MFE: Disruptions and Control

Presentations

• Firewall Effect on Electron Acceleration by External Whistler Waves

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 2:12 PM

  Publication: [1] P. M. Bellan, Phys. Plasmas 20, 042117 (2013)
  [2] Y. D. Yoon et al., Phys. Plasmas 28, 060702 (2021)
  [3] Z. Guo et al., Phys. Plasmas 25, 032504 (2018)
  [4] J. Decker et al., Nucl. Fusion 64, 106027 (2024)
  [5] H. Choudhury et al., arXiv (2025)

  Presenters

  • Hye Lin Kang

    • Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Hye Lin Kang

    • Pohang University of Science and Technology

  • Young Dae D Yoon

    • Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea, Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk
    • Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Korea, Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea
    • Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics

  • Gunsu S Yun

    • Pohang University of Science and Technology

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• Integrated analysis of the effects of runaway electrons on plasma facing components in ITER

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 2:12 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Valeryi Sizyuk

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Valeryi Sizyuk

    • Purdue University

  • Ahmed Hassanein

    • Purdue University

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• Active control of runaway electron impact phase with non-axisymmetric magnetic fields in DIII-D

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 2:24 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 2:36 PM

  Publication: planned submission to PRL

  Presenters

  • Claudio Marini

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Claudio Marini

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Eric Matthias Hollmann

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Xue Bai

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Jeffery Herfindal

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Daisuke Shiraki

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Charles J Lasnier

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Shawn W Tang

    • Lam Research Corporation

  • Tyler B Cote

    • General Atomics

  • Nicolas Eidietis

    • General Atomics

  • Nils Leuthold

    • Columbia University

  • Andrey Lvovskiy

    • General Atomics

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• The effect of 3-D MHD activity on runaway electron generation during SPARC disruptions

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 2:36 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Rishabh Datta

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Rishabh Datta

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cesar F Clauser

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Chang Liu

    • Peking University
    • Peking Univ

  • Nathaniel Mandrachia Ferraro

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

  • Ryan M Sweeney

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Alex A Tinguely

    • MIT Plasma Science And Fusion Center
    • MIT PSFC

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• A synthetic diagnostic for Hard X-ray signal levels from runaway electrons on SPARC

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 2:48 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Enrico Panontin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Enrico Panontin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alex A Tinguely

    • MIT Plasma Science And Fusion Center
    • MIT PSFC

  • Cesar F Clauser

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Rishabh Datta

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ida Ekmark

    • Chalmers University of Technology

  • Abigail Feyrer

    • MIT

  • Mathias Hoppe

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Didier Vezinet

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    • CFS

  • John Edward Rice

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Xinyan Wang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Wenhao Wang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cristina Rea

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Effects of the REMC and RMPs on the toroidal distribution and energy characteristics of hard X-rays on the HBT-EP tokamak

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 3:00 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nigel James DaSilva

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Nigel James DaSilva

    • Columbia University

  • Jeffrey P Levesque

    • Columbia University

  • Sonia N Sobel

    • Carleton College
    • Carleton University

  • Michael E Mauel

    • Columbia University

  • Gerald A Navratil

    • Columbia University

  • Carlos Alberto Paz-Soldan

    • Columbia University

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• Demonstration of vertical stability control based on Faraday-effect polarimetry measurements on DIII-

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 3:24 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 3:36 PM

  Publication: An IAEA conference paper and Nuclear Fusion paper are both planned.

  Presenters

  • Thomas E Benedett

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Thomas E Benedett

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Zichuan A Xing

    • General Atomics

  • Jie Chen

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jayson L Barr

    • General Atomics

  • David L Brower

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Daniel K Finkenthal

    • Palomar Scientific Instruments, Inc.

  • Gaurav Prabhudesai

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Matthew J Poulos

    • University of California, Los Angeles

  • Weixing Ding

    • University of Science and Technology of China

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• Physics-Guided Fast Surrogate for Real-Time Control of Vertical Stability & X-point targets in ARC-class Fusion Pilot Plant

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 3:36 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 3:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Arunav Kumar

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Arunav Kumar

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cesar F Clauser

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Theodore Golfinopoulos

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

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• Magnetic Control with an Inverse Grad-Shafranov Neural Network

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 3:48 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 4:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Allen Wang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Allen Wang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Adriano Mele

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL

  • Cristian Galperti

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • SPC-EPFL

  • Cosmas Heiss

    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center

  • Zander N Keith

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alessandro Pau

    • EPFL-SPC

  • Antoine Merle

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

  • Federico Felici

    • Google DeepMind

  • Dan D Boyer

    • Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Cristina Rea

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  Nov. 20, 2025, 4:12 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 4:24 PM

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• Preemptive ECCD stabilization of NTMs through machine learning on DIII-D

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 4:24 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Andy Rothstein

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Andy Rothstein

    • Princeton University

  • Hiro Josep Farre Kaga

    • Princeton University

  • SangKyeun Kim

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Ricardo Shousha

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

  • Keith Erickson

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • PPPL

  • Azarakhsh Jalalvand

    • Princeton University

  • Egemen Kolemen

    • Princeton University

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• Real-time multispectral imaging plasma edge analysis through machine learning on the TCV tokamak

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 4:36 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 4:48 PM

  Publication: Loek van Leeuwen et al 2025 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 67 025024

  Presenters

  • Artur Perek

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

  Authors

  • Artur Perek

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

  • Loek S Van Leeuwen

    • TU/e

  • Gijs L Derks

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

  • Jesse T.W. Koenders

    • DIFFER

  • Jaime Caballero

    • DIFFER

  • Tijs A Wijkamp

    • DIFFER

  • Olivier Fevrier

    • EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL, Lausanne

  • Holger Reimerdes

    • EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

  • Kevin Verhaegh

    • Eindhoven University of Technology
    • TUe

  • Christian Theiler

    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)

  • 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)

  • Basil P Duval

    • Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, SPC

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• Real-Time Feedback Control of Radiation Front-Based Detachment Enabled by Machine Learning on DIII-D and KSTAR

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 4:48 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 5:00 PM

  Publication: A manuscript based on this work is in preparation for submission to Nuclear Fusion or Nature Communications.

  Presenters

  • CheolSik Byun

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • CheolSik Byun

    • Princeton University

  • Azarakhsh Jalalvand

    • Princeton University

  • NATHANIEL CHEN

    • Princeton University

  • SangKyeun Kim

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Filippo Scotti

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Steven L Allen

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Seungtae Oh

    • Korea Institute of Fusion Engergy

  • Yoonseong Han

    • KAIST

  • Andy Rothstein

    • Princeton University

  • Keith Erickson

    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • PPPL

  • David Eldon

    • General Atomics

  • Hyungho Lee

    • Korea Institute of Fusion Energy

  • Egemen Kolemen

    • Princeton University

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• A model-based approach for real-time estimation and control of the electron density profile: application of the upgraded RAPDENS code to TCV and ASDEX Upgrade

  ORAL

  Nov. 20, 2025, 5:00 PM – Nov. 20, 2025, 5:12 PM

  Publication: "Real-time estimation and control of the electron density with a novel multi-rate
  observer on TCV", to be submitted to Nuclear Fusion

  Presenters

  • Francesco Pastore

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center

  Authors

  • Francesco Pastore

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center

  • Daniela Kropackova

    • Czech Technical University, Prague

  • Olivier Sauter

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • EPFL, Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Swiss Plasma Center, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • SPC-EPFL

  • Federico Felici

    • Google DeepMind

  • Sara Dubbioso

    • Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli

  • Cristian Galperti

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • SPC-EPFL

  • Ondrej Kudlacek

    • Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

  • Kenneth Lee

    • EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • EPFL-SPC

  • Adriano Mele

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center
    • Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL

  • Alessandro Pau

    • EPFL-SPC

  • Timo Ravensbergen

    • ITER Organization

  • Maximilian Reisner

    • Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

  • Simon Van Mulders

    • EPFL Swiss Plasma Center

  • Benjamin Vincent

    • SPC-EPFL

  • Anna VU

    • ITER Organization

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