[en] Ion temperature and ion density, measured on October 25, 1977 during the flight of the geophyisical rocket ''Vertical-6'' by means of a group of five retarding potential analyzers looking into different directions of space, are compared with the International Reference Ionosphere 1978. The measurements were carried out in a geomagnetically quiet period to a height of 1500 km. The results show that both the ion temperature and the ion density are lower than the values predicted by the Reference Ionosphere, the difference is decreasing with increasing altitude. (author)

[en] In this memo, we evaluate the most probable yield and other results for the Defect Induced Mix (DIME-12A) Polar Direct Drive (PDD) capsule-only shots. We evaluate the expected yield, bang time, burn averaged ion temperature, and the average electron temperature of the Ge line-emitting region. We also include synthetic images of the capsule backlit by Cu K-α emission (8.39 keV) and core self-emission synthetic images. This memo is a companion to the maximum credible yield memo (LA-UR--12-00287) published earlier.

[en] Neutral beam injector is one of the essential devices for KSTAR long pulse operation. It contributes to sustain the non-inductive plasma current in long pulse tokamak operation as well as to obtain the high ion temperature operation mode in KSTAR. In a viewpoint of long pulse superconducting tokamak, it has been playing a very challenging pioneering work for future tokamak reactor since its first operation in 2008. In this talk, KSTAR NBI performances are discussed in terms of beam power stability in long operation, beam species and divergence on the plasma performances, and dependence on low and high Z PFC wall.

[en] The edge-localized, high-confinement mode regime is of interest for future Tokamak reactors since high performance has been sustained for long durations. Experiments in the Joint European Tokamak [M. Keilhacker , Nuclear Fusion 39, 209 (1999)] have studied this regime using scans with the toroidal field and plasma current varied together in H, D, DT, and T isotopes. The local energy transport in more than fifty of these plasmas is analyzed, and empirical scaling relations are derived for energy transport coefficients during quasi-steady state conditions using dimensionless parameters. Neither the Bohm nor gyro-Bohm expressions give the shapes of the profiles. The scalings with β and ν_* are in qualitative agreement with Ion Temperature Gradient theory

[en] First-principle gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of a global Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmode (TAE) are undertaken in the presence of a strong coupling with the continuum. Effects of the bulk plasma temperature on the interplay between the TAE and Kinetic Alfvén Waves (KAWs) are investigated. A global TAE-KAW structure is identified which appears to be more unstable with respect to the fast ions than a simple (fluid-like) TAE mode

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[en] Full text: JET upcoming deuterium-tritium campaign, DTE2, is scheduled to take place before the end of 2020. From a point of view of diagnostics developments, for many years JET diagnostics have been upgraded in order to provide adequate support for the scientific exploitation of a DT campaign, with particular attention to the experimental and operational conditions expected during DT campaigns. Diagnostic capabilities relevant for burning plasmas conditions have been specifically targeted with the focus mainly on fast ions, instabilities, neutron, γ, ion temperature and operations support. JET diagnostic capabilities and obtained experimental results relevant for the scientific exploitation of the upcoming DT operations are discussed. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. (author)

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