A paper was published in Nuclear Fusion today by Prof. O. Schmitz demonstrating on two devices that resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) fields can be used to enhance the exhaust of helium from fusion plasmas. Sufficient helium exhaust is a …
News
Paper on 3-D edge modeling for Advanced Divertors at NSTX-Upgrade was published.
A paper was published in Physics of Plasmas today by Dr. H. Frerichs discussing a survey of results on the effect of RMP fields on advanced divertor configurations at NSTX-Upgrade. The EMC3-EIRENE code was used to explore basic divertor …
Paper on 3-D edge modeling for ELM control at ITER published in IoP Journal Nuclear Fusion.
A paper was published presenting a thorough assessment of the impact resonant magnetic perturbation fields have on plasma edge transport and the divertor fluxes. This assessment utilizing the EMC3-EIRENE code is a result of a …
Florian Effenberg wins one of the Student Poster Awards on the 2016 Sherwood Theory Conference!
2016 Sherwood Theory Conference Florian received this award for his poster on “3-D Modeling of Edge Transport and Plasma Surface Interactions for Wendelstein 7-X Startup Plasmas”. Congratulations to Florian! This work was funded by the Department of Energy under …
Stable plasma conditions in the MARIA helicon device!
Here are some exciting news about our helicon device MARIA which is used to explore stable access to laboratory scale high density plasmas. As always, “high” is relative, but we target on densities which are …
First plasma in Wendelstein 7-X and first measurements for us!
The first official plasma has been obtained in Wendelstein 7-X today at 2015-12-10T12:28:15.182965421Z in the official W7-X time base. We participated remotely in the inauguration ceremony and could feel the excitement of all people involved …
Two papers published in the present volume of Physics of Plasmas!
One paper deals with the helical modulation of the electrostatic potential around edge magnetic islands in tokamaks and the similarity to ion and electron root transport in stellarators. This paper is the result of a collaborative study with Drs. G. …
Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is ready for operation!
The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator designed, constructed and soon to be operated by the Max-Plank-Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald Germany is ready for operation. In the past couple of weeks the superconducting magnetic coils system …
We received two more grants from the Department of Energy (DoE)!
(1) DoE Early Career Award funds work on “Plasma Materials Interaction with Three-Dimensional Plasma Boundaries” (2) DoE Grant for International Stellarator Collaboration together with the Auburn University for work on “Three-dimensional equilibrium stability and its impact on island divertor …
3D Striation pattern paper under 2014 Highlights in Nuclear Fusion
The paper: Formation of a three-dimensional plasma boundary after decay of the plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbation fields O. Schmitz, T.E. Evans, M.E. Fenstermacher, M.J. Lanctot, C.L. Lasnier, S. Mordijck, R.A. Moyer, and H. …