MFE: Heating, Current Drive, and Scenarios

Presentations

• The Physics of Electron Cyclotron Assisted Initiation of Fusion Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 2:00 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Joyeeta Sinha

    • Tokamak Energy Ltd., 173 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SD, United Kingdom

  Authors

  • Joyeeta Sinha

    • Tokamak Energy Ltd., 173 Brook Drive, Milton Park, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SD, United Kingdom

  • Peter C de Vries

    • ITER Organization, Route de Vinon-sur-Verdon, CS 90 046, 13067 St. Paul Lez Durance Cedex, France

  • Michael L Walker

    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Devon J Battaglia

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • PPPL

  • Francesca Turco

    • Columbia University
    • Columbia U

  • Alan Hyatt

    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Hyun-Tae Kim

    • EUROfusion Programme Management Unit, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom

  • Joerg Stober

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany

  • Ryota Yoneda

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Yuri Gribov

    • ITER Organization
    • ITER Organization, Route de Vinon-sur-Verdon, CS 90 046, 13067 St. Paul Lez Durance Cedex, France

  • Shaun R Haskey

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Igor Bykov

    • University of California, San Diego
    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Eric M Hollmann

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Modeling very high electron heating by radio frequency waves on EAST

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 2:12 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 2:24 PM

  Publication: Yueheng Huang et al 2021 Nucl. Fusion in press https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac1199

  Presenters

  • Yueheng Huang

    • Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University

  Authors

  • Yueheng Huang

    • Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University

  • Nong Xiang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Jiale Chen

    • ASIPP
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Longhao Ma

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Erzhong Li

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Liqing Xu

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Xianzu Gong

    • ASIPP
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
    • Institute of plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Jinping Qian

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Haiqing Liu

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Zong Xu

    • Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University

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• Mitigation of RF sheaths via an ICRF antenna with electrically insulating sidewalls

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 2:24 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 2:48 PM

  Publication: 1 M. Martin et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 205002 (2017)
  2 V. Bobkov et al, Nucl. Fusion 56, 084001 (2016)

  Presenters

  • Gurleen Bal

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Gurleen Bal

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Bart V Compernolle

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics- San Diego

  • Mike Martin

    • LAM Research

  • Patrick Pribyl

    • University of California, Los Angeles
    • UCLA

  • Troy A Carter

    • University of California, Los Angeles

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• Electron Bernstein Wave heating and current drive for MAST Upgrade

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 2:48 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Simon Freethy

    • Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UKAEA, UK

  Authors

  • Simon Freethy

    • Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UKAEA, UK

  • Alf Koehn-Seeman

    • Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

  • Bengt Eliasson

    • SUPA, Physics Department, John Anderson Building, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, G4 0NG, Scotland, UK
    • University of Strathclyde

  • Luca Garzotti

    • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, UK
    • UKAEA-CCFE

  • Helen Webster

    • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, UK

  • Sam Gibson

    • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, UK
    • UKAEA

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• New ICRF antenna Characterization and Performance in EAST

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 3:00 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Xinjun Zhang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

  Authors

  • Xinjun Zhang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

  • Chengming Qin

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

  • Shuai Yuan

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Hua Yang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Yongsheng Wang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Yuzhou Mao

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Lunan Liu

    • Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

  • Lei Wang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Yanping Zhao

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Xianzu Gong

    • ASIPP
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
    • Institute of plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Yan Cheng

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Xu Deng

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Kai Zhang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Songqing Ju

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Jianggang Li

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Baonian Wan

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

  • Yuntao Song

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Wei Zhang

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China

  • Lin Ai

    • University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China

  • Qichao Liang

    • University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China

  • Guanghui Zhu

    • Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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• Commissioning and first results of the DIII-D helicon system

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 3:12 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Bart G Van Compernolle

    • General Atomics - San Diego

  Authors

  • Bart G Van Compernolle

    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Michael W Brookman

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Robert I Pinsker

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • GA

  • Charles P Moeller

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Jared P Squire

    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Andrea M. M Garofalo

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • A. Nagy

    • PPPL
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Antonio Torrezan

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Dan Ponce

    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Carl J Pawley

    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Satyajit Chowdhury

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Neal A Crocker

    • UCLA
    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Genevieve H DeGrandchamp

    • University of Califronia, Irvine
    • UCI
    • University of California, Irvine

  • Edward T Hinson

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • John Lohr

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Alessandro Marinoni

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • Elijah H Martin

    • Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Craig C Petty

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Miklos Porkolab

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Chris C Rost

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • Oliver Schmitz

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Kathreen E Thome

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Huiqian Wang

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • GA

  • Jonathan G Watkins

    • Sandia National Laboratories
    • SNL
    • Sandia National Laboratory
    • Sandia National Lab
    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • GA

  • Kurt Zeller

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

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• Initial assessment of Parametric Decay Instabilities during high power helicon wave injection into DIII-D^*

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 3:24 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Miklos Porkolab

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  Authors

  • Miklos Porkolab

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Robert I Pinsker

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • GA

  • Genevieve H DeGrandchamp

    • University of Califronia, Irvine
    • UCI
    • University of California, Irvine

  • Seung Gyou Baek

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • MIT PSFC

  • Michael W Brookman

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Bart V Compernolle

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics- San Diego

  • Severin S Denk

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Andrea M. M Garofalo

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Craig C Petty

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Kathreen E Thome

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego

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• Reduced threshold parametric instabilities during X2 heating in ASDEX Upgrade

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 3:36 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 3:48 PM

  Publication: Soon to be submitted, an article focusing on the experimental observations: [A. S. Jacobsen, M. G. Senstius, S. K. Hansen, S. K. Nielsen, J. Stober, R. Akers, the ASDEX Upgrade Team and the MST1 Team, 2021, Parametric decay of gyrotron beam due to rotating magnetic island in ASDEX Upgrade]
  A more theoretical article to follow later in 2021 by M. G. Senstius et al.
  

  Presenters

  • Mads G Senstius

    • Technical University of Denmark

  Authors

  • Mads G Senstius

    • Technical University of Denmark

  • Asger S Jacobsen

    • Technical University of Denmark

  • Søren Kjer K Hansen

    • Massechusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Stefan K Nielsen

    • Technical University of Denmark

  • Joerg Stober

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany

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• Impact of rotated perpendicular wavevector of lower hybrid waves to lower hybrid current drive profiles on EAST and Alcator C-Mod

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 3:48 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Seung Gyou Baek

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • MIT PSFC

  Authors

  • Seung Gyou Baek

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • MIT PSFC

  • Bodhi Biswas

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • Gregory M Wallace

    • MIT PSFC
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

  • Paul T Bonoli

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • MIT PSFC

  • Bo Jiang Ding

    • ASIPP

  • Miaohui Li

    • ASIPP

  • Youngchun Li

    • ASIPP

  • Yunfei Wang

    • ASIPP

  • Mao Wang

    • ASIPP

  • Chenbin Wu

    • ASIPP

  • Guanghou Yan

    • ASIPP

  • Jiale Chen

    • ASIPP
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Xumei Zhai

    • ASIPP

  • Andrea M. M Garofalo

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Wilkie Choi

    • General Atomics - San Diego

  • Francesca M Poli

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Syun'ichi Shiraiwa

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • PPPL

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• Additively Manufactured RF Launchers: Advantages, Challenges, and Future Prospects

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 4:00 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Andrew Seltzman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
    • MIT PSFC

  Authors

  • Andrew Seltzman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
    • MIT PSFC

  • Stephen J Wukitch

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI
    • MIT PSFC

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• Application of a newly developed radial directional electron probe to the edge unidirectional electron current measurement in EAST

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 4:12 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 4:24 PM

  Publication: S.C. Liu et al., Application of a newly developed radial directional electron probe to the edge superthermal electron current measurement in EAST, submitted to Nuclear Materials and Energy.

  Presenters

  • Shaocheng Liu

  Authors

  • Shaocheng Liu

  • Yunfeng Liang

    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, IEK-4 (Plasmaphysik); Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Ning Yan

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Liang Liao

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Wenyin Wei

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Lingyi Meng

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Liang Chen

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China

  • Shuai Xu

    • Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,

  • Nan Zhao

    • School of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology

  • Ran Chen

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Guanghai Hu

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Yongliang Li

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Xiaoju Liu

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Tingfeng Ming

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Youwen Sun

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Jinping Qian

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Long Zeng

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Guoqiang Li

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Liang Wang

    • Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Xianzu Gong

    • ASIPP
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
    • Institute of plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Xiang Gao

    • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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• Model based optimization of Advanced Tokamak plasma start-up

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 4:24 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Raphael Schramm

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics

  Authors

  • Raphael Schramm

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Alexander Bock

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Maximilian Reisner

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Emiliano Fable

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Joerg Stober

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
    • Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany

  • Marc Maraschek

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics

  • Hartmut Zohm

    • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

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• Can global simulations of magnetically confined plasmas be done with the implicit particle in cell method ECSim?

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 4:36 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 4:48 PM

  Publication: [1] Lapenta, G. (2012). Particle simulations of space weather. JCP, 231(3), 795. [2]Lapenta, G. (2017). Exactly energy conserving semi-implicit particle in cell formulation. JCP, 334, 349. [3] Gonzalez-Herrero, D., Boella, E., & Lapenta, G. (2018). Performance analysis and implementation details of the Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit Method code (ECsim). CPC, 229, 162. [4] Gonzalez-Herrero, D., Micera, A., Boella, E., Park, J., & Lapenta, G. (2019). ECsim-CYL: Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit particle in cell simulation in axially symmetric cylindrical coordinates. CPC, 236, 153. [5] Park, J., Lapenta, G., Gonzalez-Herrero, D., & Krall, N. A. (2019). Discovery of an Electron Gyroradius Scale Current Layer: Its Relevance to Magnetic Fusion Energy, Earth's Magnetosphere, and Sunspots. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 6, 74.

  Presenters

  • Giovanni Lapenta

    • Katholieke Univ Leuven

  Authors

  • Giovanni Lapenta

    • Katholieke Univ Leuven

  • Joost Croonen

    • KULeuven

  • Yong-Seok Hwang

    • Seoul National University

  • Choongki Sung

    • KAIST

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• Elevating zero-dimensional predictions of tokamak plasmas to self-consistent theory-based simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 11, 2021, 4:48 PM – Nov. 11, 2021, 5:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Tim Slendebroek

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  Authors

  • Tim Slendebroek

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  • Joseph T Mcclenaghan

    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Orso-Maria O Meneghini

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Brendan C Lyons

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics

  • Sterling P Smith

    • General Atomics - San Diego
    • General Atomics
    • General Atomics, San Diego, CA, US

  • Jeff Candy

    • General Atomics - San Diego

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