MFE: Heating, Current Drive, and Scenarios

MFE: Heating, Current Drive, and Scenarios

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The Physics of Electron Cyclotron Assisted Initiation of Fusion Plasmas

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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*

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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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