Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas
Plasma fusion devices like tokamaks are important for energy generation but there are many challenges for their steady state operation. Here, the authors show that full divertor detachment is compatible with high-confinement high-poloidal-beta core plasmas and this prevents the damage to the diverto...
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| author | L. Wang H. Q. Wang S. Ding A. M. Garofalo X. Z. Gong D. Eldon H. Y. Guo A. W. Leonard A. W. Hyatt J. P. Qian D. B. Weisberg J. McClenaghan M. E. Fenstermacher C. J. Lasnier J. G. Watkins M. W. Shafer G. S. Xu J. Huang Q. L. Ren R. J. Buttery D. A. Humphreys D. M. Thomas B. Zhang J. B. Liu |
| author_facet | L. Wang H. Q. Wang S. Ding A. M. Garofalo X. Z. Gong D. Eldon H. Y. Guo A. W. Leonard A. W. Hyatt J. P. Qian D. B. Weisberg J. McClenaghan M. E. Fenstermacher C. J. Lasnier J. G. Watkins M. W. Shafer G. S. Xu J. Huang Q. L. Ren R. J. Buttery D. A. Humphreys D. M. Thomas B. Zhang J. B. Liu |
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| description | Plasma fusion devices like tokamaks are important for energy generation but there are many challenges for their steady state operation. Here, the authors show that full divertor detachment is compatible with high-confinement high-poloidal-beta core plasmas and this prevents the damage to the divertor target plates and the first wall. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e75346d6f60c41b581e90ec2eb6fdaae2022-12-21T22:53:53ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-03-011211910.1038/s41467-021-21645-yIntegration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmasL. Wang0H. Q. Wang1S. Ding2A. M. Garofalo3X. Z. Gong4D. Eldon5H. Y. Guo6A. W. Leonard7A. W. Hyatt8J. P. Qian9D. B. Weisberg10J. McClenaghan11M. E. Fenstermacher12C. J. Lasnier13J. G. Watkins14M. W. Shafer15G. S. Xu16J. Huang17Q. L. Ren18R. J. Buttery19D. A. Humphreys20D. M. Thomas21B. Zhang22J. B. Liu23Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesGeneral AtomicsInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesGeneral AtomicsInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesGeneral AtomicsGeneral AtomicsGeneral AtomicsGeneral AtomicsInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesGeneral AtomicsGeneral AtomicsLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLawrence Livermore National LaboratorySandia National LaboratoriesOak Ridge National LaboratoryInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesGeneral AtomicsGeneral AtomicsGeneral AtomicsInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesPlasma fusion devices like tokamaks are important for energy generation but there are many challenges for their steady state operation. Here, the authors show that full divertor detachment is compatible with high-confinement high-poloidal-beta core plasmas and this prevents the damage to the divertor target plates and the first wall.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21645-y |
| spellingShingle | L. Wang H. Q. Wang S. Ding A. M. Garofalo X. Z. Gong D. Eldon H. Y. Guo A. W. Leonard A. W. Hyatt J. P. Qian D. B. Weisberg J. McClenaghan M. E. Fenstermacher C. J. Lasnier J. G. Watkins M. W. Shafer G. S. Xu J. Huang Q. L. Ren R. J. Buttery D. A. Humphreys D. M. Thomas B. Zhang J. B. Liu Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas Nature Communications |
| title | Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas |
| title_full | Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas |
| title_fullStr | Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas |
| title_short | Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas |
| title_sort | integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21645-y |
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