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
- Stellarator optimization
- 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
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
- J. Sánchez et al, Dynamics of flows and confinement in the TJ-II stellarator, Nucl. Fusion 53 (2013) 104016
- J. Sánchez et al, Transport, stability and plasma control studies in the TJ-II stellarator, Nucl. Fusion 55 (2015) 104014