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Self-consistent pedestal prediction for JET-ILW in preparation of the DT campaign

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Investigation of scrape-off layer and divertor transport using infrared thermography and SOLPS-ITER simulations

Physical insights from the aspect ratio dependence of turbulence in negative triangularity plasmas

Experimental validation of momentum transport theory in the core of H-mode plasmas in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak

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

Scenario optimization for the tokamak ramp-down phase in RAPTOR. Part B: safe termination of DEMO plasmas

Experimental study and interpretative modelling of the Power Exhaust in Configurations with Multiple X-Points in TCV

Re-design of EU DEMO with a low aspect ratio

The effect of plasma shaping on high density H-mode SOL profiles and fluctuations in TCV

Study of impurity C transport and plasma rotation in negative triangularity on the TCV tokamak

Experiments and gyrokinetic simulations of TCV plasmas with negative triangularity in view of DTT operations

Stability and degradation of (oxy)nitride photocatalysts for solar water splitting

Disruption avoidance and investigation of the H-Mode density limit in ASDEX Upgrade

Divertor turbulence characterisation using Gas Puff Imaging in the TCV tokamak

Global gyrokinetic study of density gradient driven instability in tokamaks: the ubiquitous mode

Interpretative 3D MHD modelling of deuterium SPI into a JET H-mode plasma

Validating reduced models for detachment onset and reattachment times on MAST-U

Design and assessment of an evaporating water-cooled methanation reactor for a SOE-based power-to-methane system

Overview of physics results from MAST upgrade towards core-pedestal-exhaust integration

Long plasma duration operation analyses with an international multi-machine (tokamaks and stellarators) database

Nonlinear simulation of plasma turbulence using a gyrokinetic moment-based approach