Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration

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Autores: Harrison, J.R., Aboutaleb, A., Ahmed, Sajidah, Aljunid, M., Allan, S. Y., Anand, Himank, Viezzer, Eleonora, Galdón Quiroga, Joaquín, Velarde Gallardo, Lina
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad6011
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Palabra clave:MAST upgrade
Exhaust
Integrated scenarios
Alternative divertors
Pedestal
Fast ions
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spelling Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integrationHarrison, J.R.Aboutaleb, A.Ahmed, SajidahAljunid, M.Allan, S. Y.Anand, HimankViezzer, EleonoraGaldón Quiroga, JoaquínVelarde Gallardo, LinaMAST upgradeExhaustIntegrated scenariosAlternative divertorsPedestalFast ions© 2024 Crown copyright, UK Atomic Energy Authority & The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the IAEA. All rights reserved. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence...Recent results from MAST Upgrade are presented, emphasising understanding the capabilities of this new device and deepening understanding of key physics issues for the operation of ITER and the design of future fusion power plants. The impact of MHD instabilities on fast ion confinement have been studied, including the first observation of fast ion losses correlated with Compressional and Global Alfvén Eigenmodes. High-performance plasma scenarios have been developed by tailoring the early plasma current ramp phase to avoid internal reconnection events, resulting in a more monotonic q profile with low central shear. The impact of m/n = 3/2, 2/1 and 1/1 modes on thermal plasma confinement and rotation profiles has been quantified, and scenarios optimised to avoid them have transiently reached values of normalised beta approaching 4.2. In pedestal and ELM physics, a maximum pedestal top temperature of ∼350 eV has been achieved, exceeding the value achieved on MAST at similar heating power. Mitigation of type-I ELMs with n = 1 RMPs has been observed. Studies of plasma exhaust have concentrated on comparing conventional and Super-X divertor configurations, while X-point target, X-divertor and snowflake configurations have been developed and studied in parallel. In L-mode discharges, the separatrix density required to detach the outer divertors is approximately a factor 2 lower in the Super-X than the conventional configuration, in agreement with simulations. Detailed analysis of spectroscopy data from studies of the Super-X configuration reveal the importance of including plasma-molecule interactions and D2 Fulcher band emission to properly quantify the rates of ionisation, plasma-molecule interactions and volumetric recombination processes governing divertor detachment. In H-mode with conventional and Super-X configurations, the outer divertors are attached in the former and detached in the latter with no impact on core or pedestal confinement.Institute of Physics (IOP Publishing)Física Atómica, Molecular y NuclearIngeniería EnergéticaFQM402: Ciencias y Tecnologías del Plasma y el EspacioEuropean Union (UE)2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/165378https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad6011reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésNuclear Fusion, 64 (11), 112017.101052200—EUROfusionEP/W006839/1EP/T012250/1https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/ad6011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1653782026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
title Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
spellingShingle Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
Harrison, J.R.
MAST upgrade
Exhaust
Integrated scenarios
Alternative divertors
Pedestal
Fast ions
title_short Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
title_full Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
title_fullStr Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
title_full_unstemmed Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
title_sort Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Harrison, J.R.
Aboutaleb, A.
Ahmed, Sajidah
Aljunid, M.
Allan, S. Y.
Anand, Himank
Viezzer, Eleonora
Galdón Quiroga, Joaquín
Velarde Gallardo, Lina
author Harrison, J.R.
author_facet Harrison, J.R.
Aboutaleb, A.
Ahmed, Sajidah
Aljunid, M.
Allan, S. Y.
Anand, Himank
Viezzer, Eleonora
Galdón Quiroga, Joaquín
Velarde Gallardo, Lina
author_role author
author2 Aboutaleb, A.
Ahmed, Sajidah
Aljunid, M.
Allan, S. Y.
Anand, Himank
Viezzer, Eleonora
Galdón Quiroga, Joaquín
Velarde Gallardo, Lina
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear
Ingeniería Energética
FQM402: Ciencias y Tecnologías del Plasma y el Espacio
European Union (UE)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv MAST upgrade
Exhaust
Integrated scenarios
Alternative divertors
Pedestal
Fast ions
topic MAST upgrade
Exhaust
Integrated scenarios
Alternative divertors
Pedestal
Fast ions
description © 2024 Crown copyright, UK Atomic Energy Authority & The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of the IAEA. All rights reserved. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence...
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad6011
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101052200—EUROfusion
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