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Overview of recent progress in 3D field physics in KSTAR

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Various 3D field physics challenges of magnetically confined plasmas arise when the driving source comes from either externally applied non-axisymmetric 3D magnetic perturbations or plasma instabilities inside the plasma. Recently, several key outstanding topics of 3D field physics have been extensively studied in the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), such as edge-localized-mode (ELM) control by resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP), error field (EF) control, 3D field effects on rotation and transport, and RMP-induced alteration of divertor heat flux and detachment. KSTAR has a few physically unique features (i.e., high rotation and long-pulse plasmas with a low intrinsic EF) and machine/diagnostic capabilities (i.e., 3-row in-vessel control coil and state-of-the-art 2D/3D imaging diagnostics), which have been taken advantage of until now to address critical 3D field physics issues relevant to ITER and K-DEMO. Among many remarkable achievements are the robust access to and control of n = 1 RMP ELM suppression, along with a development of its physics basis tools, parameter expansion, optimization, and long-pulse control techniques. Nonetheless, a series of unresolved 3D physics themes, as well as limited coverage of 3D field operating regimes, have also been identified as future works for the 3D field research in KSTAR. In this paper, we provide an overview about the recent progress of KSTAR 3D field physics and present future plans of KSTAR 3D research toward a future fusion reactor.

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reproduced from Ref. [17]). b Representative examples of the different n = 1 coil phasings that can be applied by the IVCC system in KSTAR. ϕ denotes the toroidal angle, each rectangle corresponds to one specific RMP coil with two turns, and each row represents the top/middle/bottom array of the RMP coils. The plus ( +) and minus ( −) signs indicate that the directions of the magnetic field generated by the coil currents are radially outward and inward, respectively

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the hard work of the entire KSTAR team to support 3D field research in KSTAR. This work was supported by Korean Ministry of Science and ICT under KFE R&D Programs of “KSTAR Experimental Collaboration and Fusion Plasma Research (KFE-EN2201-13)” and “High Performance Fusion Simulation R&D (KFE-EN2241-8)” through the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE). This work was also supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea under Grant Nos. NRF-2019M1A7A1A03088443 and NRF-2019R1F1A1057545, and by the KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD (No. 2019-Tech-G19IO16).

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  1. Korea Institute of Fusion Energy, Daejeon, 34133, Republic of Korea

    Gunyoung Park, Won-Ha Ko, Jaehyun Lee, Minwoo Kim, Giwook Shin, Sang-Hee Hahn, Tongnyeol Rhee, Minjun J. Choi, Kimin Kim, Hyung-Ho Lee, Young-Mu Jeon, Woong-Chae Kim & Siwoo Yoon

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    Yongkyoon In

  3. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, USA

    Jong-Kyu Park, Seong Moo Yang & Qiming Hu

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    SangKyeun Kim

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Park, G., In, Y., Park, JK. et al. Overview of recent progress in 3D field physics in KSTAR. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 80, 759–786 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40042-022-00423-z

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Keywords

  • KSTAR
  • Plasma
  • Fusion
  • 3D field physics
  • Edge-localized-modes (ELMs)
  • Resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP)