Investigation of the role of electron temperature gradient modes in electron heat transport in TCV plasmas

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Investigation of the role of electron temperature gradient modes in electron heat transport in TCV plasmas

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Introduction and Overview: Chapter 1 of the Special Issue: on the Path to Tokamak Burning Plasma Operation

Transport and confinement physics Chapter 2 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation

Integrated operation scenarios: Chapter 6 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation

Milestone in predicting core plasma turbulence: successful multi-channel validation of the gyrokinetic code GENE

Performance of the First 80-kA HTS CICC for High-Field Application in Future Fusion Reactors

Heat transfer in the entrance region of annular laminar flow with constant and different heat flux on two walls

Inverse Geometric Locomotion

Ambipolar diffusion and the mass-to-flux ratio in a turbulent collapsing cloud

Overview of fast particle experiments in the first MAST Upgrade experimental campaigns

Comparison of reduced model predictions for divertor detachment onset and reattachment timescales in ASDEX Upgrade and JET experiments

Inter-discharge optimization for fast, reliable access to ASDEX Upgrade advanced tokamak scenario

Edge plasma turbulence simulations in detached regimes with the SOLEDGE3X code

Innovative dud detection based on JET DT experience

Dynamic steady-state coil current allocation for plasma shape control: A study on the TCV tokamak

Maintenance and optimization of the TCV power supply

Gyrokinetic turbulence modeling of a high performance scenario in JT-60SA

Towards practical reinforcement learning for tokamak magnetic control

Divertor turbulence characterisation using Gas Puff Imaging in the TCV tokamak

Global fluid simulations of plasma turbulence in stellarators

Benign termination of runaway electron beams on ASDEX Upgrade and TCV