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Alcator C-Mod 2004 Ideas Forum Task Forces |
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| AT experiments | Steve Scott (PPPL) |
sscott @psfc.mit.edu |
AT issues include, but are not limited to: Formation and control of internal transport barriers, RF Flow drive, density control, current profile modification, current profile measurement, long (~3 sec) discharges, and exploring target plasmas suitable for LHCD, commissioning of the 3MW LH launcher, preliminary LHCD experiments. |
| Burning plasma-relevant exps. | Steve Wolfe |
wolfe @psfc.mit.edu |
Includes issues that are critical to producing a burning plasma in a tokamak, e.g., confinement optimization in limiter and divertor configurations, scaling experiments, density limits and profile control. |
| Transport | Dmitri Mossessian |
mossessian @psfc.mit.edu |
The transport program includes studies of edge fluctuations and stability including EDA and ELMy H-modes and the role of turbulent transport in the density limit; the L/H threshold and transition dynamics; the role of critical gradients and marginal stability in core transport; ITB thresholds, dynamics, sustainment and control; and the origin and role of rotation in systems without direct momentum sources. |
| RF physics | Steve Wukitch |
wukitch@ psfc.mit.edu |
RF issues include, but are not limited to wave propagation and absorption, mode conversion, directed waves and current drive, wave-particle interactions per se and those that provoke a unique plasma response (e.g. ITB's), and antenna behavior. |
| Divertor /Edge physics | Brian Labombard |
labombard @psfc.mit.edu |
The divertor/edge program includes: studies of main chamber and divertor recycling, SOL transport, turbulence, and scalings, divertor power handling, plasma/surface interactions and impurity generation, the physics of detachment, volume recombination processes, opacity, and modeling of the divertor and edge. |
| MHD physics | Bob Granetz |
granetz @psfc.mit.edu |
The MHD research program includes: study of stability properties of the H-mode pedestal; beta-limiting MHD in high-performance H-mode and ITB discharges; disruption physics, including mitigation and avoidance techniques; Alfven eigenmodes driven by ICRF-generated tail ions; and shape optimization and control studies in support of the major research themes. Studies of the quasi-coherent (QC) mode relate directly to issues of turbulence and transport. Active MHD spectroscopy and possible control of core and edge modes. |
| Basic Science | Bill Rowan (U. Texas) |
w.l.rowan @mail.utexas.edu |
The Basic Science area includes atomic phyiscs and astrophysics-relevant studies that utilize the plasma as a well diagnosed, hot light source.. |
Interested parties are encouraged to contact the appropriate
coordinators prior to submitting their ideas, in order to avoid duplication
and facilitate a coherent approach. Presentation of ideas about new diagnostics
and/or analysis methods is also encouraged for this Forum.