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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Field, A. R.; Angioni, C.; Carvalho, I. S.; Carvalho, P.; Challis, C. D.; Chomiczewska, A.; Coffey, I. H.; Fajardo, D.; Frasinetti, L.; Fontdecaba, J. M. et al.; Giroud, C.; Hobirk, J.; Kappatou, A.; Keeling, D.; King, D. B.; Kos, D.; Labit, B.; Lerche, E.; Litherland-Smith, E.; Menmuir, S.; Olde, C.; Sun, H.; Vianello, N.; Wiesen, S.; JET Contributors; EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team: Optimised 'hybrid' scenario H-mode plasmas for W radiation control in JET with the Be/W wall. Nuclear Fusion 66, 036018 (2026)

Flocken, J. L.; Korsholm, S. B.; Rasmussen, J.; Fable, E.: Measuring ion dynamics in the core of European DEMO: a design space exploration for collective Thomson scattering. Journal of Instrumentation 21, C04067 (2026)

Galindo, D.; Milanesio, D.; Vecchi, G.; Bilato, R.; Brambilla, M.; Bobkov, V.: Benchmark of the new release of FELICE solver in TOPICA code with the ASDEX Upgrade 3-strap antenna. EPJ Web of Conferences 346, 01007 (2026)

Gleiter, T.; Dux, R.; Angioni, C.; Faitsch, M.; Fajardo, D.; Harrer, G. F.; Kappatou, A.; McDermott, R. M.; Odstrcil, T.; Sciortino, F. et al.; Stroth, U.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: Radial impurity transport in the pedestal of ASDEX Upgrade plasmas in H-mode, L-mode, and the QCE regime. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 045037 (2026)

Hörmann, S.; Griener, M.; Krychowiak, M.; Gradic, D.; Siddiki, F. B. T.; Astrain, M.; Flom, E.; Birkenmeier, G.; Stechow, A. v.; Killer, C. et al.; Reimold, F.; Sereda, S.; Romba, T.; Brunner, K. J.; Knauer, J.; Stroth, U.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society; W7-X Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: A fast helium beam diagnostic at the island divertor of W7-X for the investigation of plasma edge dynamics. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 025003 (2026)

Huslage, P.; Schuler, T.; Gil, P. F.; Brack, V.; Schmeling, D.; Orona, D. A. R.; Schoenberg, E. v.; Thun, T.; Smoniewski, J.; Stenson, E. V.: A Non-Planar ReBCO Test Coil With 3D-Printed Aluminum Support Structure for the EPOS Stellarator. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 36 (3), 4201405 (2026)

King, D. B.; Field, A.; Challis, C. D.; Hobirk, J.; Kappatou, A.; Lerche, E. A.; Keeling, D.; Baruzzo, M.; Carvalho, I. S.; Carvalho, P. et al.; Delabie, E. G.; Fontdecaba, J. M.; Frassinetti, L.; Giroud, C.; Kirov, K.; Litherland-Smith, E.; Maslov, M.; Meigs, A.; Menmuir, S.; Olde, C.; Pucella, G.; Silburn, S.; Sun, H.; JET Contributors; Eurofusion Tokamak Exploitation Team: Development of JET hybrid scenario plasmas in deuterium and deuterium–tritium for impurity screening investigations. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 045023 (2026)

Krieger, K.; Rohde, V.; ASDEX Upgrade Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society: Quantification of deuterium and low-Z impurity deposition on long-term samples exposed in ASDEX Upgrade. Nuclear Materials and Energy 46, 102070 (2026)

Moscheni, M.; Herrmann, A.; Kembleton, R.; Kryjak, M.; Lazerson, S.; Levi, F.; Siccinio, M.; Staniec, P.; Giegerich, T.; Tantos, C.: Multi-machine scaling laws for fuel and impurity puffing rates sufficient for detachment access: a systematic review of magnetic confinement fusion devices. Nuclear Fusion 66, 026008 (2026)

Muraca, M.; Rodriguez-Fernandez, P.; Hall, J.; Howard, N. T.; Fajardo, D.; Tardini, G.; Zimmermann, C. F. B.; Body, T.: Impurity peaking of SPARC H-modes: a sensitivity study on physics and engineering assumptions. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 68, 045045 (2026)