3D passive stabilization of n = 0 MHD modes in EAST tokamak.
Evidence is shown of the capability of non-axisymmetrical conducting structures in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) to guarantee the passive stabilization of the n = 0 MHD unstable mode. Suitable numerical modeling of the experiments allows a clear interpretation of the phenomenon. This demonstration and the availability of computational tools able to describe the effect of 3D conductors will have a huge impact on the design of future fusion devices, in which the conducting structures closest to plasma will be highly segmented.
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
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Chen
DIEI, Universitá degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy.
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Villone
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, People's Republic of China.|School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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Xiao
DIEI, Universitá degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy.
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Barbato
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
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Luo
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
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Liu
DIEI, Universitá degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy.
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Mastrostefano
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
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