Alcator C-Mod: research in support of ITER and steps beyond
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Candy, J.
Canik, J.
Churchill, R.M.
Holland, C.
Loarte, A.
Reinke, M.L.
Scott, S.
Snyder, P.
Theiler, C.
Diallo, A.
Date Issued
July 2015
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Nuclear Fusion
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IOP Publishing
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Marmar, E.S., S.G. Baek, H. Barnard, P. Bonoli, D. Brunner, J. Candy, J. Canik, et al. “Alcator C-Mod: Research in Support of ITER and Steps Beyond.” Nuclear Fusion 55, no. 10 (July 30, 2015): 104020.
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This paper presents an overview of recent highlights from research on Alcator C-Mod. Significant progress has been made across all research areas over the last two years, with particular emphasis on divertor physics and power handling, plasma–material interaction studies, edge localized mode-suppressed pedestal dynamics, core transport and turbulence, and RF heating and current drive utilizing ion cyclotron and lower hybrid tools. Specific results of particular relevance to ITER include: inner wall SOL transport studies that have led, together with results from other experiments, to the change of the detailed shape of the inner wall in ITER; runaway electron studies showing that the critical electric field required for runaway generation is much higher than predicted from collisional theory; core tungsten impurity transport studies reveal that tungsten accumulation is naturally avoided in typical C-Mod conditions.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/10/104020
