Search Results - "Angioni, C."
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Mean and oscillating plasma flows and turbulence interactions across the L-H confinement transition
Published in Physical review letters (11-02-2011)“…A complex interaction between turbulence driven E × B zonal flow oscillations, i.e., geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs), the turbulence, and mean equilibrium flows…”
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Toroidal momentum pinch velocity due to the coriolis drift effect on small scale instabilities in a toroidal plasma
Published in Physical review letters (29-06-2007)“…In this Letter, the influence of the "Coriolis drift" on small scale instabilities in toroidal plasmas is shown to generate a toroidal momentum pinch velocity…”
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New High-Confinement Regime with Fast Ions in the Core of Fusion Plasmas
Published in Physical review letters (09-07-2021)“…The key result of the present work is the theoretical prediction and observation of the formation of a new type of transport barrier in fusion plasmas, called…”
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Intrinsic toroidal rotation, density peaking, and turbulence regimes in the core of tokamak plasmas
Published in Physical review letters (18-11-2011)“…Observations in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak show a correlation between the gradient of the intrinsic toroidal rotation profile and the logarithmic gradient of…”
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Comparison of core Ar17+ and Mo32+ toroidal rotation in C-Mod plasmas
Published in Nuclear fusion (26-05-2023)“…Core (r/a < 0.5) toroidal rotation from argon (Ar17+, 40 AMU) and molybdenum (Mo32+, 96 AMU) ions has been compared in C-Mod tokamak plasmas over a wide range…”
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Integrated modelling of tungsten accumulation control with wave heating: validation in ASDEX Upgrade and predictions for ITER
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-10-2024)“…In present-day fusion devices, central wave heating is crucial to avoid core tungsten (W) accumulation. In this work, we present an integrated modelling…”
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Decoupling beam power and beam energy on ASDEX Upgrade NBI with an in-situ variable extraction gap system
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-09-2024)“…Abstract In early 2022 one source of ASDEX Upgrade’s (AUG) neutral beam injector 2 was equipped with a first-of-its-kind beam extraction grid system with…”
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Full-radius integrated modelling of ASDEX Upgrade L-modes including impurity transport and radiation
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-04-2024)“…Abstract An integrated framework that demonstrates multi-species, multi-channel modelling capabilities for the prediction of impurity density profiles and…”
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Plasma physics for fusion reactor system codes: Framework and model code
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-05-2018)“…Design of a fusion reactor power plant requires putting together physics elements (plasma physics) and engineering elements (plant characteristics). System…”
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Determining the access to H–mode in the ITER pre–fusion and fusion power operation phases at low plasma current with full–radius TGLF–SAT2 simulations of L–mode plasmas
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-12-2023)“…Abstract The pre–fusion power operation 1 phase of ITER is planned to be characterized by electron cyclotron resonance heating only. Under the assumption that…”
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Peripheral temperature gradient screening of high-Z impurities in optimised ‘hybrid’ scenario H-mode plasmas in JET-ILW
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-01-2023)“…Abstract Screening of high-Z (W) impurities from the confined plasma by the temperature gradient at the plasma periphery of fusion-grade H-mode plasmas has…”
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The dependence of tokamak L-mode confinement on magnetic field and plasma size, from a magnetic field scan experiment at ASDEX Upgrade to full-radius integrated modelling and fusion reactor predictions
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-05-2023)“…Abstract The dependence of the confinement of a tokamak plasma in L-mode on the magnetic field is explored with a set of dedicated experiments in ASDEX Upgrade…”
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Direction of impurity pinch and auxiliary heating in tokamak plasmas
Published in Physical review letters (10-03-2006)“…A mechanism of particle pinch for trace impurities in tokamak plasmas, arising from the effect of parallel velocity fluctuations in the presence of a turbulent…”
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Combined action of phase-mixing and Landau damping causing strong decay of geodesic acoustic modes
Published in Europhysics letters (01-07-2016)“…We report evidence of a new mechanism able to damp very efficiently geodesic acoustic mode (GAM) in the presence of a nonuniform temperature profile in a…”
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Comparison of momentum transport in matched hydrogen and deuterium H-mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-12-2023)“…Abstract Advanced momentum transport analysis is used to study matched hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) plasmas in the core of ASDEX Upgrade. The aim is to…”
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Plasma profile reconstruction supported by kinetic modeling
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-05-2024)“…Abstract Combining the analysis of multiple diagnostics and well-chosen prior information in the framework of Bayesian probability theory, the Integrated Data…”
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A key to improved ion core confinement in the JET tokamak: ion stiffness mitigation due to combined plasma rotation and low magnetic shear
Published in Physical review letters (22-09-2011)“…New transport experiments on JET indicate that ion stiffness mitigation in the core of a rotating plasma, as described by Mantica et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102,…”
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Local transport dynamics of cold pulses in tokamak plasmas
Published in Reviews of modern plasma physics (01-12-2022)“…For over two decades, our fundamental understanding of energy transport dynamics in the core of tokamak plasmas had been challenged by the striking observation…”
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Dynamic edge transport investigations at ASDEX Upgrade using gas puff modulation
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-09-2023)“…Abstract Gas puff modulation experiments are performed at ASDEX Upgrade in L-mode, EDA H-mode and quasi-continuous exhaust discharges. Plasma density and…”
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Experimental determination of the three components of toroidal momentum transport in the core of a tokamak plasma
Published in Nuclear fusion (01-12-2023)“…Abstract A new approach to infer the momentum transport in tokamak core plasmas via perturbation experiments is presented. For the first time, the analysis…”
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