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Letter
2021
We present a study of the power threshold for L–H transitions (PLH) in almost pure helium plasmas, obtained in recent experiments at JET with an ITER-like wall (Be wall and W divertor). The most notable new result is that the density at which PLH is minimum, ${\bar{n}}_{\text{e},\mathrm{min}}$, is considerably higher for helium than for deuterium and hydrogen plasmas. We discuss the possible implications for ITER in its pre-fusion operating power phase.
Probing the neutrino mass hierarchy with Super-Kamiokande
2012
We show that for recently discovered large values of theta(13), a superbeam with an average neutrino energy of ~ 5 GeV, such as those being proposed at CERN, if pointing to Super-Kamiokande (L = 8770 km), could reveal the neutrino mass hierarchy at 5 sigma in less than two years irrespective of the true hierarchy and CP phase. The measurement relies on the near resonant matter effect in the numu to nue oscillation channel, and can be done counting the total number of appearance events with just a neutrino beam.
Low-level gamma-ray spectrometry for analysing fusion plasma conditions
2008
Abstract A new method, combining activation by neutrons and charged particles with ultra low-level gamma-ray spectrometry, aimed at obtaining a better understanding and more adequate measurements of MeV particle leaks in magnetic fusion devices was studied here. A total of 36 samples containing Ti, LiF, B 4 C and W were placed in a boron-nitride holder mounted on the ceiling of the JET Tokamak. The samples were activated by 63 pulses from a D– 3 He plasma and were later measured using underground gamma-ray spectrometry. The radionuclides 7 Be, 46 Sc, 54 Mn, 56 Co, 57 Co, 58 Co, 124 Sb, 181 Hf, 182 Ta, 181 W and 185 W were detected in several of the samples, with very low levels of activity …
Rejection Power of A Horizontal Rpc Telescope For Left and Right Coming Cosmic Muons
1993
Abstract The possibility of performing neutrino astronomy by means of a detector above the ground depends critically on the feasibility of a rejection power on the order of 10 11 required to discriminate the enormous background of cosmic downward going muons from the signal of upward going muons produced by neutrinos. In order to check whether and how this rejection is obtainable, we have built in the Physics Department of the University of Bari a horizontal cosmic muon telescope (MINI) instrumented with resistive plate counters. By performing time-of-flight measurements, we have estimated the rejection power of our telescope for left and right coming cosmic muons. The rejection dependence …
Modelling of the magnetic field structures and first measurements of heat fluxes for TEXTOR-DED operation
2004
The dynamic ergodic divertor (DED) was recently installed at the TEXTOR tokamak. One of the aims of the DED is to control and study heat and particle deposition on a plasma wall via modification of the plasma edge by external perturbation coils. Sixteen perturbation coils are mounted on the high-field side of the torus. The external magnetic perturbation creates a zone of chaotic field lines at the plasma edge by destroying several resonant surfaces. These structures have the properties of an open chaotic system while the field lines intersect the tokamak vessel. In order to study the topology of the field lines in different regimes, a set of tools called Atlas was created. Atlas uses a sym…
Neutron-Tagging with Hydrogen in Super-Kamiokande IV: Global Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillation Analysis with SK
2018
Currently, SK has the capability of tag neutrons through hydrogen-neutron captures. This technique is around four times less efficient than in the proposed SuperK, Gd, i.e. \(\sim \)20%. However, it is enough for seen the relevance of the improvements, brought by neutron tagging, in the atmospheric oscillation analysis.
The Super-Kamiokande Detector
2018
In this Chapter, the SK detector is described and explained in detail since it is the precursor and base experiment for SuperK-Gd. SK is described as a neutrino detector itself for astrophysical, solar and atmospheric neutrinos and also as far detector of the T2K neutrino beam.
Structure and dynamics of sawteeth crashes in ASDEX Upgrade
2010
The crash phase of the sawteeth in ASDEX Upgrade tokamak [Herrmann et al., Fusion Sci. Technol. 44(3), 569 (2003)] is investigated in detail in this paper by means of soft x-ray (SXR) and electron cyclotron emission (ECE) diagnostics. Analysis of precursor and postcursor (1,1) modes shows that the crash does not affect the position of the resonant surface q=1. Our experimental results suggest that sawtooth crash models should contain two ingredients to be consistent with experimental observations: (1) the (1,1) mode structure should survive the crash and (2) the flux changes should be small to preserve the position of the q=1 surface close to its original location. Detailed structure of the…
Magnetic configuration effects on the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator
2018
The two leading concepts for confining high-temperature fusion plasmas are the tokamak and the stellarator. Tokamaks are rotationally symmetric and use a large plasma current to achieve confinement, whereas stellarators are non-axisymmetric and employ three-dimensionally shaped magnetic field coils to twist the field and confine the plasma. As a result, the magnetic field of a stellarator needs to be carefully designed to minimize the collisional transport arising from poorly confined particle orbits, which would otherwise cause excessive power losses at high plasma temperatures. In addition, this type of transport leads to the appearance of a net toroidal plasma current, the so-called boot…
Analysis of equations arising in gyrotron theory
2012
The gyrotron is a microwave source whose operation is based on the stimulated cyclotron radiation of electrons oscillating in a static magnetic field. Powerful gyrotrons can be used to heat nuclear fusion plasma. In addition, they have found a wide utility in plasma diagnostics, plasma chemistry, radars, extra-high-resolution spectroscopy, high-temperature processing of materials, medicine, etc. However, the main application of gyrotrons is in electron cyclotron resonance heating in tokamaks and stellarators. Equations describing gyrotron operation are ordinary differential equations and Schrödinger type partial differential equations. The present paper provides a survey of the analytical a…