MFE: High Field Tokamaks

Presentations

• Advancing Fusion Plasma Physics with SPARC and ARC

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Philip B Snyder

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  Authors

  • Philip B Snyder

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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• Linking SPARC power exhaust constraints with the Separatrix Operating Space through SOLPS-ITER modelling and experiments

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Bartosz Lomanowski

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Bartosz Lomanowski

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jeremy Lore

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jae-Sun Park

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Peter C Stangeby

    • University of Toronto

  • Thomas H Eich

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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• Application of Neural Networks for SPARC Exhaust Modelling

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Stefan Dasbach

    • DIFFER - Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612 AJ Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  Authors

  • Stefan Dasbach

    • DIFFER - Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612 AJ Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  • Sean B Ballinger

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Thomas Alfred John Body

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Thomas H Eich

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Tom Looby

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Jeremy Lore

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Matthijs Van Berkel

    • DIFFER - Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612 AJ Eindhoven, the Netherlands
    • Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

  • Michael Robert Knox Wigram

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Sven Wiesen

    • DIFFER - Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612 AJ Eindhoven, Netherlands

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• Optimization of ICRF physics and technology for SPARC Q>1 mission

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Maria Usoltseva

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  Authors

  • Maria Usoltseva

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Michael Garrett

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Erik Johnson

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Peter Matthews

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Christina Migliore

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gregory Marriner Wallace

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John C Wright

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• Studies of impurity-induced turbulence stabilization and implications for breakeven in SPARC

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 2:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

    • MIT PSFC

  Authors

  • Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

    • MIT PSFC

  • Nathan T Howard

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT PSFC

  • Audrey Saltzman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Thomas Alfred John Body

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Jeff Candy

    • General Atomics

  • Devon Battaglia

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Aaron Ho

    • MIT
    • MIT PSFC
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Investigation of impurity transport in SPARC H-mode scenarios.

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • marco muraca

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • marco muraca

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez

    • MIT PSFC

  • Nathan T Howard

    • MIT PSFC
    • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

  • Jo Hall

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Daniel Fajardo

    • Max–Planck–Institut fuer Plasmaphysik

  • Thomas Alfred John Body

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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• Pulse preparation workflows for SPARC Plasma Operations

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Devon J Battaglia

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  Authors

  • Devon J Battaglia

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Anna Teplukhina

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Josiah Wai

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Dan D Boyer

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Misha Veldhoen

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Panagiotis Stilianos Kaloyannis

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Wil Koch

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Ivana Abramovic

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Thomas Alfred John Body

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Tom Looby

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Ryan M Sweeney

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Christopher Woodall

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Jonathan Citrin

    • Google DeepMind

  • Federico Felici

    • Google DeepMind

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• Tokamak scenario planning and simulation including the plasma startup phase using the MEQ suite of codes with application to TCV, SPARC and ARC

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Federico Felici

    • Google DeepMind

  Authors

  • Federico Felici

    • Google DeepMind

  • Antoine Merle

    • École Normale Supérieure – PSL
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL

  • Josiah Wai

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Cosmas Heiss

    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center

  • Devon Battaglia

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Francesco Carpanese

    • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

  • Andrew O Nelson

    • Columbia University

  • Dan D Boyer

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Adriano Mele

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL

  • Alessandro Mari

    • Swiss Data Science Center, EPFL

  • Simone Barreca

    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL

  • Cristian Galperti

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • SPC-EPFL

  • Pedro Molina Cabrera

    • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center

  • Wil Koch

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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• Research in support of the SPARC Off-Normal Warning System

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Cristina Rea

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Cristina Rea

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ryan M Sweeney

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Dan D Boyer

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Zander N Keith

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alessandro Pau

    • EPFL-SPC

  • Alexander Saperstein

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jean-Pierre T Svantner

    • EPFL-SPC

  • Gregorio L Trevisan

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yumou Wei

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Henry Wietfeldt

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Projected heat loads in SPARC from alpha losses

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 3:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexandra LeViness

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  Authors

  • Alexandra LeViness

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Alex J Creely

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Tom Looby

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • marco muraca

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Steve Scott

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Philip B Snyder

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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• Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmodes in High-Field Tokamaks: Comparison Between C-Mod Experiments and SPARC Simulations Using FAR3d

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:00 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Leon Nichols

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Leon Nichols

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Rian N Chandra

    • MIT-PSFC

  • Arunav Kumar

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Enrique de Dios Zapata Cornejo

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

  • Alexandra LeViness

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Cesar F Clauser

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cristina Rea

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John Edward Rice

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alex A Tinguely

    • MIT Plasma Science And Fusion Center
    • MIT PSFC

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• Alpha Particle Dynamics in ARC Burning Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:12 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Phillip J Bonofiglo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  Authors

  • Phillip J Bonofiglo

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Nikolai N Gorelenkov

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Mario L Podesta

    • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

  • Marina Gorelenkova

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Alexandra LeViness

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Jon C Hillesheim

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Joseph A Snipes

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

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• Electromagnetic Design of a Runaway Electron Mitigation Coil Option for ARC and Model Validation on HBT-EP

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:24 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Anson E Braun

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Anson E Braun

    • Columbia University

  • Christopher J Hansen

    • Columbia University

  • Jeffrey P Levesque

    • Columbia University

  • Nigel James DaSilva

    • Columbia University

  • Matthew Noah Notis

    • Columbia University

  • Jim A Andrello

    • Columbia University

  • Jamie Laveeda Xia

    • Columbia University

  • Carlos Alberto Paz-Soldan

    • Columbia University

  • Michael E Mauel

    • Columbia University

  • Gerald A Navratil

    • Columbia University

  • Alexander F Battey

    • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

  • Ryan M Sweeney

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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• Assessment of Cold and Hot Vertical Displacement Events in ARC-like Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:36 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 4:48 PM

  Publication: Part of the presentation material is part of the ARC Physics Basis paper series that is in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Cesar F Clauser

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Cesar F Clauser

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ryan M Sweeney

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Robert S Granetz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Nathaniel Mandrachia Ferraro

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Cristina Rea

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Modelling the X-Point Target divertor and detachment stability in ARC V2A SOLEDGE2D simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 18, 2025, 4:48 PM – Nov. 18, 2025, 5:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Michael Robert Knox Wigram

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Michael Robert Knox Wigram

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Haosheng Wu

    • Politecnico di Torino

  • Fabio Subba

    • Politecnico di Torino

  • Brian LaBombard

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Thomas H Eich

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Jon C Hillesheim

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Claudio Carati

    • Eni S.P.A.

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