3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Development of a Reduced Multi-Fluid Equilibrium Model and Its Application to Proton-Boron Spherical Tokamaks
Huasheng Xie, Xingyu Li, Jiaqi Dong +8
Proton-Boron fusion requires extreme ion temperatures and robust confinement, making Spherical Tokamaks (ST) with high-power neutral beam injection primary candidates. In these dev…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Non-Inductive Current Start-Up Using Multi-Harmonic Electron Cyclotron Wave and Current Ramp-Up Through Combined Electron Cyclotron Wave and Ohmic Heating in EXL-50U Spherical Torus
Xinchen Jiang, Yuejiang Shi, Yueng-Kay Martin Peng +21
The non-inductive current start-up by multi-harmonic electron cyclotron wave has been systematically investigated in the EXL-50U spherical torus. Significant enhancements of the dr…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Overview of EXL-50 Research Progress and Future Plan
Yuejiang Shi, Yumin Wang, Bing Liu +37
XuanLong-50 (EXL-50) is the first medium-size spherical torus (ST) in China, with the toroidal field at major radius at 50 cm around 0.5T. CS-free and non-inductive current drive v…