High Pressure Gas Injection for Suppression of Runaway Electrons in Disruptions
Authors: L.E. Zakharov, S. Putvinski, A.S. Kukushkin, R.A. Pitts, M. Sugihara, S. Maruyama, S.V.Konovalov, and V.Lukash
Abstract:
A new scheme for suppression of runaway electrons in
ITER disruptions is proposed. It is based on maintaining the
magnetic perturbations during the entire current quench phase
by exciting kink modes using repetitive high pressure gas
injection to the plasma edge. The total amount of gas injected is
expected to be compatible with the ITER pumping system.
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Submitted to: 38th International Conference on Plasma Science & 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering/ICOPS 2011 SOFE, Chicago, IL, June 26-30, 2011
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