DIII-D RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FORUM FOR THE 2018 EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN

DIII-D RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FORUM FOR THE 2018 EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN
Public Summary List | Direct Submit log-in | Submit Request |
You are not logged in. Click here to log in for more options.
2017 ROF Ideas: Click here for ROF2017 submissions

Click here for internal detailed listing
Below is a public summary listing:

ID	Title	Research Area	Name	Affiliation	Time Req'ed	ITPA Joint Exp	ITER IO Urgent Research Task
340	Improved stability of counter rotating plasmas	Thrust 4 - Rotation Physics	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
349	In-situ formation of Si-C coatings on DiMES	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Rudakov	UCSD	Yes	No	No
351	Development of the low-torque wide-pedestal QH-mode with EHO	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Chen	GA	Yes	No	No
355	Rotating n=2 fields with edge ECCD to reduce ELM suppression threshold amplitude	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Wilcox	ORNL	Yes	No	No
356	Spectroscopic analysis of SiC preferential sputtering	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Abrams	GA	Yes	No	No
357	ELM-resolved measurements of high-Z re-deposition fractions	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Abrams	GA	Yes	No	No
358	3D boundary effects on heavy impurity removal	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Hinson	ORNL	Yes	No	No
366	Using up/down asymmetry to Increase the intrinsic rotation	Thrust 4 - Rotation Physics	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
367	ELM studies close to LH boundary	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Knolker	GA	Yes	Yes	No
368	Get Advance Inductive QH Mode to Zero Torque	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Buttery	GA	Yes	No	No
369	Role of micro-turbulence in intrinsic rotation reversals through JET DIII-D similarity experiments	Thrust 4 - Rotation Physics	Nave	Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal	Yes	No	No
370	Control of the inter-ELM pedestal fluctuations	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Laggner	Princeton Universtiy	Yes	No	No
372	Radiation saturation at reduced Ne quantity by order of magnitude increase in D2 inventory	D&C - Disruption Mitigation Physics	Sweeney	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	Yes
374	Aspect ratio scaling of tearing stability	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Morton	U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
375	Advanced tokamak core with Super-H pedestal	Torkil Jensen Award	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
376	Super H-mode with broader current density profile	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
378	Increase beta_n in high qmin plasmas with variable voltage beams	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
379	Test stability and confinement of qmin>2, q95<7 steady-state scenario	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Holcomb	LLNL	Yes	No	No
380	Improved stability of high qmin plasmas through feedback control of the loop voltage profile	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
382	Inside-out mitigation with B & B+W shell pellets	D&C - Disruption Mitigation Physics	Eidietis	GA	Yes	No	Yes
383	Measure halo & core temperatures during type I & II VDE's	D&C - Disruption Mitigation Physics	Eidietis	GA	Yes	No	Yes
384	Can Pellets Stabilize NTMs?	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Bardoczi	GA	Yes	No	No
385	Low energy NBI for efficient angular momentum injection	Torkil Jensen Award	Eidietis	GA	Yes	No	No
387	Can Pellets Completely Stabilize the deleterious 2/1 NTMs?	Torkil Jensen Award	Bardoczi	GA	Yes	No	No
388	Study of the thermal quench during minor disruption triggered by RMPs	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Hu	PPPL	Yes	No	No
396	The Interplay of Magnetic Balance With Divertor Closure and Its Effect on Radiating Div Performance	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Petrie	GA	Yes	No	No
397	Stable Super H-mode with optimized pedestal density	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Knolker	GA	Yes	No	No
399	Access and control of QH-mode in IBS at low NBI torque	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Garofalo	GA	Yes	No	Yes
402	Direct measurement of n=2 Multimode Stability	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Wang	PPPL	Yes	No	No
403	Investigate impact of energetic particles on neoclassical toroidal viscosity	Thrust 4 - Rotation Physics	Wang	PPPL	Yes	No	No
405	Investigation on core impurity transport in ITER-relevant ELM-y and QH-mode plasmas	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Sciortino	Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics	Yes	No	No
409	Isotope scaling at fixed grad-te	General Physics	scott	PPPL	Yes	No	No
414	Prospects for Suppressing Impurity Buildup at the Plasma Center During ECH Heating of AT Plasmas	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Petrie	GA	Yes	No	No
418	Quantify contribution of resistivity to external kink mode stability	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Hanson	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
419	Search for path towards zero torque QH-mode for IBS and scaling of critical ExB shear requirements	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Wilks	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
421	Impact of shape and q95 on QH-mode EHO behavior	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Wilks	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
422	Low Torque n=1 Locking Threshold Scaling with Rotation	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Park	PPPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
423	Commissioning of Laser Blow-Off (LBO) and Piggyback Studies of Impurity Transport on DIII-D	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Howard	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
424	Studying the Ability of External Heating to Modify Impurity Transport in Reactor Scenarios	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Howard	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
425	Extend ELM suppression to DN Hybrid Fully Non-Inductive plasmas	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Nazikian	GA	Yes	No	No
426	Extend robust ELM suppression to the Q=10 ITER baseline scenario.	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Nazikian	GA	Yes	Yes	No
427	Super H-mode Access by Counter Beam Injection with n=3 RMP.	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Nazikian	GA	Yes	No	No
429	Study of cold-pulse dynamics and 'nonlocal transport effects' using perturbative LBO injections	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Rodriguez Fernandez	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
430	Extend broad pedestal QH regime to high power and high density	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Nazikian	GA	Yes	No	No
431	Exploring the avoidance of NTM-locking-induced disruption in High-beta n & low-q discharges	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Inoue	QST	Yes	No	No
432	Double Tearing Mode Exploration in Reversed Shear Plasmas with 3D Fields.	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Takechi	National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)	Yes	No	No
433	RMP ELM Suppression with Lithium Enhanced Pedestal	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Nazikian	GA	Yes	No	No
444	Displacement between the density and temperature pedestal	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Wang	GA	Yes	No	No
449	Exploit and explore the new stable zero torque ITER Baseline Scenario	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
450	Stable zero torque IBS with dominant e- heating and low collisionality	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
451	ITER Baseline Scenario with zero and negative rotation	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
454	Scaling of Detachment Front Structure with IP, BT, Heating Power, and X-point Height	DDS - Dissipation	Jarvinen	VTT Technical Research Centre	Yes	No	No
455	PCS Optimization of DIII-D Disruptivity Reduction via Deep Learning Guidance	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Tang	PPPL	Yes	No	No
460	Detachment facilitation with flux expansion in the SAS 1 slot	Thrust 2 - Divertor Development	Covele	GA	Yes	No	No
462	PCS Optimization of DIII-D Disruptivity Reduction via Deep Learning Guidance	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Kates-Harbeck	PPPL/Harvard U	Yes	No	No
463	Impurity Assisted Detachment in Moderate to High Density Conditions	DDS - Dissipation	Jarvinen	VTT Technical Research Centre	Yes	No	No
464	Assessing the importance of intrinsic carbon radiation and D2 molecules in SAS 1 power dissipation	Thrust 2 - Divertor Development	Covele	GA	Yes	No	No
467	The effects of divertor detachment on pedestal width scaling	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Wang	GA	Yes	No	No
470	Investigation of fuel recycling on tungsten in fusion-relevant conditions	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Guterl	GA	Yes	No	No
471	Parametric Study of Mode Stability, Frequency, and Wave Number Dependence in Mixed Species Plasmas	BPP - Energetic Particle Physics	Tang	Oak Ridge Associated Universities	Yes	Yes	No
472	Effects of radiative fluctuations and current convective instability on detachment	DDS - Turbulence	Guterl	GA	Yes	No	No
474	Particle source location and its impact on the pedestal	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Laggner	North Carolina State	Yes	No	No
475	Onset and scaling of helical cores in hybrid plasmas	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Wingen	ORNL	Yes	No	No
476	Onset and scaling of helical cores in hybrid plasmas	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	Wingen	ORNL	Yes	No	No
477	Active control of enhanced confinement regimes with Low Z impurity Powder Dropping	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Laggner	North Carolina State	Yes	No	No
479	The hysteresis between the access of ELM suppression and its exit	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Laggner	North Carolina State	Yes	No	No
483	Core impurity contamination by unipolar arcing on PFCs	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
485	Investigate the Turbulence Suppression in High Betap Plasmas when Te is Close to Ti	EAST - Scenarios and Transport	Ding	GA	Yes	No	No
486	Super H-Mode Pedestal Optimization: Effect of fuelling source, density and current	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Snyder	ORNL	Yes	No	No
487	RMP ELM mitigation and suppression in the Super H-Mode regime	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Snyder	ORNL	Yes	No	No
488	n=1 RMP ELM suppression (in conjunction with intrinsic error fields, phasing and shape dependence)	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	In	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technolog	Yes	No	No
489	Arcing threshold due to ELM deposition at the strike point and in the scrape-off layer	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
493	I-mode identity experiment on DIII-D and ASDEX Upgrade: access, performance and transport	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Happel	Max-Planck-Institut f�?¼r Plasmaphysik	Yes	Yes	No
494	I-mode identity experiment on DIII-D and ASDEX Upgrade: access, performance and transport	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Happel	Max-Planck-Institut f�?¼r Plasmaphysik	Yes	Yes	No
496	2D Isotope Scan for Energy Confinement	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Thome	GA	Yes	No	No
498	High qmin, high beta in smaller shape	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Park	ORNL	Yes	No	No
499	Document and reduce fast-ion transport in steady-state scenarios	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Thome	GA	Yes	No	No
502	Exploring new reactor concepts: H-mode at negative triangularity	Torkil Jensen Award	Marinoni	UCSD	Yes	No	No
503	Avoidance of TM during target formation of high beta, high qmin scenarios	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Park	ORNL	Yes	No	No
504	Exploring new reactor concepts: H-mode at negative triangularity	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Marinoni	UCSD	Yes	No	No
507	Optimization of ELMfree high-performance plasmas at negative triangularity	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Marinoni	UCSD	Yes	No	No
512	Effect of EC location and heat/CD on the confinement and stability of the IBS	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
515	Core-Edge Investigations in the Super H and Near Super H Regime	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Snyder	ORNL	Yes	No	No
517	n=1 RMP ELM suppression with full I+C coil optimization	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Park	PPPL	Yes	No	No
518	Further investigation of the saturation & underlying transport mechanism of EHO to allow ELM stable	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Chen	GA	Yes	No	No
519	ELM suppression in the low torque IBS using rotating n=2 fields	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Wang	PPPL	Yes	No	No
521	Reduce AE induced EP transport in high q-min steady state scenarios with AE control tools	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Collins	ORNL	Yes	Yes	No
522	Optimum EC and CD location in high betaN hybrids	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
528	ECCD-induced ELM suppression in low-torque ITER-baseline scenario	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Lyons	GA	Yes	No	No
530	Intrinsic Rotation and Core Transport in Wide Pedestal QH-Mode with Electron Heating	Thrust 4 - Rotation Physics	Ernst	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
533	Reduce AE induced EP transport in high q-min steady state scenarios with AE control tools	BPP - Energetic Particle Physics	Collins	ORNL	Yes	Yes	No
535	Extend fully non-inductive high betap scenario to Ip~1MA towards Q=5 mission of ITER	EAST - Scenarios and Transport	Huang	ASIPP	Yes	No	No
538	Electron Temperature Profile Stiffness in Wide Pedestal QH-Mode	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Ernst	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
540	Erosion Characterization of W-alternative PFMs under L-mode & H-mode using Micro-Trench Technique	AMV - Innovative Materials Development	Coburn	Sandia National Lab	Yes	No	No
546	Dependence of L-H power threshold on X-point height	BPP - L-H transition	Samuell	LLNL	Yes	No	No
547	Long range impurity transport in the H-mode scrape off layer	DDS - Drifts and Flows	Samuell	LLNL	Yes	No	No
548	Characterizing Detachment in H-mode Helium Plasmas	DDS - Dissipation	Samuell	LLNL	Yes	No	No
549	Helium Campain 2018	General Physics	Samuell	LLNL	Yes	No	No
552	Understanding W edge transport via introducing a well-defined W source	EAST - Boundary	Ding	ASIPP	Yes	No	No
553	Test compatibility of radiative divertor with QH-mode	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Garofalo	GA	Yes	No	No
562	Measurement of local erosion/redeposition impulse function	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Hinson	ORNL	Yes	No	No
565	Understand effect of resonant vs non-resonant magnetic perturbations on L-H transition dynamics	BPP - L-H transition	Kriete	U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
571	Imaging of the ELM suppression mechanism using MIR and ECEI	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Zhu	UC Davis	Yes	No	No
572	Imaging of the ELM suppression mechanism using MIR and ECEI	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Zhu	UC, Davis	Yes	No	No
579	Wide Pedestal QH-Mode Core and Pedestal Compatibility with Electron Heating	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Ernst	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
580	Steady-state hybrids with higher ideal MHD limits	D&C - Steady State Scenarios	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	No	No
581	Effect of Divertor Geometry on High-Performance Core	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Thome	GA	Yes	No	No
582	Sustain and investigate EDA H-mode regime at near zero torque	PE - Pedestal/SOL Physics and Pedestal Optimization	Kumar Barada	UCLA	Yes	No	No
583	Effect of prompt and delayed fuel re-emission on apparent SP footprint during ELMs	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
586	Improve pedestal of wide-pedestal QH-mode with ECH and RMP and study the effect on LCOs	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Kumar Barada	UCLA	Yes	No	No
592	Toroidally-resolved lobe dynamics in ELM-mitigated and ELM-suppressed scenarios	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
602	Performance of irradiated W, SiC, and SiC/W composites as a PFC material	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Abrams	GA	Yes	No	No
603	Measure D retention/recycling properties of bulk SiC versus fibrous SiC/SiC in DIII-D divertor	AMV - Innovative Materials Development	Abrams	GA	Yes	No	No
615	3D spectrum dependence on L-H transition in DIII-D	BPP - L-H transition	Ko	National Fusion Research Institute	Yes	No	No
616	3D spectrum dependence on L-H transition in DIII-D	BPP - L-H transition	Ko	National Fusion Research Institute	Yes	No	No
617	D2 re-emission from prospective materials: characterization by ro-vibrational sp. in H-mode	AMV - Innovative Materials Development	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
618	Better Physics Understanding of NTM Seeding	D&C - 3D and Stability Physics	La Haye	Retired from GA	Yes	No	No
621	QH-mode similarity experiment between DIII-D and AUG with co-current beams	Thrust 3 - ELM Control	Viezzer	U of Seville	Yes	No	No
626	RMP ELM suppression in the IBS with radiating divertor by Ar injection	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Turco	Columbia U	Yes	Yes	No
627	Impact of siliconization on SAS divertor performance	Thrust 2 - Divertor Development	Abrams	GA	Yes	No	No
630	ELM suppression in the SAS	Thrust 2 - Divertor Development	Nazikian	GA	Yes	No	No
636	Safety Factor Profile Optimization of Wide Pedestal QH-Mode for Electron Heating	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Ernst	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
637	ELM filament footprint in j, q_perp, Da etc. (#583 for AMV)	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
639	Measurement of 3D ion impact geometry by erosion of med-Z spherical micro particles	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
640	Aimed visible/NIR spectroscopy for measurement of impurity flux from natural hot spots	General Physics	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
641	Visible spectroscopy for impurity flux from and temperature of leading edges on DiMES (#640 for AMV)	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Bykov	GA	Yes	No	No
642	Testing and control of radiation divertor with neon and argon seeding in high beta_p scenario	EAST - Boundary	Wang	ASIPP	Yes	No	No
643	Steady-state, high beta_pol plasma utilizing the SAS divertor	Core-Edge Integration Task Force	Victor	LLNL	Yes	No	No
648	Extend Zero Torque Wide Pedestal QH-Mode Operation to IBS Parameters	Thrust 1 - ITER Q=10 (Inductive Scenarios)	Ernst	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
649	Exposure of graphitic foam with CVI SiC coatings	AMV - Innovative Materials Development	Unterberg	ORNL	Yes	No	No
650	Influence of thin in-situ Si coatings on SOL carbon content	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Unterberg	ORNL	Yes	No	No
651	Impact of gaps/trenches on high-Z material migration	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Unterberg	ORNL	Yes	No	No
652	W deposition from a complete core source with shell pellets and collector probe	AMV - Material Migration and Mitigation	Unterberg	ORNL	Yes	No	No
653	Preferential sputtering of Si or C from SiC versus temperature	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Unterberg	ORNL	Yes	No	No
655	World first deuterium poloidal rotation measurements using main ion CER spectroscopy	Torkil Jensen Award	Haskey	PPPL	Yes	No	No
664	Unique Code Validation via Comparison of HFS/LFS and exploring up/down asymmetry in turbulence	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Sung	KAIST	Yes	No	No
667	Measurement of poloidal flow structures	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Bortolon	PPPL	Yes	No	No
668	Measurement of poloidal flow structures	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Bortolon	PPPL	Yes	No	No
669	Study of Electro-Magnetic quasi-coherent fluctuation under various plasma conditions	BPP - Turbulence and Transport	Chen	UCLA	Yes	No	No
670	Validation of high-Z dust ablation models in edge plasma	General Physics	Guterl	GA	Yes	No	No
675	Compare Er measured by DBS and CER in important DIII-D plasmas	General Physics	Kumar Barada	UCLA	Yes	No	No
679	SiC Sputtering and Near-surface Characterization Under He Bombardment	AMV - Surface Evolution Science	Bringuier	GA	Yes	No	No

Click here for internal detailed listing Below is a public summary listing:

Click here for internal detailed listing
Below is a public summary listing: