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20222024
most citedLessons learned after three years of SPIDER operation and the first MITICA integrated tests

30 citations · 47 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

physics.plasm-ph2024

Faraday shield dissipation in the drivers of SPIDER based on electromagnetic 3D calculations

D. López-Bruna, S. Denizeau, I. Predebon +3

SPIDER (Source for the Production of Ions of Deuterium Extracted from Rf plasma) is a full-scale prototype of the ITER NBI source. It is based on the concept of inductive coupling…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 6 cited

Cs evaporation in a negative ion source and Cs cleaning tests by plasma sputtering

M. Barbisan, R. S. Delogu, A. Pimazzoni +3

The compact radio frequency negative ion source NIO1 (Negative Ion Optimization phase 1) has been designed, built and operated by Consorzio RFX and INFN-LNL in order to study and o…

physics.plasm-ph2023

2D electromagnetic simulations of RF heating via inductive coupling in the SPIDER device

D. López-Bruna, P. Jain, M. Recchia +6

SPIDER is the prototype ion source of MITICA, the full-size neutral beam heating system conceived for the ITER tokamak. It includes eight drivers to heat and sustain the inductivel…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 30 cited

Lessons learned after three years of SPIDER operation and the first MITICA integrated tests

D. Marcuzzi, V. Toigo, M. Boldrin +139

ITER envisages the use of two heating neutral beam injectors plus an optional one as part of the auxiliary heating and current drive system. The 16.5 MW expected neutral beam power…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Measure of negative ion density in a large negative ion source using Langmuir probes

Carlo Poggi, Monica Spolaore, Marco Barbisan +7

Neutral Beam Injectors (NBIs) based on negative ions are the workhorses of future fusion reactors, such as ITER, which they are expected to provide with up to \SI{33}{MW} of power…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 1 cited

Continuous pulse advances in the negative ion source NIO1

M. Barbisan, R. Agnello, M. Cavenago +23

Consorzio RFX and INFN-LNL have designed, built and operated the compact radiofrequency negative ion source NIO1 (Negative Ion Optimization phase 1) with the aim of studying the pr…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 10 cited

Negative ion density in the ion source SPIDER in Cs free conditions

M. Barbisan, R. Agnello, G. Casati +5

The SPIDER experiment, operated at the Neutral Beam Test Facility of Consorzio RFX, Padua, hosts the prototype of the H-/D- ion source for the ITER neutral beam injectors. The maxi…