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Name: Emilia R. Solano (Emilia Rodríguez-Solano Rineiro)
Institute: Laboratorio Nacional de Fusion
Address: Av. Complutense 40, E-28040 Madrid, España
Email: emilia.solano at ciemat.es
Phone: +34 91 346 6153

From 18th March 2013 at
Institute: JET CSU, K1/1/105
Address: Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB, UK
Phone: +44 1235 46 4500
web page: http://www-fusion.ciemat.es/ESolano.html
ResearcherID: Emilia R. Solano
google scholar profile: Emilia R. Solano

Interests

Theory and Applied Theory in Plasma Physics

JET experimental studies

Study of high temperature pedestals

Specific experiments were made at JET to study high temperature pedestals, in the range Te_ped ~2.5-5 keV. The idea was to see if the ELMs are qualitatively different when resistivity and collisionality are low. The surprising result of the experiment was a new insight on pedestal stability: with low gas fuelling and low recycling conditions (required to achieve high temperature pedestals) an Outer Mode often appears, delaying ELMs. The outer mode had been assumed to be an ideal kink, unstable in the steep gradient region of the pedestal, which would eventually grow into an ELM. We have now found that the outer mode is a fairly stable current ribbon, lasting as much as 1.5 s, located at the top of the pedestal. There are tantalising similarities with the EHO observed in DIII-D. This could provide a new route to ELM-free operation.

Study of ELMs (Edge Localised Modes)

Pedestal width and ELM size identity studies in JET and DIII-D; implications for ITER M N A Beurskens et al. 2009 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 51 124051

Study of transport barrier formation

Tokamak Design

  • TEXT Upgrade: calculations for design of diverted plasma and corresponding divertor coils, mostly based on filament models of the plasma:
    • electromagnetic forces and insulation requirements on coils in steady operation and during disruptions,
    • power supply requirements for plasma position control,
    • effect of iron transformer on plasma stability
    • adapted EFIT code to be used in tokamaks with non-satured iron core.
  • USTX: the University Spherical Tokamak Experiment design proposal: all of the above, now with predictive EFIT,
    • additional shape control requirements due to effect of transformer currents on inboard plasma gap.
    • stability analysis with DCON
    • design of field null for efficient startup

Committees and honours

  • Member of Science Subcommittee of the Consultative Committee for Fusion Energy (FEAC), advisory committee to the DoE in the USA, co-author of report “A Restructured Fusion Energy Sciences Program”, 1995-96 and “Alternative Concepts, A Report to the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee”, DOE/ER-0690, 1996.
  • Member of the Spanish Physics Royal Society since 2004
  • Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 2006-08.
  • Chaired the Magnetic Confinement group of the EPS Programme Committee for the 31st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics.
  • Member of Editorial Board of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2005-2008
  • Elected member of the Board of the Plasma Physics Division of the European Physical Society, 2012-

Publications list

First author publications (recent)

  1. Magnetic Phase Transitions in plasmas and transport barriers, Emilia R. Solano & R. D. Hazeltine, Nucl. Fusion 52 114017 (October 2012) PDF
  2. Observation of Confined Current Structures in JET High Temperature Pedestals and Transient ELM Suppression, E.R. Solano et al., 2010 Proc. 23rd Int. Conf. on Fusion Energy (Daejeon, Korea, 2010) (Vienna: IAEA) paper EXS/P3.05.
  3. Observation of confined current ribbon in JET plasmas,E.R. Solano et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 185003 (2010)
  4. High Temperature Pedestals in JET and confined current filaments, E. R. Solano et al., E.R. Solano et al EPS 2010 Oral
  5. ELMs and strike point movements, Emilia R. Solano et al 2008 Nucl. Fusion 48 065005
  6. Criticality of the Grad–Shafranov equation: transport barriers and fragile equilibria by Emilia R Solano 2004 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 46 L7

Named author in JET publications (recent)

  1. "L-H power threshold studies in JET with Be/W and C Wall”, CF Maggi, E. Delabie, T.M. Biewer, ..., E. R. Solano, ... Nucl. Fusion 54 023007 (2014)
  2. "Determination of plasma stability using Resonant Field Amplification in JET", MP Gryaznevich, YQ Liu, TC Hender, DF Howell, M Beurskens, IT Chapman, CD ...E. R. Solano, ... Nuclear Fusion 52 (8), 083018 (2012)
  3. "Analyses of substantially different plasma current densities and safety factors reconstructed from magnetic diagnostics data", F.S. Zaitsev, D.P. Kostomarov, E.P. Suchkov, V.V. Drozdov, E.R. Solano, A. Murari, S. Matejcik, N.C. Hawkes and JET-EFDA Contributors, Nucl. Fusion 51 103044 (2011)
  4. H-mode pedestal scaling in DIII-D, ASDEX Upgrade, and JET M.N.A. Beurskens et al. Phys. Plasmas 18, 056120 (2011)
  5. Summary of the Workshop on Electric Fields, Turbulence and Self-organization in Magnetized Plasmas (EFTSOMP) 2009: 6–7 July 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria S. Zoletnik et al Nucl. Fusion 50 047001 (2010)
  6. Pedestal width and ELM size identity studies in JET and DIII-D; implications for ITER, M N A Beurskens et al. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 51 124051 (2009)
  7. Pedestal and ELM response to impurity seeding in JET advanced scenario plasmas, M.N.A. Beurskens et al. Nucl. Fusion 48 095004 (2008)
  8. Overview of JET results J. Paméla , Emilia R. Solano and JET EFDA Contributors Nucl. Fusion 43 1540 (2003)
  9. Overview of results and possibilities for fast particle research on JET J. Pamela , et al., Nucl. Fusion 42 1014 (2002)
  10. The formation and evolution of extreme shear reversal in JET and its influence on local thermal transport N C Hawkes et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44 1105 (2002)

Named author in TJ-II publications

Named author in DIII-D publications

CV and Bibliography

A long version of my CV in English, following the official Spanish format, can be found here CV of Emilia R. Solano

Education and Appointment history

09/82  : Bachelor Degree in Fundamental Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
05/83  : Masters Degree in Physics, for the work "Study of Acoustic Emmission from fatigue-induced crack progation"
10/83-12/86: PhD Scholarship Institute Nuclear Studies, Junta de Energía Nuclear, later called CIEMAT
03/85-03/86: NATO Scholarship for stay at Fusion Energy Division, ORNL, USA
12/86  : PhD Cum Laude from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
05/87-10/90: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fusion Research Center, Univ. Texas, Austin, USA
11/90-96/96: Research Associate, Fusion Research Center, Univ. Texas, Austin, USA
05/97-96/98: Guest Researcher, Max-Planck-Institut für PlasmaPhysik, Garching, Germany
02/99-97/02: CIEMAT Researcher, seconded to JET as Scientific Assistant to JET Director (1999) and JET EFDA Leader (2000-03).
08/02-95/05: Researcher Ramón y Cajal, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain. Part time at JET.
05/05-now  : Research Scientist, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain.

Complete Publication list, chronological order

  1. E. R. Solano, K. C. Shaing , Calculation of Neoclassical Fluxes in the Plateau Regime for Nonaxisymmetric Toroidal Plasmas , Phys. Fluids 30 (2), 1987.
  2. E. R. Solano, J. A. Rome, S. P. Hirshman, Study of transport in the Flexible Heliac TJ-II, Nucl. Fusion, Vol. 28, No. 1 (1988).
  3. P.H. Edmonds, E.R. Solano, A.J. Wootton, D. Gao, X. Mao, G. Li, W. Zhu,, The Design of an Inner Poloidal Divertor for the TEXT Tokamak, Proc. of the 15th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Utrecht, 19-23 September 1988. Vol I, page 342, Elsevier Sc. Pub., Amsterdam, 1989. , Fusion Tech., 15, 342-346, (1988).
  4. P.H. Edmonds, S.J. Wang and E.R. Solano, , Simulation studies of the TEXT Upgrade plasma radial stability using an exact power supply model (EMTP). Proc. of the 16th Symposium on Fusion Technology, London, September 1990; Vol I, page 592, Elsevier Sc. Publishers B.V., 1991., Fusion Technology,.
  5. E.R. Solano, G.H. Neilson, and L.L. Lao, , Equilibrium and Stability Studies for an Iron Core Tokamak with a Poloidal Divertor, Nuclear Fusion 30, (1990), 1107.
  6. E. R. Solano, R.D. Hazeltine , Effect of asymmetric sources on tokamak neoclassical transport in the plateau regime , Phys. Fluids B 2 (9), 1990, 2113.
  7. E.R. Solano, Effect of plasma minor radius changes on tokamak position stability, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 32, No. 9 (1990), 759
  8. A.A. Ware, R.D. Hazeltine, M. Calvin, P.M. Valanju, E. Solano , Effect of low energy ions and neutrals on tokamak transport, , Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 1990, Vol. 2, 351-359, IAEA, Vienna, 1991 (Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion, Washington, October 1990).
  9. R.D. Hazeltine, M.D. Calvin, P.M. Valanju, E.R. Solano , Analytical Calculation of Neutral Transport and its effects on ions , Nuclear Fusion 32, (1992), 3.
  10. P.M. Valanju, M.D. Calvin, R.D. Hazeltine, E. R. Solano, , The effect of charge-exchange on plasma flows s , Physics of Fluids B 4 (8),(1992), 2675.
  11. D.P. O'Brien, L.L. Lao, E.R. Solano et. al. , Equilibrium analysis of iron core tokamaks using a full domain method. , Nuclear Fusion 32 (8), (1992), 1351.
  12. W. L Rowan, A.G. Meigs, E. R. Solano, P. M. Valanju , Rotation in Ohmically heated tokamaks: experiment and theory , Physics of Fluids B 5 (7), 1993, 2485.
  13. E. R. Solano, R. D. Hazeltine , Neoclassical Kinetic theory near an X-point: Plateau regime, , Physics of Plasmas 1 (3), March 1994.
  14. A. J. Wootton, R. D. Bengtson, R. V. Bravenik, J. Chen, G. Cima, P. H. Edmonds, M. Freeman, H. Gasquet, K. W. Gentle, G. Hallock, Y. Karzhavin, S. McCool, D. Patterson, P. Phillips, B. Richards, d. Roberts, D. Ross, W. L. Rowan, D. Sing, E. Solano, R. F. Steimle, H. Y. W. Tsui, J. Uglum, Y. Wen, Z. Zhang , Role of Fluctuations in Determining Transport in TEXT, , IAEA, Proc. 15th Int. Conf. Plasma Phys. and Controlled Nucl. Fusion Res., Vienna, 1995 (Pres. Seville, Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 1994).
  15. W. L. Rowan, R. D. Bengston, X. Bonnin, P. H. Edmonds, P. D. Hurwitz, E. R. Solano, H.Y.W. Tsui, J. R. Uglum, A. J. Wootton, , Particle balance in diverted plasmas in TEXT-U, , Jour. Nucl. Mat. 220-222 (1995) 668-671.
  16. M. S. Foster, J. L. Craig, A. J. Wootton, P. E. Phillips, J. Uglum, E. R. Solano, D. L. Brower, Y. Jiang, S. C. McCool, J. Lierzer and G. Castle , Vaccum compatible, variable cross section magnetic coil diagnostic used in digital feedback control of plasma position in TEXT-Upgrade. , Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66 (1), Jan. 1995, p.461-463.
  17. S. B. Zheng, A.J. Wootton and E. R. Solano, , A tokamak equilibrium with arbitrary aspect ratio, , Physics of Plasmas 3 (3) 1176 (1996).
  18. E. R. Solano , Fast Ion orbits in Spherical Tokamaks , Physics of Plasmas 3 (4), 1187 (1996).
  19. P. H. Edmonds, E. R. Solano, R. V. Bravenec, A. J. Wootton, P. Schoch, T. Crowley, R. Hickok, W. P. West, J. Leuer, P. Anderson, A Study for the Installation of the TEXT HIBP on DIII-D, 11th Annual Topical Conference on High Temperature Diagnostics, Monterey, May, 1996. , Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68, 320 1997
  20. A. Loarte, D.F. Duechs, N. Asakura, G. C.Vlases, H.S. Bosch,, A. Hermann, G. Janeschitz , K. McCormick, H. Pacher, D. Post, E.R..Solano, M. Sugihara, W. Suttrop., Experimental Edge Results and Multimachine Comparisons, Contributions to Plasma Physics, Vol. 38, Nos. 1-2, International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices, Oxford (UK) Sept. 1997
  21. Y. Igitkhanov, G. Janeschitz, G.W. Pacher, M. Sugihara, H.D. Pacher, D. Post, E. R. Solano, A. Loarte, W. Suttrop.et al., Edge Parameter Operational Space and Trajectories for ITER , Plasma Phys. and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 40, 837-844 (1998)
  22. N. C. Hawkes, B. C. Stratton, T. Tala, C. D. Challis, G. Conway, R. DeAngelis, C. Giroud, J. Hobirk, E. Joffrin, P. Lomas, P. Lotte, J. Mailloux, D. Mazon, E. Rachlew, S. Reyes-Cortes, E. Solano, and K-D. Zastrow, , Observation of Zero Current Density in the Core of JET Discharges with Lower Hybrid Heating and Current Drive, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 115001 (2001)
  23. J. Pamela, E. R. Solano, From JET to ITER: preparing the next step in fusion research, Physicalia Magazine 23, 83 (2001)
  24. N C Hawkes, Y Andrew, C D Challis, R DeAngelis, V Drozdov, J Hobirk, E Joffrin, P Lotte, D Mazon, E Rachlew, S Reyes-Cortes, F Sattin, E. Solano, B C Stratton, T Tala, M Valisa and contributors to the EFDA-JET workprogramme, The formation and evolution of extreme shear reversal in JET and its influence on local thermal transport , Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44 No 7 (July 2002) 1105-1125
  25. J. Pamela, D. Stork, E. R. Solano, Overview of results and possibilities for fast particle research on JET, Nucl. Fusion 42 No 8 (August 2002) 1014-1028.
  26. J. Pamela, E. R. Solano, Overview of JET results, Nuclear Fusion, Vol.43, No.12, December 2003, p.1540-1554
  27. D. Testa, A. Fasoli, E. R. Solano, Diagnosis and study of Alfvén eigenmodes stability in JET, Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol.74, No. 3, Part 11, March 2003, p.1694-1700
  28. P. Chappuis, …, E. Solano, …., The design of a new JET divertor for high triangularity and high current scenarios, Fusion Engineering and Design, Volumes 66-68, September 2003, 407-411
  29. E. R. Solano, Criticality of the Grad-Shafranov equation: transport barriers and fragile equilibria, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol.46, No.3, March 2004, p.L7-L13
  30. Scientific editor: Emilia R. Solano, Juergen Meyer-ter-Vehn, Jean-Luc Dorier, Richard Dendy, Invited papers from the 31st European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, London, UK, 28 june–2 july 2004, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, Volume 46, Number 12B, December 2004 http://epsppd.epfl.ch/London/start.htm
  31. E. R. Solano, Y. Corre, F. Villone, et al., ELMs and strike point jumps, Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions, Portland, Maine, USA, May 24-28, 2004, published in Journal of Nuclear Materials, Volumes 337-339, 1 March 2005, Pages 747-750
  32. Coccorese V, …, Solano E R , Design of the new magnetic sensors for Joint European Torus, Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 75, No.10, October 2004, Part 11, p.4311-4313.
  33. T.C. Luce for the DIII-D Team (G. Abla, ... E.R. Solano, ...), Development of burning plasma and advanced scenarios in the DIII-D tokamak, Nucl. Fusion 45 (2005) S86–S97
  34. C. Hidalgo, …, E. Rodríguez-Solano, …, Overview of TJ-II experiments, Nucl. Fusion 45 (2005) S266-S275
  35. Pamela, J, Ongena, J and JET EFDA Collaborators ( ... E.R. Solano, ...), Overview of JET results, Nucl. Fusion 45 (2005) S63–S85
  36. J. Sánchez, M. Acedo, …, E. Rodríguez-Solano, …, Overview of TJ-II experiments, Nucl. Fusion 47 (2007) S677-S685
  37. R.J. Jayakumar, M.A. Austin, C.M. Greenfield, N.C. Hawkes, J.E. Kinsey, L.L. Lao, P.B. Parks, E.R. Solano and T.S. Taylor, Formation, sustainment and characteristics of current hole plasmas in DIII-D discharges, Nucl. Fusion 48 (2008) 015004
  38. M.N.A. Beurskens, …, E. Solano, … and JET-EFDA Contributors, Pedestal and ELM response to impurity seeding in JET advanced scenario plasmas, Nucl. Fusion 48 (2008) 095004
  39. Emilia R. Solano, S. Jachmich, F. Villone, N. Hawkes, Y. Corre, B. Alper, A. Loarte, R.A. Pitts, K. Guenther, A. Korotkov, M. Stamp, P. Andrew, J. Conboy, T. Bolzonella, M. Kempenaars, A. Cenedese, E. Rachlew and JET EFDA contributors, ELMs and strike point movements, Nucl. Fusion 48 (2008)065005
  40. White, R; Solano, E. R. Hazeltine, R. D., Variational coordinate transformation in plasma physics, Physics of Plasmas Volume: 16 Issue: 11 (2009)
  41. Pitts, RA; Arnoux, G; Beurskens, M; et al., The impact of large ELMS on JET, Jour. Nuc.Materials Volume: 390-91 Pages: 755- 759 (2009)
  42. F. Romanelli and R. Kamendje on behalf of JET-EFDA contributors … E. R. Solano …, Overview of JET results, Nucl. Fusion 49 No 10 (October 2009) 104006 (10pp)
  43. J Sánchez … E. R. Solano, Confinement transitions in TJ-II under Li-coated wall conditions. Nucl. Fusion 49 No 10 (October 2009) 104018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/10/104018
  44. M N A Beurskens, T H Osborne, L D Horton, L Frassinetti, R Groebner, A Leonard, P Lomas, I Nunes, S Saarelma, P B Snyder, I Balboa, B Bray, K Crombé, J Flanagan, C Giroud, E Giovannozzi, M Kempenaars, N Kohen, A Loarte, J Lönnroth, E de la Luna, G Maddison, C Maggi, D McDonald, G McKee, R Pasqualotto, G Saibene, R Sartori, E R. Solano, W Suttrop, E Wolfrum, M Walsh, Z Yan, L Zabeo, D Zarzoso and JET-EFDA contributors, “Pedestal width and ELM size identity studies in JET and DIII-D; implications for ITER”, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 51 124051 (2009) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/51/12/124051
  45. Emilia R. Solano et al. , "Observation of Confined Current Ribbon in JET Plasmas", Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 185003 (2010) http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v104/i18/e185003
  46. S. Zoletnik, et al.,, “Summary of the Workshop on Electric Fields, Turbulence and Self-organization in Magnetized Plasmas (EFTSOMP) 2009: 6–7 July 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria” , Nucl. Fusion 50 047001 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/50/4/047001
  47. Barrera, L., E. de la Luna, et al. , "Inboard and outboard electron temperature profile measurements in JET using ECE diagnostics.", Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 52(8) (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/52/8/085010
  48. Zarzoso, D., M. N. A. Beurskens, et al., "ELM size analysis in JET hybrid plasmas." , Nuclear Fusion 51(11) 112001 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/11/112001
  49. Zaitsev, F. S., D. P. Kostomarov, et al., “Analyses of substantially different plasma current densities and safety factors reconstructed from magnetic diagnostics data.”, Nuclear Fusion 51(10) 103044 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/10/103044
  50. Sanchez, J., M. Acedo, et al., "Overview of TJ-II experiments." , Nuclear Fusion 51(9) 094022 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/9/094022
  51. F. Romanelli, M. Laxåback on behalf of the JET EFDA Contributors, "Overview of JET results." , Nuclear Fusion 51(9) 094008 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/9/094008
  52. Emilia R. Solano & R. D. Hazeltine, Magnetic Phase Transitions in plasmas and transport barriers, Nucl. Fusion 52( 114017 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/52/11/114017
  53. MP Gryaznevich, YQ Liu, TC Hender, ..., E. R. Solano, ... "Determination of plasma stability using Resonant Field Amplification in JET", Nuclear Fusion 52 (8), 083018 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/52/8/083018
  54. J Sánchez, D Alegre, A Alonso, J Alonso, P Álvarez, J Arévalo, E Ascasíbar, ..., E. R. Solano, ..."Dynamics of flows and confinement in the TJ-II stellarator", Nuclear Fusion 53 (10), 104016 (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/53/10/104016
  55. CF Maggi, E. Delabie, T.M. Biewer, ..., E. R. Solano, ... “L-H power threshold studies in JET with Be/W and C Wall”, Nucl. Fusion 54 023007 (2014) http://iopscience.iop.org/0029-5515/54/2/023007/
  56. MNA Beurskens, L Frassinetti, C Challis, ..., E. R. Solano, ... Nuclear Fusion 54 (4), 043001 (2014)
  57. D. Van Eester, E. Lerche, P. Jacquet, ..., E. R. Solano, ... "Effect of the minority concentration on ion cyclotron resonance heating in presence of the ITER-like wall in JET" AIP Conf. Proc. 1580, 223 (2014)
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