High-confinement mode
High-confinement mode or H-mode is an operating mode possible in toroidal magnetic confinement fusion devices - mostly tokamaks but also in stellarators.[1] In this mode the plasma is more stable and better confined.
It was discovered by Fritz Wagner in 1982 during neutral beam heating of the plasma at ASDEX.[1] It has since been reproduced in all major toroidal confinement devices and is planned in the operation of ITER. Its self-consistent theoretical description is a topic of current research. [2]
See also
- Edge-localized mode, an instability of H-mode
- Joint European Torus (JET) operates in H-mode
- COMPASS tokamak can/could operate in H-mode
- KSTAR (South Korea) operates in H-mode
References
- 1 2 How Fritz Wagner "discovered" the H-Mode
- ↑ F. Wagner (2007). "A quarter-century of H-mode studies". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 49: B1. Bibcode:2007PPCF...49....1W. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S01..
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