The 2017 James D. Callen Fellowship for Excellence in Plasma Theory was warded to PhD student Florian Effenberg. Florian works on numerical modeling of 3D plasma edge transport and radiative divertor scenarios for the Wendelstein …
2017
Two papers on the Plasma Material Interaction in 3-D plasma boundaries were published in Physica Scripta following presentations at the International Conference for Plasma Facing Components (PFMC) 2017 in ness, Germany.
Two papers on plasma material interaction were recently published in Physics Scripta. The first article authored by PhD student Victoria Winters on “Overview of the plasma surface interaction analysis in the limiter phase of W7-X” …
Successful participation of the 3D-PSI group on the 2017 conference of the Division of Plasma Physics of APS in Milwaukee.
It was almost a home game for us in Milwaukee last week. Seven posters and one contributed oral talk were presented by the members of the 3D-PSI group on this most important national meeting in …
Neutral particles can drive significant plasma flows in the edge of a high temperature plasma.
Full 3-D modeling of plasma edge transport and the interaction with the neutral particles around this edge plasma revealed the impact of localized neutral sources on the plasma flow pattern. PhD Student Ian Waters carried …
Wendelstein 7-X is operating again! New diagnostic system developed at UW Madison implemented!
Wendelstein 7-X is operating again! The next experimental campaign at the next generation stellarator Wendelstein 7-X in Greifswald, Germany is commencing testing for the first time island divertor concept in combination with highly optimized plasma …
Paper by Prof. O. Schmitz on comparative studies on Helium exhaust with RMP fields at TEXTOR (tokamak) and LHD (heliotron/stellarator) was selected as highlight for 2016 in the IoP journal Nuclear Fusion.
highlight for 2016 in the IoP journal Nuclear Fusion The paper on “Enhancement of helium exhaust by resonant magnetic perturbation fields at LHD and TEXTOR” was selected as a 2016 highlight in the top-journal Nuclear Fusion. The …
Paper on NSTX-U modeling with EMC3-EIRENE by Dr. H. Frerichs is among most read paper for 2016 in the top journal Physics of Plasmas
Physics of Plasmas The paper on “Exploration of magnetic perturbation effects on advanced divertor configurations in NSTX-U” by Dr. H. Frerichs was added to the selection list of Physics of Plasma for 2016. The paper …
A review paper on detachment modeling with EMC3-EIRENE was published – IoP journal Plasma physics and Controlled Fusion.
IoP journal Plasma physics and Controlled Fusion Dr. Heinke Frerichs wrote chapter 3 about application towards detached regimes in tokamaks with Resonant Magnetic Perturbations. This work was funded by the Department of Energy under grants DE-SC0012315 …
Systematic numerical study of helical SOL transport and limiter fluxes for Wendelstein 7-X using the EMC3-EIRENE code was published by PhD student Florian Effenberg in IoP journal Nuclear Fusion.
IoP journal Nuclear Fusion This paper describes a systematic numerical survey of basic scrape-off layer physics features in the startup plasmas of Wendelstein 7-X. The magnetic structure is analyzed and connected to the transport and …