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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik

P 19: Poster II

P 19.2: Poster

Thursday, March 31, 2022, 16:00–17:30, P

The Disruptive H-Mode Density Limit and MARFE Behaviour — •Felix Klossek, Anja Gude, Marc Maraschek, Bernhard Sieglin, Matthias Bernert, Hartmut Zohm, and the ASDEX Upgrade Team — Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany

The high confinement mode (H-mode) is an operational regime in tokamaks with suppressed turbulence near the edge, so that particles and energy are confined better. High densities, which are desirable in terms of fusion power, are prone to a density limit: a degradation of confinement and subsequent disruption.

When approaching a density limit disruption, a Multifaceted Asymmetric Radiation From the Edge (MARFE) forms as toroidal ring. It is strongly radiating and is therefore altering the power balance in the plasma and reducing the temperature in its vicinity. During the MARFE evolution, this effect becomes more pronounced. The MARFE starts near the X point, where it is also called X point radiator (XPR). It will subsequently move up on the high field side near the separatrix and stay some time at the top of the plasma, before approaching the low field side, entering the core and triggering MHD instabilities which finally lead to the disruption.

The MARFE position can be reconstructed using measurements from bolometer pinhole cameras. A robust and fast approach based on angular probability distributions for each camera is presented.