Alcator C-Mod: research in support of ITER and steps beyond

Marmar, E. S.; Baek, S. G.; Barnard, H.; Bonoli, P.; Brunner, D.; Candy, J.; Canik, J.; Churchill, R. M.; Cziegler, I.; Dekow, G.; Delgado-Aparicio, L.; Diallo, A.; Edlund, E.; Ennever, P.; Faust, I.; Fiore, C.; Gao, Chi; Golfinopoulos, T.; Greenwald, M.; Hartwig, Z. S.; Holland, C.; Hubbard, A. E.; Hughes, J. W.; Hutchinson, I. H.; Irby, J.; LaBombard, B.; Lin, Yijun; Lipschultz, B.; Loarte, A.; Mumgaard, R.; Parker, R. R.; Porkolab, M.; Reinke, M. L.; Rice, J. E.; Scott, S.; Shiraiwa, S.; Snyder, P.; Sorbom, B.; Terry, D.; Terry, J. L.; Theiler, C.; Vieira, R.; Walk, J. R.; Wallace, G. M.; White, A.; Whyte, D.; Wolfe, S. M.; Wright, G. M.; Wright, J.; Wukitch, S. J.; Xu, P.

doi:10.1088/0029-5515/55/10/104020

Alcator C-Mod: research in support of ITER and steps beyond

Journal Article · Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/10/104020· OSTI ID:1897988

Marmar, E. S. ^[1]; Baek, S. G. ^[2]; Barnard, H. ^[2]; Bonoli, P. ^[2]; Brunner, D. ^[2]; Candy, J. ^[3]; Canik, J. ^[4]; Churchill, R. M. ^[5]; Cziegler, I. ^[6]; Dekow, G. ^[2]; Delgado-Aparicio, L. ^[5]; Diallo, A. ^[5]; Edlund, E. ^[5]; Ennever, P. ^[2]; Faust, I. ^[2]; Fiore, C. ^[2]; Gao, Chi ^[2]; Golfinopoulos, T. ^[2]; Greenwald, M. ^[2]; Hartwig, Z. S. ^[2] more »

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); OSTI
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of York (United Kingdom)
ITER Organization, St. Paul Lez Durance (France)
Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Lausanne (Switzerland)

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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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Contributing Organization:: ITER Organization

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; FC02-99ER54512; FG02-94ER54235; FG02-96ER54373

OSTI ID:: 1897988

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1324150

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 55; ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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