper pressure limit for low-Z benign termination of runaway electron beams in TCV

M Hoppe, J Decker, U Sheikh, S Coda… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present a model for the particle balance in the post-disruption runaway electron plateau
phase of a tokamak discharge. The model is constructed with the help of, and applied to …

A novel understanding of the role of plasma-molecular kinetics on divertor power exhaust

N Osborne, K Verhaegh, D Moulton… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
During detachment, a buffer of neutral atoms and molecules builds up between the target
and the ionising plasma. Collisions between the plasma and the molecules play an …