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physics.plasm-ph2026

Hybrid Kinetic-MHD Simulations of Drift-Orbit Effects on the Stability and Non-Linear Dynamics of Runaway Electron Beams

Shi-Jie Liu, Hao-Wei Zhang, Hannes Bergstroem +2

During tokamak disruptions, the Ohmic current may be replaced by a non-inductive runaway electron (RE) current, affecting resistive stability. Previous studies suggest that, in the…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 79 cited

Effect of externally applied resonant magnetic perturbations on resistive tearing modes

Qiming Hu, Q. Yu, Bo Rao +3

Static resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) generated by saddle coil current have been applied in J-TEXT tokamak experiments in order to study their effects on tearing mode insta…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 27 cited

Nonlinear modeling of the scaling law for the m/n=3/2 error field penetration threshold

Q. Hu, N. C. Logan, J. -K. Park +3

The scaling law for the n=2 error field (EF) penetration threshold is predicted numerically based on nonlinear single-fluid and two-fluid modeling using the TM1 code. The simulated…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 61 cited

The Role of Edge Resonant Magnetic Perturbations in Edge-Localized-Mode Suppression and Density Pump-out in low-collisionality DIII-D Plasmas

Q. M. Hu, R. Nazikian, B. A. Grierson +3

Two-fluid nonlinear MHD simulations using the TM1 code demonstrate that the formation of magnetic islands at the top and bottom of the H-mode pedestal, together with the strong scr…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Evolution of SPI-induced disruptions in ASDEX Upgrade

P. Heinrich, G. Papp, S. Jachmich +23

Disruptions are a major concern for future fusion reactors based on the tokamak principle. To ensure machine protection, the thermal loads and vessel forces that arise during disru…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Hollow toroidal rotation profiles in strongly electron heated H-mode plasmas in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak

C. F. B. Zimmermann, R. M. McDermott, C. Angioni +8

This work investigates toroidal momentum transport in type-I ELMy H-mode plasmas in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, focusing on the formation of hollow rotation profiles under strong el…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Applications of a novel model-based real-time observer for electron density profile control experiments in TCV

F. Pastore, O. Sauter, F. Felici +12

Real-time control of tokamak plasmas encompasses sustaining a high-performance stationary state, avoiding disruptions, and managing ramp-up and ramp-down phases. Real-time estimati…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 1 cited

Multi-GPU Hybrid Particle-in-Cell Monte Carlo Simulations for Exascale Computing Systems

Jeremy J. Williams, Jordy Trilaksono, Stefan Costea +13

Particle-in-Cell (PIC) Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are central to plasma physics but face increasing challenges on heterogeneous HPC systems due to excessive data movement, synchr…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 1 cited

Turbulent Nature of the Quasicontinuous Exhaust Regime for Fusion Plasmas

Kaiyu Zhang, Wladimir Zholobenko, Andreas Stegmeir +5

We demonstrate a turbulence mechanism that reconciles high plasma confinement with efficient heat exhaust -- a central challenge for fusion energy. Global two-fluid turbulence simu…

physics.plasm-ph2026★ 1 cited

Variability of MHD Instabilities in Benign Termination of High-Current Runaway Electron Beams in the JET and DIII-D Tokamaks

C. F. B. Zimmermann, C. Paz-Soldan, G. Su +14

Benign termination, in which magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities deconfine runaway electrons (REs) following hydrogenic injections, is a promising strategy for mitigating dange…

physics.plasm-ph2026

JOREK simulations of the X-point radiator formation and its movement in ASDEX Upgrade

Y. C. Liang, A. Cathey, M. Hoelzl +7

Future large-scale magnetic confinement fusion reactors require operational regimes that can avoid extreme heat fluxes onto the plasma-facing components. One promising regime is th…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Near-axis quasi-isodynamic database

Eduardo Rodriguez, Gabriel G. Plunk

In this work, we investigate the landscape of quasi-isodynamic stellarators using the near-axis expansion of the magnetic field. Building on recent theoretical developments, we con…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Predicting core transport in ITER baseline discharges with neon injections

Dmitri M Orlov, Joseph McClenaghan, Jeff Candy +4

Achieving self-consistent performance predictions for ITER requires integrated modeling of core transport and divertor power exhaust under realistic impurity conditions. We present…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 2 cited

Integrating High Performance In-Memory Data Streaming and In-Situ Visualization in Hybrid MPI+OpenMP PIC MC Simulations Towards Exascale

Jeremy J. Williams, Stefan Costea, Daniel Medeiros +11

Efficient simulation of complex plasma dynamics is crucial for advancing fusion energy research. Particle-in-Cell (PIC) Monte Carlo (MC) simulations provide insights into plasma be…

physics.plasm-ph2025

A novel method for thermal noise reduction, enabling measurements of broadband, low-amplitude electron temperature fluctuations using individual radiometer channels

Christian Yoo, Garrard D. Conway, Jacob Schellpfeffer +8

A new analysis method has been developed for measurements of broadband, low-amplitude turbulent electron temperature fluctuations in fusion plasmas using individual radiometer chan…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Characterisation of X- and O-points in Wendelstein 7-X with respect to coil currents

Robert Davies, Christopher B. Smiet, Charlotte Batzdorf +3

This work analyses vacuum magnetic field topology in Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) with respect to changes in the current in the superconducting coils. We develop a fast automated scheme…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Machine Learning for Electron-Scale Turbulence Modeling in W7-X

Ionut-Gabriel Farcas, Don Lawrence Carl Agapito Fernando, Alejandro Banon Navarro +2

Constructing reduced models for turbulent transport is essential for accelerating profile predictions and enabling many-query tasks such as parameter exploration and design optimiz…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Microtearing Turbulence and Its Role in High-Density-Gradient Plasmas in Wendelstein 7-X

H. Cu-Castillo, A. Bañón Navarro, G. Merlo +10

Gyrokinetic simulations reveal that microtearing mode (MTM) turbulence dominates transport in a Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) discharge characterized by large density gradients, moderate…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Narrow Operator Models of Stellarator Equilibria in Fourier Zernike Basis

Timo Thun, Rory Conlin, Dario Panici +1

Numerical computation of the ideal Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium magnetic field is at the base of stellarator optimisation and provides the starting point for solving more…

physics.plasm-ph2025

The impact of plasma turbulence on atomic reaction rates in the detached ASDEX Upgrade divertor

Konrad Eder, Wladimir Zholobenko, Andreas Stegmeir +2

Numerical modeling of the edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) must account for atomic processes such as hydrogenic ionization and recombination, charge-exchange, and line radiation. Th…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 1 cited

Runaway electrons during a coil quench in stellarators

Pavel Aleynikov, Per Helander, Håkan M Smith

It is shown that avalanches of runaway electrons can arise in stellarators, even if there is no net toroidal current in the plasma or the magnetic-field coils, if the current in th…

physics.plasm-ph2025

On the mechanism of Pedestal Relaxation Events -- Insights gained by turbulence simulations with GRILLIX

Christoph Pitzal, Andreas Stegmeir, Tim Happel +7

Pedestal Relaxation Events (PREs) appear in I-mode discharges close to the I-H transition. Although they show certain similarities with Edge Localised Modes (ELMs), i.e. periodic e…

physics.plasm-ph2025★ 1 cited

Efficient Computation of Stellarator Coils with an Augmented Lagrangian Optimization Method

Pedro F. Gil, Weiping Li, Julianne Stratton +2

Finding feasible coils for stellarator fusion devices is a critical challenge of realizing this concept for future power plants. Current design efforts struggle to navigate the hig…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Simulation of Shattered Pellet Injections with Plasmoid Drifts in ASDEX Upgrade and ITER

O. Vallhagen, L. Antonsson, P. Halldestam +7

Pellet injection is an important means to fuel and control discharges and mitigate disruptions in reactor-scale fusion devices. To accurately assess the efficiency of these applica…