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 …

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 …

Overview of recent progress in 3D field physics in KSTAR

G Park, Y In, JK Park, WH Ko, J Lee, M Kim… - Journal of the Korean …, 2022 - Springer
Various 3D field physics challenges of magnetically confined plasmas arise when the
driving source comes from either externally applied non-axisymmetric 3D magnetic …

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) …

Disruptive neoclassical tearing mode seeding in DIII-D with implications for ITER

RJ La Haye, C Chrystal, EJ Strait, JD Callen… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
New studies identify the critical parameters and physics governing disruptive neoclassical
tearing mode (NTM) onset. An m/n= 2/1 mode in DIII-D that begins to grow robustly after a …

Extension of ELM suppression window using RMPs in EAST

P **e, Y Sun, Q Ma, S Gu, YQ Liu, M Jia, A Loarte… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The q 95 window for Type-I edge localized modes (ELMs) suppression using n= 4 even
parity resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) has been significantly expanded to the …