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The survivability of dust being transported in the magnetized sheath near the divertor plate of a tokamak and its impact on the desired balance of erosion and redeposition for a steady-state reactor are investigated. Two different divertor…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-02-10 Gian Luca Delzanno , Xianzhu Tang

The area of fault detection is becoming more interesting since there have been many unique designs to detect or even compensate the faults, either from sensor or actuator. This paper applies the hydraulic system with interconnected tanks by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Moh Kamalul Wafi

We extend the previous study of extracting crystalline symmetry-protected topological invariants to the correlated regime. We construct the interacting Hofstadter model defined on square lattice with the rotation and translation symmetry…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-06 Lu Zhang , Min Long , Yuxuan Zhang , Zi Yang Meng , Xue-Yang Song

The transition of the Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility from its initial commissioning phase (Day-0, plasma current $I_{p}=2$ MA) to the full power scenario ($I_{p}=5.5$ MA) introduces a critical shift in the dynamics of runaway…

This paper shows first quantitative analysis of the detachment processes in the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor (SXD). We identify an unprecedented impact of plasma-molecular interactions involving molecular ions (likely $D_2^+$), resulting…

In the quest for controlled thermonuclear fusion, tokamaks present complex challenges in understanding burning plasma dynamics. This study introduces a multi-region multi-timescale transport model, employing Neural Ordinary Differential…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-03-05 Zefang Liu , Weston M. Stacey

By analyzing large quantities of discharges in the unfavorable ion $ \vec B\times \nabla B $ drift direction, the I-mode operation has been confirmed in EAST tokamak. During the L-mode to I-mode transition, the energy confinement has a…

The characteristics of wall recycling with different divertor configurations were investigated in this study, focusing on the observations of the spatial distributions of deuterium atomic emissions in the Balmer series (D_{\alpha},…

Efficient removal of helium ash is a critical requirement for the operation of fusion power plants, as its accumulation can dilute the core fuel and degrade plasma performance. While past studies suggested that helium exhaust in burning…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Rebecca Masline , Michael Wigram , Dennis Whyte

Next generation high performance (HP) tokamaks risk damage from unmitigated disruptions at high current and power. Achieving reliable disruption prediction for a device's HP operation based on its low performance (LP) data is key to…

The electron density at the separatrix ($n_{e,\mathrm{sep}}$) plays a central role in balancing energy confinement, detachment achievement, and ELM suppression in tokamaks, thereby influencing core-edge integration. To study what determines…

Uncertainties and errors in magnetic equilibrium reconstructions are a wide-spread problem in interpreting experimental data measured in the tokamak edge. This study demonstrates errors in EFIT++ reconstructions performed on the COMPASS…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 K. Jirakova , O. Kovanda , J. Adamek , M. Komm , J. Seidl

We consider the one-dimensional Katz-Lebowitz-Spohn (KLS) model, which is a two-parameter generalization of the Totally Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process (TASEP) with nearest neighbour interaction. Using a powerful mapping, the KLS model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-09-08 Attila Rákos

For the simulation of disruptions in tokamak fusion plasmas, a fluid model describing the evolution of relativistic runaway electrons and their interaction with the background plasma is presented. The overall aim of the model is to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-07-01 V. Bandaru , M. Hoelzl , F. J. Artola , G. Papp , G. T. A. Huijsmans

In-situ, two-dimensional (2D) Langmuir probe measurements across a large part of the TCV divertor are reported in L-mode discharges with and without divertor baffles. This provides detailed insights into time averaged profiles, particle…

Bounded plasmas are characterized by a rapid but smooth transition from quasi-neutrality in the volume to electron depletion close to the electrodes and chamber walls. The thin non-neutral region, the boundary sheath, comprises only a small…

Fusion experiments rely heavily on the measurement of the line-integrated electron density by interferometry for density feed-back control. In recent years the discharge length has increased dramatically and is continuing to rise, resulting…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-14 K. J. Brunner , J. Knauer , J. Meineke , M. Stern , M. Hirsch , B. Kursinski , R. C. Wolf , the W7-X team

Pedestal modelling is crucial to predict the performance of future fusion devices. Current modelling efforts suffer either from a lack of kinetic physics, or an excess of computational complexity. To ameliorate these problems, we take a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 Ian Abel , Axel Hallenbert

An effective disruption mitigation system in a tokamak reactor should limit the exposure of the wall to localized heat losses and to the impact of high current runaway electron beams, and avoid excessive forces on the structure. We evaluate…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-10-12 O. Vallhagen , I. Pusztai , M. Hoppe , S. L. Newton , T. Fülöp

Numerical simulations of interchange turbulence in the Scrape-Off Layer are performed in a regime relevant for a specific L-mode MAST (Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak) discharge. Such a discharge was diagnosed with a reciprocating arm…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-08-13 F. Militello , P. Tamain , W. Fundamenski , A. Kirk , V. Naulin , A. H. Nielsen , the MAST team