First intrashot observation of runaway-electron-driven instabilities at the lower-hybrid frequency range under ITER-relevant plasma-wave dispersion conditions

W Bin, C Castaldo, F Napoli, P Buratti, A Cardinali… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Kinetic instabilities driven by runaway electrons (REs) have recently received attention in the
fusion community as a means to control and diagnose REs in a tokamak. Experiments …

Observation of rapid frequency chir** instabilities driven by runaway electrons in a tokamak

A Lvovskiy, WW Heidbrink, C Paz-Soldan… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the first observation of chir** instabilities driven by runaway electrons (REs) in a
tokamak. The instabilities are accessed during the post-disruption RE beam stage in a low …

Runaway electron beam dynamics at low plasma density in DIII-D: energy distribution, current profile, and internal instability

A Lvovskiy, C Paz-Soldan, NW Eidietis… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Parameters of the post-disruption runaway electron (RE) beam in the low density
background plasma achieved after secondary deuterium injection are investigated in DIII-D …

Resonant interaction between runaway electrons and the toroidal magnetic field ripple in TCV

TA Wijkamp, M Hoppe, J Decker, BP Duval… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This work explains the anomalously high runaway electron (RE) pitch angles inferred in the
flat-top of dedicated Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV) experiments. Kinetic …

Recent DIII-D advances in runaway electron measurement and model validation

C Paz-Soldan, NW Eidietis, EM Hollmann… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Novel measurements and modeling of runaway electron (RE) dynamics in DIII-D have
resolved experimental discrepancies and validated predictions for ITER, improving …

Intense whistler-frequency emissions at the pedestal collapse in KSTAR H-mode plasmas

MH Kim, SG Thatipamula, J Kim, MJ Choi, J Lee… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The edge confinement barrier of high-confinement mode (H-mode) plasma involves a
variety of plasma waves alongside with fluid instabilities and collective particle transport …

Low-frequency whistler waves driven by energetic electrons in plasmas of solely electron cyclotron wave heating

M Wang, Y Shi, J Dong, X Gao, Q Lu, Z Wang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Whistler waves are a type of low-frequency electromagnetic wave common in nature, which
is usually associated with energetic electron phenomena. This study presents experimental …

Stability analysis of plasma waves driven by runaway electrons in tokamak hot plasmas

C Castaldo, L Della Volpe, R Fedele, W Bin… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The local stability analysis of plasma waves driven by runaway electrons (REs) has been
performed considering hot plasma Maxwellian background, with electron and ion …

Fast dynamics of radiofrequency emission in FTU plasmas with runaway electrons

P Buratti, W Bin, A Cardinali, D Carnevale… - Plasma Physics and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Radiofrequency emission in the 0.4–3 GHz range from FTU tokamak in presence of
runaway electrons (REs) has been measured in various plasma regimes. Rapid emission …

Expulsion of runaway electrons using ECRH in the TCV tokamak

J Decker, M Hoppe, U Sheikh, BP Duval, G Papp… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Runaway electrons (REs) are a concern for tokamak fusion reactors from discharge startup
to termination. A sudden localized loss of a multi-megaampere RE beam can inflict severe …