Nature Communications (Mar 2021)
Integration of full divertor detachment with improved core confinement for tokamak fusion plasmas
- L. Wang,
- H. Q. Wang,
- S. Ding,
- A. M. Garofalo,
- X. Z. Gong,
- D. Eldon,
- H. Y. Guo,
- A. W. Leonard,
- A. W. Hyatt,
- J. P. Qian,
- D. B. Weisberg,
- J. McClenaghan,
- M. E. Fenstermacher,
- C. J. Lasnier,
- J. G. Watkins,
- M. W. Shafer,
- G. S. Xu,
- J. Huang,
- Q. L. Ren,
- R. J. Buttery,
- D. A. Humphreys,
- D. M. Thomas,
- B. Zhang,
- J. B. Liu
Affiliations
- L. Wang
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- H. Q. Wang
- General Atomics
- S. Ding
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- A. M. Garofalo
- General Atomics
- X. Z. Gong
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- D. Eldon
- General Atomics
- H. Y. Guo
- General Atomics
- A. W. Leonard
- General Atomics
- A. W. Hyatt
- General Atomics
- J. P. Qian
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- D. B. Weisberg
- General Atomics
- J. McClenaghan
- General Atomics
- M. E. Fenstermacher
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- C. J. Lasnier
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- J. G. Watkins
- Sandia National Laboratories
- M. W. Shafer
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- G. S. Xu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- J. Huang
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Q. L. Ren
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- R. J. Buttery
- General Atomics
- D. A. Humphreys
- General Atomics
- D. M. Thomas
- General Atomics
- B. Zhang
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- J. B. Liu
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21645-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Plasma fusion devices like tokamaks are important for energy generation but there are many challenges for their steady state operation. Here, the authors show that full divertor detachment is compatible with high-confinement high-poloidal-beta core plasmas and this prevents the damage to the divertor target plates and the first wall.
