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)<br>[2] Y. D. Yoon et al., Phys. Plasmas 28, 060702 (2021)<br>[3] Z. Guo et al., Phys. Plasmas 25, 032504 (2018)<br>[4] J. Decker et al., Nucl. Fusion 64, 106027 (2024)<br>[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 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, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Korea, Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Korea

  • 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, 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, 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 University, Carleton College

  • 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 &amp; 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

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

  • Federico Felici

    Google DeepMind

  • Dan D Boyer

    Commonwealth Fusion Systems

  • Cristina Rea

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Design, Simulation, and Analysis of Reactor Relevant Plasma Control State Estimator

  ORAL

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

  Presenters

  • Zichuan A Xing

    General Atomics

  Authors

  • Zichuan A Xing

    General Atomics

  • Erik Olofsson

    General Atomics

  • Andres Pajares

    General Atomics

  • Grant M Bodner

    General Atomics

  • Himank Anand

    General Atomics

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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

  • Andrew Rothstein

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Andrew 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

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

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

  • Matthijs Van Berkel

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

  • 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

  • Andrew Rothstein

    Princeton University

  • Keith Erickson

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL

  • David Eldon

    General Atomics

  • H.H. 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<br>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

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

  • 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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