DIII-D RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FORUM FOR THE 2015 EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN

DIII-D RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FORUM FOR THE 2015 EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN
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ID	Title	Research Area	Name	Affiliation	Time Req'ed	ITPA Joint Exp	ITER IO Urgent Research Task
5	Optimization of Counter-current Beam Heating in Steady State Scenarios	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
10	Measure counter streaming 3D flows	SOL and Divertor Physics		U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
17	Attaining higher Betan with advanced feedback control and external control coils	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
18	Flow or flow shear for m/n=3/2 tearing mode stability?	3D & Stability Physics		Retired from GA	Yes	No	No
19	Detachment Characteristics in H-mode Helium Plasmas	SOL and Divertor Physics		ORNL	Yes	No	No
20	Measuring Divertor Impurity Ion Temperature as a Function of Density and Heating Power	SOL and Divertor Physics		ORNL	Yes	No	No
32	Momentum transport and intrinsic torque under electron heating; Te/Ti~1	Turbulence & Transport		JAEA	Yes	No	No
33	Electromagnetic turbulence effects at high beta	Turbulence & Transport		CCFE	Yes	No	No
35	Direct measurement of multi-mode kinetic plasma response using Nyquist Analysis	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	Yes	No
36	Direct measurement of multi-mode kinetic plasma response using Nyquist Analysis	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	Yes	No
38	Higher betaN, lower torque SS-hybrids	Steady State		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
39	Real-time error field control using extremum seeking	Control		Department of Energy	Yes	Yes	No
40	Collisionality-dependence of plasma response in low-torque ITER baseline	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
41	Pedestal transport studies in matched hydrogen and deuterium discharges	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
42	Intrinsic pedestal rotation in hydrogen plasmas	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
43	Time-resolved measurement of plasma response damping rate	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
44	Extend performance of qmin > 2 AT scenario by optimizing MHD stability	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
46	Test of helicon coupling	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
47	Integrated Current Profile and Beta Control for Development and Sustainment of Advanced Scenarios	Control		Lehigh U	Yes	No	No
48	Development of Rotation Profile Feedback Control Capability	Control		Lehigh U	Yes	No	No
49	m/n=2/1 NTM Control by ECCD in IBS	3D & Stability Physics		Retired from GA	Yes	No	No
50	Kink and tearing stability in low rotation qmin~1.5 scenario using n=2 NTV	Steady State		Department of Energy	Yes	No	No
54	Turbulence Response Across Applied low-n Magnetic Islands	Turbulence & Transport		UW-Madison	Yes	No	No
55	Can Radiating Divertor Be Effective for AT Plasmas at Elevated power input?	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
56	Can Flux Expansion Significantly Lower Heat Flux and Control Carbon Influx in High Power AT Plasmas?	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
65	Multi-machine studies of the L-H power threshold dependence on aspect ratio	LH Physics		U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
66	Investigate and optimize spontaneous pedestal improvement in low rotation QH-mode	EHO Stability & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
67	Multiple periods of NTM suppression	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
68	Adaptive Error Field Correction	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
70	Spectroscopic studies of W erosion/re-deposition with wide scans of divertor plasma parameters	PMI Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
75	Automatic phase controller of slowly rotating 2/1 mode (f<200Hz)	3D & Stability Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
77	Modulated ECCD stabilization of rotating 2/1 islands with phase control by RMP	3D & Stability Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
78	Continuos High Pressure Pedestal with Lithium and Pedestal Control	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
79	Helicon stabilization of 2/1 rotating or locked modes	3D & Stability Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
81	Electromagnetic fluctuations and transport during ELM cycles and comparison to theory and simulation	Pedestal Transport & Control		UCLA	Yes	No	No
82	NTM locking avoidance, magnetic island removal and H-mode recovery by spinig-up assisted by ECCD	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
84	Developing ITER Locking avoidance by EM torque control by comparing NSTX/DIID(C-coil)/RFX-mod	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
85	ELM suppression exploration with n=1 RMP	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
86	The improving the ELM suppression with n=2	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
87	The exploration of EM torque injection unlocking approach in various locking conditions	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
88	Comparing upper and lower divertors to measure the effect of closure on detachment	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
89	Pedestal Pressure Adjustment and ELM Regularization via Real-time LGI control	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
90	Disruption mitigation via Real-time LGI control	Disruption Mitigation		PPPL	Yes	No	No
91	Physics behind the low density branch of the LH power threshold scaling	LH Physics		UCLA	Yes	No	No
92	Evaluate Prospect for ITB in high q-min Steady Scenarios for FNSF	Steady State		Retired	Yes	No	No
94	Control of n=1 Tearing Modes using Off-axis Broad ECCD in Steady State Discharges with qmin > 1.5	Steady State		Retired	Yes	No	No
97	Investigating Magnetic Flux Pumping in Hybrid Scenarios	Inductive Scenarios		Oak Ridge Associated Universities	Yes	No	No
107	Use of amplitude and phase of fast rotating tearing modes to identify intrinsic error-fields	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
108	Active Control of the LH power theshold via n=3 magnetic perturbations	LH Physics		UCLA	Yes	No	No
109	Fuel Ion Mass (Isotope) Scaling of Turbulence and Transport	Turbulence & Transport		U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
110	Develop MIMO algorithm for detachment and radiation profile control	Control		GA	Yes	No	No
112	Control of Detachment in Advanced Divertor Configurations	Control		GA	Yes	No	No
116	Stabilization of the detachment front at the secondary X point in advanced divertor configurations	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
118	I-mode plasmas as a tool to study basic turbulence and the H-mode transition	LH Physics		UCSD	Yes	No	No
121	Disruptive 2/1 island width vs. q95	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
123	Fast partial Ip ramp-down to avoid locked mode disruption	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
125	Coupled High Performance DivSOL & Pedestal	Integrated Modeling		ORNL	Yes	No	No
126	Co-injected Super H-Mode Physics Exploration	Pedestal Transport & Control		ORNL	Yes	No	No
128	Exploring new materials for impurity pellet pacing of ELMs in reactor relevant environment	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
132	A Study of Ablation for Tungsten-Alternative PFCs Due to ELMs and Hard Disruptions	PMI Physics		ORNL and NCSU	Yes	No	No
134	Interaction of NTM and broadband turbulence: experiment and comparison to theory	Turbulence & Transport		UCLA	Yes	No	No
136	High fusion yield QH-Mode core based on validated predictive simulations	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
137	High-power modulated ECRH during QH mode to Assess Transport and ECCD Efficiency	Turbulence & Transport		U of Texas	Yes	No	No
138	Understand return of ELMs in low torque QH-mode at low q95	Inductive Scenarios		GA	Yes	No	Yes
142	Core Optimization of Advanced Inductive Scenario with Strong Electron Heating	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
147	High-temperature W morphology changes in the divertor during intense He plasma bombardment	PMI Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
150	Scenario integration: developing a detached, radiating divertor to support an AT core	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
158	Midplane Impurity Density Asymmetry	Turbulence & Transport		ORAU	Yes	No	No
159	Piggy-back measurements of helicon antenna loading	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
166	The impact of increased pressure gradient on scenarios for fully noninductive operation	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
167	Produce fNI = 1 discharges at q_min near 1.5 using off-axis injection with varying toroidal rotation	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
171	Assess the destabilization mechanism for the n = 1 tearing mode in steady-state scenario discharges	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
177	Actuator Sharing and Integrated Control Demonstration for ITER	Control		ITER Organization	Yes	Yes	Yes
178	Effect of low-Z impurity on pedestal and global confinement	Pedestal Transport & Control		U of York	Yes	Yes	No
179	Rotation Profile Manipulation using 3D Fields	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
184	Turbulent Ion Thermal Response to Electron Heat Flux and Te/Ti Variation	Turbulence & Transport		Sandia National Lab	Yes	No	No
185	High-power helicon antenna characterization (FY16)	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
186	Transport evolution at the onset of RMP ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		GA	Yes	Yes	Yes
187	Net wall pumping in Helium vs. Deuterium H-mode discharges	PMI Physics		CompX	Yes	No	No
189	Fully non-inductive current overdrive prospects for ST	Integrated Modeling		PPPL	Yes	No	No
190	Detection of magnetic islands and Coalescence Instability in RMP ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		GA	Yes	Yes	Yes
195	Current Drive Measurements with 1 MW Helicon System (FY16)	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
196	Characterization of edge plasma in the case of extinguishing ELMs	SOL and Divertor Physics		CompX	Yes	No	No
198	ELM suppressed steady state hybrid plasmas	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
200	Exploring Fast-Ion Critical Gradient Threshold Using ECH	Energetic Particles		ORNL	Yes	No	No
211	Multi-Z Impurity Transport in Regimes without ELMs	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
212	Core momentum transport validation: Magnetic shear	Turbulence & Transport		GA	Yes	No	No
213	Main-ion particle transport in the H-mode pedestal	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
214	Impact of 3D field perturbations on main-ion rotation	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
218	Stabilization of radiatively induced tearing modes (RiTMs) using off-axis-heating	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
219	Further XD investigations on DIIID	SOL and Divertor Physics		university of texas	Yes	No	No
220	Low-tech locking avoidance by rotating fields, and measure of their impact on confinement and Q	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
221	Low-tech "controlled locking" (and automatic locked mode suppression by automated NTM control)	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
222	Measure island moment of inertia	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
223	Rutherford equation at fixed beta & rotation	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
224	Locked mode "catch & subdue" for recovery of pre-locking performance	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
252	HFS shaping for ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
260	Compatibility of pellet fuelling with ELM suppression with I coils.	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
261	Optimum pellet injection geometry for pellet triggering with minimum throughput/PFC power fluxes	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
262	Demonstration of integrated ELM-paced pellet fuelled H-mode plasma in ITER-relevant range	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	Yes	Yes
263	Type I ELMy H-modes and ELM suppression at low Pinp/PL-H with low torque and extension to high beta	ELM Stability & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
264	Pedestal particle transport in ELM suppressed H-modes on medium/high Z impurities and optimization	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
265	QH-mode compatibility with pellet fuelling, radiative divertor and beta Pinput/PL-H	EHO Stability & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
266	Pedestal particle transport mechanisms for high density plasmas with low core neutral source	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	Yes	Yes
267	Characterization of EHO for the improvement of its saturated kink-peeling mode physics basis	EHO Stability & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
268	Ion Cyclotron Driven Pedestal Relaxation	Torkil Jensen Award		GA	Yes	No	No
270	Stabilization of radiatively induced tearing modes (RiTMs) using off-axis-heating	Torkil Jensen Award		PPPL	Yes	No	No
335	Sawtooth control and predictions for ITER	Control		EPFL	Yes	Yes	No
356	Anti-Miss NTM control	3D & Stability Physics		EPFL	Yes	Yes	No
357	Combined sawtooth control and NTM preemption	Control		EPFL	Yes	Yes	No
413	Collection of core W impurities at the OMP due to W shell pellets: A dry-run	PMI Physics		ORNL	Yes	No	No
423	Toroidally dependent turbulence with applied 3D fields	Pedestal Transport & Control		ORNL	Yes	No	No
442	Divertor closure on impurity seeding detachment	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
443	Comparison the main ion and impurity flow at high-field side	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
448	Advanced tokamak scenarios with metal tiles	Steady State		LLNL	Yes	No	No

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