An automatic matching system for the ICRF antenna at TOMAS: Development and experimental proof

Authors: Adriaens, A. ^{a, b, ⁎}, Durodié, F. ^a, Maquet, V. ^a, Deshpande, S. ^a, López-Rodríguez, D. ^{a, b}, Verstraeten, M. ^a, Goriaev, A. ^a, Crombé, K. ^{a, b}, Buermans, J. ^{a, b}, Brezinsek, S. ^c

Source: In Fusion Engineering and Design March 2025 212

Setup and first operation of the Wendelstein 7-X ICRH matching system

Authors: Stepanov, I. ^{a, ⁎}, Kallmeyer, J.P. ^b, Hartmann, D.A. ^b, Vervier, M. ^a, Castaño-Bardawil, D. ^a, Dumortier, P. ^a, Durodié, F. ^a, Faugel, H. ^c, Hollfeld, K.P. ^d, Verstraeten, M. ^a, Offermanns, G. ^d, Ongena, J. ^a, Satheeswaran, G. ^d, Schweer, B. ^d, Van Schoor, M. ^a, Crombé, K. ^e, Kazakov, Ye. O. ^a, Acheroy, S. ^a, Vergote, M. ^a, Wolf, R. ^b

Source: In Fusion Engineering and Design February 2025 211

Plasma characterization and confirmation of helicon mode of IShTAR plasma source

Authors: Siddiki, Foisal B. T., Shesterikov, I., Noterdaeme, J. -M., Crombé, K.

Subject Terms: Physics - Plasma Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.13581

Physics design, construction and commissioning of the ICRH system for the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X

Authors: Ongena, J., Castano-Bardawil, D., Crombé, K., Kazakov, Y.O., Schweer, B., Stepanov, I., Van Schoor, M., Vervier, M., Krämer-Flecken, A., Neubauer, O., Nicolai, D., Satheeswaran, G., Offermanns, G., Hollfeld, K.P., Benndorf, A., Dinklage, A., Hartmann, D., Kallmeyer, J.P., Wolf, R.C., TEC

Source: In Fusion Engineering and Design July 2023 192

Design improvements, assembly and testing of the ICRH antenna for W7-X

Authors: Castaño Bardawil, D.A. ^*, Schweer, B., Ongena, J., Behr, W., Crombé, K., Czymek, G., Han, X., Hartmann, D., Hollfeld, K.P., Kallmeyer, J.P., Krämer-Flecken, A., Linsmeier, Ch., Neubauer, O., Nicolai, D., Offermanns, G., Satheeswaran, G., Stepanov, I., Van Schoor, M., Vervier, M., Wolf, R.

Source: In Fusion Engineering and Design May 2021 166

Radio frequency plasma production on the TOMAS device

Authors: Crombé, K. [and others]

Source: AIP conference proceedings. 2984

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Triple Langmuir probe calibration in TOMAS ECRH plasma

Authors: Buermans, J., Crombé, K., Dittrich, L., Goriaev, A., Kovtun, Y., López-Rodríguez, D., Möller, S., Petersson, P., Verstraeten, M.

Source: AIP advances. 13(5)

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Observation of confined current ribbon in JET plasmas

Authors: Solano, E. R., Lomas, P. J., Alper, B., Xu, G. S., Andrew, Y., Arnoux, G., Boboc, A., Barrera, L., Belo, P., Beurskens, M. N. A., Brix, M., Crombe, K., de la Luna, E., Devaux, S., Eich, T., Gerasimov, S., Giroud, C., Harting, D., Howell, D., Huber, A., Kocsis, G., Korotkov, A., Lopez-Fraguas, A., Nave, M. F. F., Rachlew, E., Rimini, F., Saarelma, S., Sirinelli, A., Thomsen, H., Zabeo, L., Zarzoso, D., contributors, JET EFDA

Source: Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 185003 (2010)

Subject Terms: Physics - Plasma Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.5873

Characterization of plasma parameters and neutral particles in microwave and radio frequency discharges in the Toroidal Magnetized System.

Authors: López-Rodríguez, D.^1,2 (AUTHOR) luisdaniel.lopezrodriguez@ugent.be, Crombé, K.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Goriaev, A.¹ (AUTHOR), Buermans, J.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Adriaens, A.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Kovtun, Yu.³ (AUTHOR), Dittrich, L.⁴ (AUTHOR), Petersson, P.⁴ (AUTHOR), Wauters, T.⁵ (AUTHOR), Brezinsek, S.⁶ (AUTHOR)

Source: Review of Scientific Instruments. Aug2024, Vol. 95 Issue 8, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *HIGH-frequency discharges, *RADIO frequency, *ELECTRON density, *LANGMUIR probes, *ANTENNAS (Electronics)

Characterization of ECRH plasmas in TOMAS.

Authors: Buermans, J., Adriaens, A., Brezinsek, S., Crombé, K., Desmet, N., Dittrich, L., Goriaev, A., Kovtun, Yu., López-Rodríguez, L. D., Petersson, P., Van Schoor, M.

Source: Physics of Plasmas; May2024, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: PLASMA density, PLASMA resonance, PLASMA production, PLASMA-wall interactions, PLASMA confinement, CYCLOTRONS, PLASMA heating, LASER plasmas

Isotope exchange by Ion Cyclotron Wall Conditioning on JET

Authors: Wauters, T., Douai, D., Kogut, D., Lyssoivan, A., Brezinsek, S., Belonohy, E., Blackman, T., Bobkov, V., Crombé, K., Drenik, A., Graham, M., Joffrin, E., Lerche, E., Loarer, T., Lomas, P.L., Mayoral, M.-L., Monakhov, I., Oberkofler, M., Philipps, V., Plyusnin, V., Sergienko, G., Van Eester, D.

Source: In Journal of Nuclear Materials August 2015 463:1104-1108

Nitrogen removal from plasma-facing components by ion cyclotron wall conditioning in TEXTOR

Authors: Carrasco, A.G., Wauters, T., Petersson, P., Drenik, A., Rubel, M., Crombé, K., Douai, D., Fortuna, E., Kogut, D., Kreter, A., Lyssoivan, A., Möller, S., Pisarek, M., Vervier, M.

Source: In Journal of Nuclear Materials August 2015 463:688-692

Impact of localized gas injection on ICRF coupling and SOL parameters in JET-ILW H-mode plasmas

Authors: Lerche, E., Goniche, M., Jacquet, P., Van Eester, D., Bobkov, V., Colas, L., Czarnecka, A., Brezinsek, S., Brix, M., Crombe, K., Graham, M., Groth, M., Monakhov, I., Mathurin, T., Matthews, G., Meneses, L., Noble, C., Petrzilka, V., Rimini, F., Shaw, A.

Source: In Journal of Nuclear Materials August 2015 463:634-639

Localized Scrape-Off Layer density modifications by Ion Cyclotron near fields in JET and ASDEX-Upgrade L-mode plasmas

Authors: Colas, L., Jacquet, Ph., Van Eester, D., Bobkov, V., Brix, M., Meneses, L., Tamain, P., Marsen, S., Silva, C., Carralero, D., Kočan, M., Müller, H.-W., Crombé, K., Křivska, A., Goniche, M., Lerche, E., Rimini, F.G.

Source: In Journal of Nuclear Materials August 2015 463:735-738

The upgraded TOMAS device: A toroidal plasma facility for wall conditioning, plasma production, and plasma–surface interaction studies

Authors: Goriaev, A., Wauters, T., Möller, S., Brakel, R., Brezinsek, S., Buermans, J., Crombé, K., Dinklage, A., Habrichs, R., Höschen, D., Krause, M., Kovtun, Yu., López-Rodríguez, D., Louche, F., Moon, S., Nicolai, D., Thomas, J., Ragona, R., Rubel, M., Rüttgers, T., Petersson, P., Brunsell, P., Linsmeier, Ch., Van Schoor, M.

Source: Review of scientific instruments. 92(2)

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Development of an experimental facility for the study of microparticle initiated radio frequency vacuum breakdown

Authors: Casagrande, R., Faugel, H., Fischer, F., Fünfgelder, H., Riedl, F., Siegl, G., Bettini, P., Noterdaeme, J.-M., Crombé, K.

Source: Review of scientific instruments. 92(1)

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Physics and applications of three-ion ICRF scenarios for fusion research

Authors: Kazakov, Ye. O., Ongena, J., Wright, J. C., Wukitch, S. J., Bobkov, V., Garcia, J., Kiptily, V. G., Mantsinen, M. J., Nocente, M., Schneider, M., Weisen, H., Baranov, Y., Baruzzo, M., Bilato, R., Chomiczewska, A., Coelho, R., Craciunescu, T., Crombé, K., Dreval, M., Dumont, R., Dumortier, P., Durodié, F., Eriksson, J., Fitzgerald, M., Galdon-Quiroga, J., Gallart, D., Garcia-Muñoz, M., Giacomelli, L., Giroud, C., Gonzalez-Martin, J., Hakola, A., Jacquet, P., Johnson, T., Kappatou, A., Keeling, D., King, D., Kirov, K. K., Lamalle, P., Lennholm, M., Lerche, E., Maslov, M., Mazzi, S., Menmuir, S., Monakhov, I., Nabais, F., Nave, M. F. F., Ochoukov, R., Polevoi, A. R., Pinches, S. D., Plank, U., Rigamonti, D., Salewski, M., Schneider, P. A., Sharapov, S. E., Štancar, Ž., Thorman, A., Valcarcel, D., Van Eester, D., Van Schoor, M., Varje, J., Weiland, M., Wendler, N.

Source: Physics of plasmas. 28(2)

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X-mode electron cyclotron heating scenarios beyond the cut-off density.

Authors: Buermans, Johan^1,2 (AUTHOR) Johan.buermans@mil.be, Crombé, K.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Dittrich, L.³ (AUTHOR), Goriaev, A.¹ (AUTHOR), Kovtun, Yu.⁴ (AUTHOR), Möller, S.⁵ (AUTHOR), López-Rodríguez, D.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Petersson, P.³ (AUTHOR), Verstraeten, M.¹ (AUTHOR), Wauters, T.⁶ (AUTHOR)

Source: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2023, Vol. 2984 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *ELECTRON cyclotron resonance heating, *CYCLOTRON resonance, *PLASMA production, *PLASMA density, *ELECTRONS, *RESONANT tunneling, *CYCLOTRONS, *PLASMA heating

First studies of local ion fluxes in radio frequency plasmas for ion cyclotron wall conditioning applications in the TOMAS device.

Authors: Goriaev, A.¹ (AUTHOR) a.goriaev@fz-juelich.de, Crombé, K.^1,2 (AUTHOR), López-Rodríguez, D.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Möller, S.³ (AUTHOR), Buermans, J.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Verstraeten, M.¹ (AUTHOR), Bradwil, D. Castaño¹ (AUTHOR), Dittrich, L.⁴ (AUTHOR), Petersson, P.⁴ (AUTHOR), Kovtun, Yu.⁵ (AUTHOR)

Source: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2023, Vol. 2984 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *RADIO frequency, *PLASMA frequencies, *ION energy, *CYCLOTRONS, *ACTINIC flux, *IONS, *HYDROGEN plasmas

Characterisation of radio frequency plasmas in the upgraded TOMAS device.

Authors: López-Rodríguez, D.^1,2 (AUTHOR) luisdaniel.lopezrodriguez@ugent.be, Crombé, K.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Wauters, T.³ (AUTHOR), Goriaev, A.¹ (AUTHOR), Buermans, J.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Kovtun, Yu.⁴ (AUTHOR), Dittrich, L.⁵ (AUTHOR), Petersson, P.⁵ (AUTHOR), Moon, S.⁵ (AUTHOR), Verstraeten, M.¹ (AUTHOR), Möller, S.⁶ (AUTHOR)

Source: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2023, Vol. 2984 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *PLASMA frequencies, *HYDROGEN plasmas, *MAGNETIC flux density, *ELECTRON temperature measurement, *ELECTRON density