20 years of research on the Alcator C-Mod tokamaka)

M. Greenwald, A. Bader, S. Baek, M. Bakhtiari, H. Barnard, W. Beck, W. Bergerson, I. Bespamyatnov, P. Bonoli, D. Brower, D. Brunner, W. Burke (+80 others)
2014 Physics of Plasmas  
The object of this review is to summarize the achievements of research on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak [Hutchinson et al., Phys. Plasmas 1, 1511) and Marmar, Fusion Sci. Technol. 51, 261 (2007] and to place that research in the context of the quest for practical fusion energy. C-Mod is a compact, high-field tokamak, whose unique design and operating parameters have produced a wealth of new and important results since it began operation in 1993, contributing data that extends tests of critical
more » ... cal models into new parameter ranges and into new regimes. Using only highpower radio frequency (RF) waves for heating and current drive with innovative launching structures, C-Mod operates routinely at reactor level power densities and achieves plasma pressures higher than any other toroidal confinement device. C-Mod spearheaded the development of the vertical-target divertor and has always operated with high-Z metal plasma facing componentsapproaches subsequently adopted for ITER. C-Mod has made ground-breaking discoveries in divertor physics and plasma-material interactions at reactor-like power and particle fluxes and elucidated a) Paper AR1 1, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 58, 21 (2013). b) Invited speaker.
doi:10.1063/1.4901920 fatcat:y2t3zmn6crfixp3elehmpndqum