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Abstract
Edge-localized modes (ELMs), periodic plasma eruptions in tokamaks, can damage the tokamak wall. This study demonstrates that three-dimensional magnetic perturbations (RMPs) suppress ELMs by altering the magnetic topology near the plasma edge, creating magnetic islands. High-resolution measurements and MHD modelling confirm that ideal MHD is insufficient to describe ELM-suppressed plasmas, while nonlinear resistive MHD modelling supports the magnetic island hypothesis as the mechanism for ELM suppression. This finding is crucial for physics-based predictions in future fusion devices.
Publisher
Nature Physics
Published On
Dec 28, 2024
Authors
Matthias Willensdorfer, Verena Mitterauer, Matthias Hoelzl, Wolfgang Suttrop, Mark Cianciosa, Mike Dunne, Rainer Fischer, Nils Leuthold, Jonas Puchmayr, Oleg Samoylov, Guillermo Suárez López, Daniel Wendler
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edge-localized modes
tokamaks
magnetic perturbations
MHD modelling
fusion devices
magnetic topology
plasma edge

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