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Turbulence-reduced high-performance scenarios in Wendelstein 7-X

open access: yesNuclear Fusion
In the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, turbulence is the dominant transport mechanism in most discharges. This leads to a ‘clamping’ of ion temperature over a wide range of heating power, predominantly flat density profiles where hollow profiles ...
O.P. Ford   +28 more
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Global gyrokinetic analysis of Wendelstein 7-X discharge: unveiling the importance of trapped-electron-mode and electron-temperature-gradient turbulence [PDF]

open access: yesNuclear Fusion
We present the first nonlinear, gyrokinetic, radially global simulation of a discharge of the Wendelstein 7-X-like stellarator, including kinetic electrons, an equilibrium radial electric field, as well as electromagnetic and collisional effects.
Felix Wilms   +10 more
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Overview of Wendelstein 7-X high-performance operation

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The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator has completed two consecutive experimental campaigns OP 2.2 (Sep.-Dec. 2024) and OP 2.3 (Feb.-May 2025) under a new operational strategy enabling more than one year of uninterrupted device availability.
O. Grulke   +518 more
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Demonstration of reduced neoclassical energy transport in Wendelstein 7-X. [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2021
Research on magnetic confinement of high-temperature plasmas has the ultimate goal of harnessing nuclear fusion for the production of electricity. Although the tokamak1 is the leading toroidal magnetic-confinement concept, it is not without shortcomings ...
Beidler CD   +39 more
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Gyro orbit simulations of neutral beam injection in Wendelstein 7-X

open access: yesNuclear Fusion, 2023
Simulations exploring neutral beam operation in Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) at reduced magnetic field are performed using a newly implemented gyro orbit model in the BEAMS3D code.
Samuel A. Lazerson   +5 more
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Magnetic geometry effects on turbulent density fluctuations in Wendelstein 7-X

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Line-integrated density fluctuation measurements from the core of the optimised stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) are studied in the context of magnetic field geometry changes.
J.-P. Bähner   +18 more
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Full-flux-surface effects on electrostatic turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X-like plasmas

open access: yesNuclear Fusion, 2023
We present the first nonlinear, gyrokinetic, surface-global simulations of a Wendelstein 7-X-like stellarator with kinetic electrons. As a first application, we investigate the interplay between Ion Temperature Gradient (ITG) and Trapped Electron Mode ...
Felix Wilms   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Broadband Alfvénic excitation correlated to turbulence level in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator plasmas

open access: yesNuclear Fusion, 2023
During the first operational phase (OP1) of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, poloidal magnetic field fluctuations, $\dot{B}_{\theta}$ , were measured in several different plasma scenarios with a system of Mirnov coils.
S. Vaz Mendes   +12 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Particle transport in reduced turbulence neutral beam heated discharges at Wendelstein 7-X

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A spontaneous reduction in anomalous particle transport in the plasma core is seen experimentally in reproducible, purely neutral beam heated plasma phases at Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X).
S. Bannmann   +15 more
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Finite-β turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X enhanced by sub-threshold kinetic ballooning modes

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Magnetic fluctuations affecting turbulence and transport, which are manifest at finite normalized plasma pressure β , pose a significant challenge to magnetic confinement fusion devices aiming to achieve high performance.
P. Mulholland   +7 more
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