Publications - Tokamak Scenario Development

Angioni, C.; Fable, E.; Zohm, H.: On the possibility of reducing the size of a fusion reactor by increasing the plasma density. Nuclear Fusion 66, 026006 (2026)

Artola, F. J.; Redl, A.; Gerasimov, S. N.; Pitts, R. A.; Carvalho, I. S.; Kong, M.; Simic, G.; Loarte, A.; Van Blarcum, J.; JOREK Team et al.; JET Contributors; EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team: 3D modelling of thermal loads during unmitigated vertical displacement events in ITER and JET. Nuclear Fusion 66, 086036 (2026)

Bachmann, C.; Siccinio, M.; Aiello, G.; Ambrosino, R.; Bajari, J.; Boscary, J.; Carusotti, S.; Claps, V.; Cufar, A.; Elbez-Uzan, J. et al.; Federici, G.; Franke, T.; Giannini, L.; Gliss, C.; Haertl, T.; Hopf, C.; Luongo, C.; Maione, I.; Maisonnier, D.; Marzullo, D.; Maviglia, F.; Marek, P.; Mollicone, P.; Moscato, I.; Mozzillo, R.; Muscat, M.; Pagani, I.; Park, J. H.; Pereslavtsev, P.; Quartararo, A.; Renard, S.; Steinbacher, T.; Tarallo, A.; Vallone, E.; Vigano, F.; Wiesen, S.; Wu, C.: Progress in the concept development of the VNS – a beam-driven tokamak for component testing. Nuclear Fusion 66, 046015 (2026)

Bader, A.; Hernandez, F. A.; Ragona, R.; Zhou, G.: Integration scenario of a distributed Traveling Wave Antenna in European DEMO. Nuclear Engineering and Technology 58 (12), 104548 (2026)

Birkenmeier, G.; Bernert, M.; Brida, D.; David, P.; Fischer, R.; Happel, T.; Kurzan, B.; Lunt, T.; Ryter, F.; Wolfrum, E. et al.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: Impact of nitrogen seeding on L–H transitions and their role for detachment in ASDEX Upgrade. Nuclear Fusion 66, 026024 (2026)

Bray, E.; Fajardo, D.; Angioni, C.; Samoylov, O.; Dux, R.; Nallo, G. F.; Marchetto, C.; Subba, F.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: Analysis of H-mode and L-mode plasmas with a liquid Sn CPS divertor test unit in the ASDEX Upgrade tungsten divertor. Nuclear Materials and Energy 47, 102121 (2026)

Breuning, L.; Kerekes, A.; Müller, A. v.; Gawlick, J.; Candas, S.; Zohm, H.; Hamacher, T.: Operational planning of magnetic confinement fusion power plants using a MIP unit-commitment model. Fusion Engineering and Design 222, 115316 (2026)

Card, A.; Stoneking, M. R.; Deller, A.; Stenson, E. V.: Design and operation of APEX-LD: A compact levitated dipole for a positron-electron experiment. Review of Scientific Instruments 97, 023501 (2026)

Coosemans, R.; Fable, E.; Sauter, O.; David, P.; Felici, F.; Galperti, C.; Heiß, C.; Mele, A.; Merle, A.; Tenaglia, A. et al.; Wu, C.; TCV Team: Full-discharge simulations of the TCV tokamak using the Fenix flight simulator. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 065006 (2026)

David, P.: Flight simulators: closing the control loop in integrated plasma modelling, with illustrations using the Fenix code. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 063301 (2026)

Delabie, E.; Solano, E. R.; Hughes, J. W.; Maggi, C. F.; Ryter, F.; Birkenmeier, G.; Carvalho, P.; Cavedon, M.; Chernyshova, M.; David, P. et al.; Hillesheim, J.; Plank, U.; EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society; JET Contributors: Empirical scaling of the L–H threshold power for metal wall tokamaks using a multi-device database. Nuclear Fusion 66, 036016 (2026)

Deller, A.: Rydberg positronium injection of electrons and positrons into a levitated dipole trap. The European Physical Journal D 80, 127 (2026)

Deller, A.; Bayer, V. C.; Card, A.; Steinbrunner, P.; Stoneking, M. R.; Stenson, E. V.: Pure electron plasmas in a compact levitated dipole trap. Physics of Plasmas 33, 073508 (2026)

Deller, A.; Rayment, M. H.; Hogan, S. D.: Motional dynamics of Rydberg NO molecules in a transmission-line Rydberg-Stark decelerator. Molecular Physics, 2701441 (2026)

Di Siena, A.; Bourdelle, C.; Banon Navarro, A.; Merlo, G.; Görler, T.; Fransson, E.; Polevoi, A.; Kim, S. H.; Koechl, F.; Loarte, A. et al.; Fable, E.; Angioni, C.; Mantica, P.; Jenko, F.: First global gyrokinetic profile predictions of ITER burning plasma. Nuclear Fusion 66, 046001 (2026)

Dunne, M. G.; Faitsch, M.; Sauter, O.; Viezzer, E.; Labit, B.; Kappatou, A.; Keeling, D.; Vanovac, B.; Balboa, I.; Bilkova, P. et al.; Bohm, P.; Kos, D.; Hobirk, J.; Lerche, E.; Lomas, P.; Menmuir, S.; Pütterich, T.; Radovanovic, L.; Saarelma, S.; Silburn, S.; Silvagni, D.; Solano, E. R.; Sun, H. J.; Tookey, A.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society; TCV Team; EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team; JET Contributors: The physics of ballooning-limited ELM-free regimes in EUROfusion tokamaks. Nuclear Fusion 66, 106024 (2026)

Dux, R.; An, S.; Rohde, V.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: Spectroscopic characterisation of boronisation glow discharges in ASDEX Upgrade. Nuclear Materials and Energy 48, 102213 (2026)

Fable, E.; Solfronk, F.; Buglione-Ceresa, E.; Kulla, D.: Coupling time-dependent equilibrium evolution to a 1D current diffusion equation towards integrated modeling of stellarators. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 085049 (2026)

Fajardo, D.; Angioni, C.; Giroud, C.; Perks, C.; Loarte, A.; Poradzinski, M.; Rice, J.; Samoylov, O.; Carvalho, I.; Huang, Z. et al.; Keeling, D.; King, D.; Kos, D.; Labit, B.; Litherland-Smith, E.; Menmuir, S.; Vianello, N.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society; JET Contributors; EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team: Comparable levels of turbulent and neoclassical transport of high-Z impurities: integrated modelling in AUG, JET and C-Mod. Nuclear Fusion 66, 046005 (2026)

Faugel, H.; Bobkov, V.; Schmidt, A. B.; Peglau, M.; Helou, W.; Mulzer, R.; Fünfgelder, H.; Girka, O.; Ochoukov, R.; Mendelevitch, B. et al.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: Further upgrades of the ASDEX Upgrade ICRF system. EPJ Web of Conferences 346, 03014 (2026)