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Progress with applications of three-ion ICRF scenarios for fusion research: A review
Proceedings of the 24TH TOPICAL CONFERENCE ON RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER IN PLASMAS 26–28 September 2022 Annapolis, USAThe viability of magnetic confinement fusion as an energy source depends on achieving the high ion temperatures required for D-T fusion. Among the available techniques, plasma heating with waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) is a prominent method for bulk ion heating in fusion plasmas. Furthermore, a detailed understanding of the non-linear physics of alpha heating and the complex impact of MeV-range fast ions on plasma dynamics becomes progressively more important. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments with the three-ion ICRF scenarios on Alcator C-Mod, ASDEX Upgrade and JET tokamaks. The results demonstrate the flexibility of these novel scenarios for heating bulk ions in D-T ≈ 50%-50% plasmas and efficient generation of MeV-range fast ions in multi-ion species plasmas. Several key results relevant for ITER and future fusion reactors are highlighted.This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union
via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 – EUROfusion). Views and
opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union
or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for
them. We thank the ITPA Energetic Particle Physics Topical Group for its support. Part of this work was also carried
out in the framework of projects done for the ITER Scientist Fellow Network (ISFN).
ITER is the Nuclear Facility INB No. 174. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect
those of the ITER Organization. This publication is provided for scientific purposes only. Its contents should not be
considered as commitments from the ITER Organization as a nuclear operator in the frame of the licensing process.Peer Reviewed"Article signat per 78 autors/es: Ye. O. Kazakov; J. Ongena; M. Nocente; V. Bobkov; J. Garcia; V. G. Kiptily; M. Schneider; S. Wukitch; J. C. Wright; M. Dreval; K. K. Kirov; S. Mazzi; R. Ochoukov; S. E. Sharapov; Ž. Štancar; H. Weisen; Y. Baranov; M. Baruzzo; A. Bierwage; R. Bilato; A. Chomiczewska; R. Coelho; T. Craciunescu; K. Crombé; E. Delabie; E. de la Luna; R. Dumont; P. Dumortier; F. Durodié; J. Eriksson; M. Fitzgerald; J. Galdon-Quiroga; D. Gallart; M. Garcia-Munoz; L. Giacomelli; C. Giroud; J. Gonzalez-Martin; A. Hakola; R. Henriques; P. Jacquet; I. Jepu; T. Johnson; A. Kappatou; D. Keeling; D. King; C. Klepper; Ph. Lauber; M. Lennholm; E. Lerche; B. Lomanowski; C. Lowry; M. J. Mantsinen; M. Maslov; S. Menmuir; I. Monakhov; F. Nabais; M. F. F. Nave; C. Noble; E. Panontin; S. D. Pinches; A. R. Polevoi; D. Rigamonti; A. Sahlberg; M. Salewski; P. A. Schneider; H. Sheikh; K. Shinohara; P. Siren; S. Sumida; A. Thorman; R. A. Tinguely; D. Valcarcel; D. Van Eester; M. Van Schoor; J. Varje; M. Weiland; N. Wendler; JET Contributors, the ASDEX Upgrade Team and the EUROfusion MST1 Team"Postprint (author's final draft
Modelling of dual-frequency ICRF heating in ASDEX Upgrade discharges relevant to the ITER baseline scenario
JET Experiments to Assess Finite Larmor Radius Effects on Resonant Ion Energy Distribution during ICRF Heating
Simulations of Alfvénic modes in TJ-II Stellarator
Alfvénic modes are one of the subclass of instabilities prevalent in burning plasmas due to interaction of energetic particles with background plasma. In this paper we investigate the properties of these modes with 3D simulations using modeling tools STELLGAP [1] and AE3D [2] of Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) heated H-plasmas in TJ-II low-magnetic-shear flexible heliac (B0 = 0.95 T, = 1.5 m, = 0.22 m). These simulations focus on modelling the experimental observations [3] for prominent modes in TJ-II plasmas. Our simulations show consistency in frequency and radial location with the measured Alfvén Eigenmodes [3]. These simulations are performed for chirping and steady modes in TJ-II discharge # 29839 at t = 1150 and 1160ms respectively
Recent advances in ICRF heating of mixture plasmas : survey of JET and AUG experiments and extrapolation to JET-DT and ITER
First principles and integrated modelling achievements towards trustful fusion power predictions for JET and ITER
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