Physics basis for the first ITER tungsten divertor

RA Pitts, X Bonnin, F Escourbiac, H Frerichs… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
On the eve of component procurement, this paper discusses the present physics basis for
the first ITER tungsten (W) divertor, beginning with a reminder of the key elements defining …

Resonant magnetic perturbations of edge-plasmas in toroidal confinement devices

TE Evans - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Controlling the boundary layer in fusion-grade, high-performance, plasma discharges is
essential for the successful development of toroidal magnetic confinement power generating …

Progress on the application of ELM control schemes to ITER scenarios from the non-active phase to DT operation

A Loarte, G Huijsmans, S Futatani, LR Baylor… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress in the definition of the requirements for edge localized mode (ELM) control and the
application of ELM control methods both for high fusion performance DT operation and non …

Suppression of Edge Localized Modes in High-Confinement KSTAR Plasmas<? format?> by Nonaxisymmetric Magnetic Perturbations

YM Jeon, JK Park, SW Yoon, WH Ko, SG Lee, KD Lee… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Edge localized modes (ELMs) in high-confinement mode plasmas were completely
suppressed in KSTAR by applying n= 1 nonaxisymmetric magnetic perturbations. Initially …

Observation of a multimode plasma response and its relationship to density pumpout and edge-localized mode suppression

C Paz-Soldan, R Nazikian, SR Haskey, NC Logan… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
Density pumpout and edge-localized mode (ELM) suppression by applied n= 2 magnetic
fields in low-collisionality DIII-D plasmas are shown to be correlated with the magnitude of …

3D field phase-space control in tokamak plasmas

JK Park, YM Jeon, Y In, JW Ahn, R Nazikian, G Park… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
A small relaxation of the axisymmetric magnetic field of a tokamak into a non-axisymmetric
three-dimensional (3D) configuration can be effective to control magnetohydrodynamic …

ELM control strategies and tools: status and potential for ITER

PT Lang, A Loarte, G Saibene, LR Baylor… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Operating ITER in the reference inductive scenario at the design values of I p= 15 MA and Q
DT= 10 requires the achievement of good H-mode confinement that relies on the presence …

Advances in H-mode physics for long-pulse operation on EAST

B Wan, J Li, H Guo, Y Liang, G Xu, L Wang… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Since the 2012 International Atomic Energy Agency Fusion Energy Conference
(IAEA-FEC), significant advances in both physics and technology has been made on the …

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 …

Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review

RJ Hawryluk, DJ Campbell, G Janeschitz… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
As part of the ITER Design Review and in response to the issues identified by the Science
and Technology Advisory Committee, the ITER physics requirements were reviewed and as …