Search Results - "FURNO, I"

Conceptual design of the beam source for the DEMO Neutral Beam Injectors by Sonato, P, Agostinetti, P, Fantz, U, Franke, T, Furno, I, Simonin, A, Tran, M Q

“…DEMO (DEMOnstration Fusion Power Plant) is a proposed nuclear fusion power plant that is intended to follow the ITER experimental reactor. The main goal of…”
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Negative ion source development for a photoneutralization based neutral beam system for future fusion reactors by Simonin, A, Agnello, R, Bechu, S, Bernard, J M, Blondel, C, Boeuf, J P, Bresteau, D, Cartry, G, Chaibi, W, Drag, C, Duval, B P, de Esch, H P L, Fubiani, G, Furno, I, Grand, C, Guittienne, Ph, Howling, A, Jacquier, R, Marini, C, Morgal, I

“…In parallel to the developments dedicated to the ITER neutral beam (NB) system, CEA-IRFM with laboratories in France and Switzerland are studying the…”
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Cross-field motion of plasma blobs in an open magnetic field line configuration by Theiler, C, Furno, I, Ricci, P, Fasoli, A, Labit, B, Müller, S H, Plyushchev, G

“…The radial propagation of blobs generated from plasma instabilities is investigated in an open magnetic field line configuration. Blob cross-field velocities…”
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Millimeter-Wave Beam Scattering by Field-Aligned Blobs in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas by Chellaï, O, Alberti, S, Baquero-Ruiz, M, Furno, I, Goodman, T, Manke, F, Plyushchev, G, Guidi, L, Koehn, A, Maj, O, Poli, E, Hizanidis, K, Figini, L, Ricci, D

“…The first direct experimental measurements of the scattering of a millimeter-wave beam by plasma blobs in a simple magnetized torus are reported. The…”
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Nonclassical Transport and Particle-Field Coupling: from Laboratory Plasmas to the Solar Wind by Perrone, D., Dendy, R. O., Furno, I., Sanchez, R., Zimbardo, G., Bovet, A., Fasoli, A., Gustafson, K., Perri, S., Ricci, P., Valentini, F.

“…Understanding transport of thermal and suprathermal particles is a fundamental issue in laboratory, solar-terrestrial, and astrophysical plasmas. For…”
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Nondiffusive suprathermal ion transport in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas by Gustafson, K, Ricci, P, Furno, I, Fasoli, A

“…We investigate suprathermal ion dynamics in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas in the presence of electrostatic turbulence driven by the ideal interchange…”
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X-Point Effect on Plasma Blob Dynamics by Avino, F, Fasoli, A, Furno, I, Ricci, P, Theiler, C

“…Plasma blob dynamics on the high-field side in the proximity of a magnetic field null (X point) is investigated in TORPEX. A significant acceleration of the…”
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Time-Resolved Measurements of Suprathermal Ion Transport Induced by Intermittent Plasma Blob Filaments by Bovet, A, Fasoli, A, Furno, I

“…Suprathermal ion turbulent transport in magnetized plasmas is generally nondiffusive, ranging from subdiffusive to superdiffusive depending on the interplay of…”
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Experimental observation of the blob-generation mechanism from interchange waves in a plasma by Furno, I, Labit, B, Podestà, M, Fasoli, A, Müller, S H, Poli, F M, Ricci, P, Theiler, C, Brunner, S, Diallo, A, Graves, J

“…The mechanism for blob generation in a toroidal magnetized plasma is investigated using time-resolved measurements of two-dimensional structures of electron…”
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Convective cells and blob control in a simple magnetized plasma by Theiler, C, Furno, I, Loizu, J, Fasoli, A

“…Blob control by creating convective cells using biased electrodes is demonstrated in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas. A two-dimensional array of electrodes…”
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Methods for Characterising Microphysical Processes in Plasmas by Dudok de Wit, T., Alexandrova, O., Furno, I., Sorriso-Valvo, L., Zimbardo, G.

“…Advanced spectral and statistical data analysis techniques have greatly contributed to shaping our understanding of microphysical processes in plasmas. We…”
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Universal statistical properties of drift-interchange turbulence in TORPEX plasmas by Labit, B, Furno, I, Fasoli, A, Diallo, A, Müller, S H, Plyushchev, G, Podestà, M, Poli, F M

“…A unique parabolic relation is observed to link skewness and kurtosis of around ten thousand density fluctuation signals, measured over the whole cross section…”
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Plasma cleaning of ITER first mirrors by Moser, L, Marot, L, Steiner, R, Reichle, R, Leipold, F, Vorpahl, C, Le Guern, F, Walach, U, Alberti, S, Furno, I, Yan, R, Peng, J, Ben Yaala, M, Meyer, E

“…Nuclear fusion is an extremely attractive option for future generations to compete with the strong increase in energy consumption. Proper control of the fusion…”
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Direct two-dimensional measurements of the field-aligned current associated with plasma blobs by Furno, I, Spolaore, M, Theiler, C, Vianello, N, Cavazzana, R, Fasoli, A

“…In simple magnetized toroidal plasmas, field-aligned blobs originate from ideal interchange waves and propagate radially outward under the effect of ∇B and…”
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Experimental onset threshold and magnetic pressure pile-up for 3D reconnection by Intrator, T. P, Sun, X, Lapenta, G, Dorf, L, Furno, I

“…Magnetic reconnection changes the topology of magnetic field lines to a lower-energy state. This process can liberate stored magnetic field energy and…”
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Experimental study of high power mm-waves scattering by plasma turbulence in TCV plasmas by Chellaï, O., Alberti, S., Furno, I., Goodman, T., Koehn, A., Figini, L., Ricci, D., Hizanidis, L., Papagiannis, P., Tsironis, C.

“…Understanding the propagation of high power mm-wave in plasmas is of tremendous importance in the route to fusion considering their extensive use in…”
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Flux rope dynamics: experimental study of bouncing and merging by Sun, X, Intrator, T P, Dorf, L, Sears, J, Furno, I, Lapenta, G

“…We show experimentally for the first time that two mutually attracting flux ropes may bounce back instead of merging together, leading to a variety of dynamics…”
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Microphysics of Cosmic Plasmas: Hierarchies of Plasma Instabilities from MHD to Kinetic by Brown, M. R., Browning, P. K., Dieckmann, M. E., Furno, I., Intrator, T. P.

“…In this article, we discuss the idea of a hierarchy of instabilities that can rapidly couple the disparate scales of a turbulent plasma system. First, at the…”
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Non-linear simulations of the TCV Scrape-Off Layer by Nespoli, F., Furno, I., Halpern, F.D., Labit, B., Loizu, J., Ricci, P., Riva, F.

“…•A nonlinear numerical simulation of a the Scrape-Off Layer of a TCV discharge is performed.•The numerical results are compared with the experimental ones…”
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Dynamics of plasma blobs in a shear flow by Diallo, A, Fasoli, A, Furno, I, Labit, B, Podestà, M, Theiler, C

“…The global dynamic of plasma blobs in a shear flow is investigated in a simple magnetized torus using the spatial Fourier harmonics (k-space) framework. Direct…”
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