LNF:Plasma Physics

Plasma Physics is the main research topic at the Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, home of the TJ-II stellarator.

Research topics

Experiment

• Transport and magnetic configuration, iota effects
• Confinement transitions, zonal flows
• Internal Transport Barriers
• Plasma Wall Interaction
• Impurity transport
• Instabilities
• Turbulence

Theory

• Neoclassical transport
• Self-Organised Criticality
• Non-diffusive transport
• Gyrokinetic simulations
• Divertor studies for TJ-II
• Topology and transport (research project funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)

Diagnostics development

• See Diagnostics at TJ-II

Research summaries

• C. Alejaldre et al, First plasmas in the TJ-II flexible Heliac, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 41 (1999) A539-A548
• C. Alejaldre et al, Review of confinement and transport studies in the TJ-II flexible heliac, Nucl. Fusion 41 (2001) 1449-1457
• E. Ascasíbar et al, Overview of TJ-II flexible heliac results, Fusion Engineering and Design 56-57 (2001) 145-154
• E. Ascasíbar et al, Confinement and stability on the TJ-II stellarator, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44 (2002) B307-B322
• F. Castejón et al, Transport Properties in the TJ-II Flexible Heliac, AIP Conf. Proc. 669 (2003) 162-165
• C. Hidalgo et al, Overview of TJ-II experiments, Nucl. Fusion 45 (2005) S266-S275
• D. López-Bruna et al, Overview of TJ-II experiments, AIP Conf. Proc. 875 (2006) 357-362
• J. Sánchez et al, Overview of TJ-II experiments, Nucl. Fusion 47 (2007) S677-S685
• J. Sánchez et al, Overview of TJ-II experiments, Proc. Fusion Energy Conf. (2008)
• J. Sánchez et al, Confinement transitions in TJ-II under Li-coated wall conditions, Nucl. Fusion 49 (2009) 104018
• E. Ascasíbar et al, Global energy confinement studies in TJ-II NBI plasmas, Contrib. Plasma Phys. 50, 6-7 (2010) 594
• J. Sánchez et al, Overview of TJ-II experiments, Nucl. Fusion 51 (2011) 094022