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Flavio Cognigni (Carl Zeiss S.p.A., Research Microscopy Solutions)21/10/2024, 09:00
The long journey of correlative microscopy (CM) began in 1945 when Keith Porter conducted pioneering studies demonstrating that specific details within specimens could be observed and characterized using both light microscopy (LM) and electron microscopy (EM) with proper sample preparation. Subsequent comparative attempts followed, thanks to contributions from McDonald, Pease, Hayes, and...
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Prof. Alessandro Olivo (University College London)21/10/2024, 09:20
The Advanced X-Ray Imaging (AXIm) group at University College London has developed technology that enables x-ray phase contrast imaging (XPCI) to be performed with conventional x-ray sources. The group is now engaging with industrial collaborators to seek translation of the developed technology.
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Prof. Raffaele Giuseppe Agostino (STAR Research Infrastructure and Physics Department, Università della Calabria, Rende CS, Italy)21/10/2024, 09:40
The Southern European Thomson Back-Scattering (TBS) source for Applied Research (STAR) is a cutting-edge high-energy photon facility situated on the campus of the University of Calabria (UniCal). Recognized as a national Research Infrastructure within the Italian Research Infrastructure Plan (PNIR) 2021-2027, STAR represents a significant milestone in integrating large-scale scientific...
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Davide Rigamonti (CNR-ISTP)21/10/2024, 10:00
Historically, nuclear measurements have played a primary role in nuclear fusion experiments, such as those conducted on tokamaks. The notable example is given by the measurement of the neutron counts which provides the direct estimation of the fusion power. This is an essential parameter to know, in particular for the forthcoming DT fusion reactors.
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Prasoon Raj (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)21/10/2024, 11:00
A deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel mix has been commonly proposed for the first generation fusion power plants. Majority of the DT reaction energy is carried away by the 14 MeV DT neutrons; thereby, monitoring of the fusion power (Pfus) and control of the plasma burn can be accurately done through the neutron diagnostics. Quite a limited experience exists in the integrated neutron diagnostics for...
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Giulia Marcer (University of Milano-Bicocca)21/10/2024, 11:20
Besides the well known emission of a 14 MeV neutron and a 3.5 MeV alpha particle, the D-T fusion reaction may also evolve with a secondary branch in which a 17 MeV gamma-ray is emitted together with a 5He nucleus. The physical properties of this secondary branch, though, were poorly known because of its very low probability to occur of about 10-5.
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sebastien le pape (ecole polytechnique)21/10/2024, 11:30
Fusion energy has been the driven force in the High Energy Density (HED) community for more than fifty years but especially since the start of the National Ignition Campaign in 2009 on the National Ignition facility (LLNL, USA). The National Ignition Campaign, though a marvel in term of laser technology and data quality in this challenging regime, has failed to achieve ignition. This failure...
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Gabriele Cristoforetti (CNR)21/10/2024, 12:00
One of the main concerns of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) is the impact of laser parametric instabilities growing during the interaction of the laser pulse (~10^14-10^15 W/cm2) with the long-scale plasma corona; the issue is even more serious in the Shock Ignition scheme, where the intensity of the laser spike (~10^16 W/cm2) is an order of magnitude higher than the intensity needed in the...
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Rosalba Gaudiuso (University of Bari "A. Moro")21/10/2024, 12:40
Laser-induced plasmas are versatile physical systems with applications in a wide range of fields, spanning from materials and biomedical sciences to environmental and food safety to extraterrestrial planet exploration, and more. Making the most of this broad set of applications requires a detailed knowledge of the plasma parameters and elementary processes responsible for the generation and...
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Jari Likonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)21/10/2024, 13:10
In JET and future fusion reactors, thick co-deposited layers will be formed on their inner walls during extended plasma operations. Experiments in present-day fusion devices indicate these layers to consist of eroded plasma facing materials, various impurities in the edge parts of the fusion plasma, and actual plasma fuel species deuterium and tritium. Monitoring the inventory of the...
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Dr Emilio Giovenale (ENEA)21/10/2024, 14:15
Electromagnetic Radiation, in a wide range of frequencies, from microwaves to X-rays, is a useful tool for non-destructive analysis of Cultural Heritage. In this tutorial the main principles of the interaction between radiation and matter, and their application in the field of cultural Heritage will be presented. Starting from X-ray radiography, X-ray fluorescence, to Lased Induced Breakdown...
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Martina Romani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)21/10/2024, 14:45
The SINBAD-IR beamline at the INFN-Frascati National Laboratories, uses the synchrotron radiation produced by the DAΦNE electron ring, and conventional IR sources, for spectroscopy and imaging experiments targeting materials’ characterization across the infrared spectral range, from THz to NIR [1].
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Prof. Fabio Marzaioli (Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"-Department of Mathematics and Physics)21/10/2024, 15:05
At present the advent of ultrahigh precision measurements (<0.3% of relative uncertainty) in ^14^C relative abundances has drastically improved the quality of produced data. Such performance improvement projects its benefits (high sensitivity) over chronological data and/or sequences some-time highlighting the necessity to review usually applied assumptions for dating due to first order like...
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Dr Lucilla Pronti (National Laboratory of Frascati, INFN)21/10/2024, 15:25
Innovative technologies play a crucial role in the protection and conservation of cultural heritage against anthropogenic risks and climate change. In particular, multi-analytical approach offers comprehensive surveillance capabilities, identifying potential threats and damages [1]. In this sense, a multi-sensor scanning system able to acquire spectroscopic images using different techniques...
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Dr Gianoncelli Alessandra (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)21/10/2024, 15:45
In recent years, the development of synchrotron radiation (SR) sources has resulted in the creation of beamlines tailored for studying cultural heritage materials. These beamlines often require specialized setups, specific spatial resolutions, and precise detection limits. In cultural heritage research, integrated approaches that combine multiple techniques are often essential. Some beamlines...
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Ivan Roselli21/10/2024, 16:05
A damage diagnostic method based on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) was pointed out for the analysis of displacement data recorded in shaking table tests of a prototype representing a typical Central Italy historic masonry building. The displacements were measured by the use of a 3D motion capture system capable of tracking the motion of passive optical markers located at several...
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Vincenzo Fioriti (ENEA)21/10/2024, 16:15
The assessment of the state of damage of modern or ancient buildings is extremely important in the engineering practice. Today, the focus is on the use of non-destructive methods, among which video-based diagnostics may play a major role because of many advantages with respect to contact and traditional methods, especially in the application to Cultural Heritage assets. An emergent methodology...
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Massimiliano Scisciò (ENEA - Nuclear Department)21/10/2024, 16:45
The interaction of high-power laser pulses with matter produces electromagnetic radiation with a broad frequency spectrum, ranging from the MHz up to the THz range [1,2]. These pulsed fields (known as Electromagnetic Pulses: EMPs) can reach intensities of the MV/m order at meter distance from the interaction point and are, therefore, often considered as a hazard in laser-plasma experiments,...
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Michele Marino (University of Rome Tor Vergata)21/10/2024, 17:05Environmental Application and Medical DiagnosticsTalk
Precision medicine aims to provide highly personalized responses to clinical needs. To achieve this goal, doctors need to have more patient-specific information for diagnosis and a better understanding of the effects of the therapies. Hence, there is the urgent demand of new diagnostic and prediction tools. In silico models can be powerful tools to achieve these goals, but they still have...
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Matthias Hollmann (DLR)21/10/2024, 17:25
Hydrogen Detection from Distance
Arne Walter, Matthias Hollmann, Frank Duschek
DLR (German Aerospace Center), Institute of Technical Physics, Im Langen Grund 1, 74239 Hardthausen, Germany
Contact: Frank.Duschek@dlr.de
Green hydrogen is regarded as an important carrier of clean energy for the upcoming decades. Gas leakage from infrastructures like pipelines and storages is...
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Dr Donatella Puglisi (Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Sweden)21/10/2024, 17:45Environmental Application and Medical DiagnosticsTalk
In the frame of the research of new, non-invasive, and reliable diagnostic methods for the detection of tumor pathology, a systematic feasibility study was performed at Linköping University, Sweden, based on an electronic nose (e-nose) approach, which provided a very high percentage of agreement with the clinical diagnosis. The device consists of 32 metal-oxide chemical sensors configured in...
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Ailan Hu (Institute of Plasma Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences), Yunxin Cheng (Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences)21/10/2024, 18:05
Upper and lower graphite divertors in Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST tokamak) were replaced by tungsten divertors in 2014 and 2021, respectively. And boronization was performed in EAST to improve plasma performance in long pulse discharges and accumulate experiences for ITER operation with tungsten wall. Therefore, studies on the behavior of tungsten and boron and other...
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Novella Rutigliano (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)21/10/2024, 18:05
An autoencoder (AE) is an unsupervised artificial neural network used to learn data patterns. By compressing data, an input signal is encoded into latent space variables and then decoded to reconstruct the input from these variables. This compression process, a form of dimensionality reduction, retains only the intrinsic characteristics of the signal, excluding non-descriptive elements. This...
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21/10/2024, 18:05
The well-known physical properties of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) diamonds have made them highly attractive for use as detectors in harsh environments characterized by high irradiation levels, such as those found in fusion machines [1]. Notably, their good radiation hardness, visible wavelength blindness, high carriers’ mobility, and high signal-to-noise ratio make diamond a promising...
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Dr Donatella Fiorucci (ENEA-DTT)21/10/2024, 18:05
Interferometric and polarimetric diagnostics are traditionally exploited in plasma experiments, and, in particular, in magnetically confined fusion experiments, to determine plasma electron density and to give valuable information on the internal magnetic fields, respectively [1]. These information enter into the evaluation of the plasma magnetic equilibrium and in particular into the...
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Dr Angelo Raso (Università di Roma "Tor Vergata")21/10/2024, 18:05
Thin diamond detectors have proven to be excellent diagnostic tools for plasma diagnostic in a tokamak machine for the detection of soft X (SX) and UV radiation [1]. Furthermore, thanks to the excellent physical properties of diamond, i.e. wide band-gap, fast response time and radiation hardness, diamond detectors are among the alternative diagnostic tools in the next generation fusion...
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Valentina D'Agostino (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")21/10/2024, 18:05
Nuclear fusion offers the potential for an almost limitless and clean energy source.
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Achieving controlled fusion necessitates the confinement of hot plasmas within devices
called tokamaks, which use magnetic fields for this purpose. Accurate measurement of
total radiation and impurities in these plasmas is crucial for optimizing performance and
ensuring safety.
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Dr Sabina Botti (ENEA, Nuclear Department, Via E. Fermi 45, 00044, Frascati (Italy).)21/10/2024, 18:05
Laser-induced graphene (LIG) is prepared by single step laser writing processes on many carbonaceous material [1]. By Raman spectroscopy it is observed that the laser scribing on a polymeric material with hexagonal structure, such as polyimmide (Kapton), induces a breaking of C-O, C=O and C-N bonds, with consequent rearrengement of carbon atoms to form a graphene structure. Depending on the...
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Mr Huajian Ji (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)21/10/2024, 18:05
New X-ray spectra of tungsten have been observed using the X-ray Crystal Spectrometer (XCS) on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). The wavelength of these new x-ray spectra ranges from 3.895 Å to 3.986 Å. It is tentatively determined that the unidentified spectra measured by X-ray crystal spectrometer in EAST are emitted from W43+, W44+ and W45+ [1]. However, there is no...
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Emmanuele Peluso (ENEA, Nuclear Department, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy; University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Industrial Engineering, Rome, Italy)21/10/2024, 18:05
One of the milestones to be achieved in the design of the bolometric diagnostics for the new Italian Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) project [1] is the estimation of the radiated power for the start of the operation, i.e the so called Phase 1. Such an achievement has several implications, ranging from the scientific analysis and planning of the discharges between shots to the feedback protection...
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Yiqun Li (Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China)21/10/2024, 18:05
High electron temperature(Te) is an important parameter for future fusion reactors. Among the most common techniques used to evaluate Te are incoherent Thomson scattering (TS) and electron cyclotron emission (ECE). Due to the different diagnostic application conditions brought by different measurement principles and certain limitations of technology, it is difficult to maintain absolute...
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Alessandro Fassina (ENEA)21/10/2024, 18:05
Imaging optics for plasma diagnostics in fusion experiments are challenging systems, since they have to face extreme heat and radiation fluxes. These problems can be partially addressed by means of reflective systems, which are easier to cool and less sensitive to radiation damage. On the other hand, reflective systems tend to be bulkier because on their intrinsic folding, and less suited for...
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Andrea Belpane (Consorzio RFX)21/10/2024, 18:05
In the European roadmap towards nuclear fusion, the new Italian project DTT (Divertor Tokamak Test) [1], currently under construction at the ENEA Frascati Research Centre, aims at exploring alternative solutions for the divertor and optimizing the divertor configuration foreseen for DEMO.
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Ilaria Balossino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)21/10/2024, 18:05
The SPARC_LAB facility at the INFN laboratory in Frascati is being upgraded to accommodate a new user facility as part of the SABINA (Source of Advanced Beam Imaging for Novel Applications) project. The SPARC laboratory was set up to investigate the feasibility of an ultra-brilliant photoinjector and to perform FEL experiments. Over the years, upgrades, additional beamlines, and experiments...
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Davide Serafini (University of Siena & INFN-LNL)21/10/2024, 18:05
One consolidated technique for the treatment of cancer is Targeted Radionuclide Therapy (TRT). With this technique, radionuclides are attached to a specific drug that is able to bring them to the target tumor site [1]. The ISOLPHARM project is currently developing a radiopharmaceutical for TRT based on Ag-111, an innovative radionuclide [2] [3]. Ag-111 has a half-life of 7.45 days and decays...
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Cristina Mazzotta (ENEA Frascati)21/10/2024, 18:05
Preserving the integrity of the built heritage by detecting degradation, as well as monitoring the behavior of civil structures in response to vibrations or seismic phenomena is a challenge that is addressed by proposing different approaches and lines of research.
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CRM (Composite Reinforced Mortar) with embedded FBG (Fibre Bragg Grating) sensors was tested in order to guarantee long-term... -
Dr Sahar Arjmand (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)21/10/2024, 18:05
Laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) represent a cutting-edge technique designed to achieve high accelerating gradients on the GV/m scale [1,2,3]. These advanced systems are gaining traction in particle physics due to their potential to surpass the limitations of traditional accelerator structures. Their appeal lies in the compact design of plasma-based accelerators (PBAs), utilizing small-scale...
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Luca Senni (CNR-Istituto per le applicazioni del calcolo (IAC))21/10/2024, 18:05
It is well-known that in tokamaks, measuring electron temperatures in the plasma core can become problematic when certain values are reached, typically exceeding 6-8 keV [1]. Discrepancies often arise between the values provided by different diagnostics, such as Thomson Scattering and Electron Cyclotron Emission (ECE), which are expected to agree. Accurate and reliable determination of...
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Dr Matthias Otte (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics)22/10/2024, 09:00
Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is the largest and most advanced superconducting stellarator currently in operation. The primary objective is to demonstrate the ability to maintain a steady-state plasma with fusion-relevant plasma parameters and thus proving that the stellarator is a viable fusion power plant concept. In the most recent test campaign, the new and fully water-cooled divertor was tested...
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Dr Daniel Dunai (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)22/10/2024, 09:20
Future fusion reactors will differ significantly in many ways from the current fusion devices. The main goal of the current experiments is to measure as much information as possible about the state and temporal evolution of the plasma, in parallel performing technology tests. In future reactors, diagnostics will only serve plasma control functions[1]. In a commercial power plant, the number of...
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Dr Axel Jardin (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)22/10/2024, 09:40
M. Scholz1*, U. Wiącek1, K. Drozdowicz1, A. Jardin1, U. Woźnicka1, A Kurowski1, A. Kulińska1, W. Dąbrowski2, B. Łach2, D. Mazon3, V. Gerenton4
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Measuring fusion neutron spectra can give important information on ion fuel ratio and ion temperature, which are the goals of the High-Resolution Neutron Spectrometry (HRNS) on ITER [1]. This role is foreseen to be fulfilled by the HRNS system,... -
Dr Andrea Murari (Consorzio RFX)22/10/2024, 10:00
The main goal of the Divertor Test Tokamak (DTT) facility is the investigation of viable particle and power exhaust solutions for fusion reactors [1,2]. Performances, integration of edge and core and flexibility of the configuration are the guidelines of the DTT project, in order to test various power exhaust strategies for reactor relevant confined plasmas in a compact device. In this...
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Suk-Ho Hong (General Atomics)22/10/2024, 11:00
Comprehensive and accurate physics parameter measurements with appropriate spatial and temporal resolution are vital for controlling plasma shape, equilibrium profiles, and maintaining magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability. Additionally, these measurements are key to validating theoretical models and achieving a predictive understanding of plasma behavior for fusion pilot plant (FPP) plasma...
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Dr Simone Carusotti (University of Tuscia)22/10/2024, 11:20
An alternative design of the toroidal magnetic systems is studied and proposed for a future DEMO class reactor and applied as a conceptual scaled study for the new academic tokamak Tuscia Research University Small Tokamak (TRUST), under review at University of Tuscia (UNITUS). The alternative magnetic layout has the Central Solenoid (CS) placed around the Toroidal Field (TF) coils central...
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Silvia Palomba (DTT Consortium, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044, Frascati (Italy))22/10/2024, 11:30
The Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT), currently under construction at ENEA in Frascati, represents a crucial step in the development of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion [1]. DTT is a fully superconducting, high magnetic field tokamak, designed to significantly contribute to the integrated study of various divertor configurations. The diagnostic equipment includes advanced diagnostic systems for...
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Kristel Crombe (Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium)22/10/2024, 11:40
The TOMAS device, located at the Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), is dedicated to studies of wall conditioning, plasma production, and plasma-wall interaction, providing a versatile experimental environment that supports activities related to superconducting fusion devices such as W7-X, JT-60SA, and ITER.
TOMAS is a fully metallic plasma device with a major radius of 0.78 m and a minor...
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Dr Matteo Sorbara (INFN Sezione Roma Tor Vergata)22/10/2024, 11:55Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationTutorial
The muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu=\frac{g-2}{2}$, is a low-energy observable which can be both measured and computed to high precision, making it a sensitive test of the Standard Model and a probe for new physics. This anomaly was measured with a precision of 0.20 parts per million (ppm) by the Fermilab's E989 experiment. The final goal of the E989 experiment is to reach a precision...
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Prof. Viviana Fafone (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata e INFN)22/10/2024, 12:25Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationTutorial
The detection of gravitational waves requires the ability to measure extremely small effects, specifically variations in the length of the interferometer arms that are 1000 times smaller than the size of a proton.
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Central to the success of detectors such as Virgo and LIGO are advanced optical technologies that enable unprecedented sensitivity and precision in the control of the interferometer... -
Fabio Villa (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)22/10/2024, 12:55Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationTalk
Plasma acceleration is paving the way for new compact accelerators aiming at reducing the scale of the facilities needed by free electron laser (FEL) or high energy physics by employing accelerating gradients much larger than conventional RF structures. The EuPRAXIA Design Study (1) is dedicated to realizing a distributed FEL facility powered by plasma acceleration in the European framework...
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Daniele Butti (CERN)22/10/2024, 14:15Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationTalk
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) project aims to construct the next-generation accelerator of the CERN complex. The primary objective is to build a 90 km electron-positron collider (FCCee), designed to operate at beam energies ranging from 45.6 to 182.5 GeV. The immense scale of this machine and the unprecedented properties of its beams present significant challenges for beam diagnostics....
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Alessandro Curcio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)22/10/2024, 14:35Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationTalk
Plasma acceleration is a novel technique for a large variety of applications, including radiation sources of new generation. X-ray sources based on betatron radiation from plasma accelerators hold promise as compact, innovative and highly accessible solutions for radiation users. The key feature that makes these sources unique, lies in the shortness of the pulses delivered, falling in the...
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Gunsu YUN (Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH))22/10/2024, 14:55
We report a study of laboratory plasmas with density ($n_e$) and temperature ($T_e$) close to those of solar chromosphere and photosphere. The dense plasmas produced in supercritical fluids [Nature Commun. 12, 4630 (2021)] by ns laser pulse show blackbody emission spectra, which gives $T_e \sim 1$ eV. The Saha equation modified by ionization potential depression gives $n_e ~ 10^{21}$...
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Simone Paolo Maldera (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)22/10/2024, 15:15
The X-ray Calibration Facility (XCF) at the University and INFN of Torino is dedicated to the calibration and characterization of X-ray detectors, sensible to position, energy and polarization.
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The facility is focused on the study of the Gas Pixel Detectors [1] for x-rays polarimetry of astrophysical sources, developed at INFN-Pisa. Such detectors are the core of the detector units of the... -
Riccardo Rossi (Università di Roma 2 Tor Vergata)22/10/2024, 15:25AI in Support of Diagnostics and Inverse ProblemsTutorial
In many scientific and engineering endeavours, the diagnostic of several quantities is complex, indirect, and rely on several simplifying assumptions that are not always exact. Especially in these cases, the integration of measurements with physical knowledge is the most performant way to obtain accurate and reliable results. Despite this, the fusion of partial differential equations (PDEs)...
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Dr Ivan Wyss (Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata)22/10/2024, 15:55AI in Support of Diagnostics and Inverse ProblemsTalk
The measurement of the radiation emitted by tokamak plasmas is essential for both control and the investigation of the physics. Radiation represents an energy loss, and its quantification is therefore crucial for power balance assessments. Localized plasma cooling can lead to anomalies in electron temperature, such as hollowness in the core or cooling of the edge, thereby causing instability...
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Jacopo Filardi (Università di Pisa)22/10/2024, 16:45
The use of streak cameras in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and generally in laser-matter interaction experiments dates back to the 1960s. Nowadays such instruments can provide accurate time-resolved information about the evolution of laser-generated of plasma plumes.
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Francesco Filippi (ENEA)22/10/2024, 16:55
Laser-plasma based experiments is always more demanding about the plasma characteristics which need to be generated during the interaction. This is valid for laser-plasma acceleration as well as for inertial confinement fusion experiments. Most of these experiments are moving toward high repetition rate operation regimes, making even more demanding the requests on the plasma sources and the...
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Beatrice D'Orsi (ENEA, Nuclear Department, Casaccia R.C., Rome, Italy)22/10/2024, 17:05
Ionizing radiation has been used globally for decades across various fields, including industry, medicine, food, agriculture, and environmental science, as well as in space and nuclear applications. One notable use is in Cultural Heritage (CH) preservation, where gamma rays, X-rays and electrons can be successfully used to disinfect and disinfest historical materials (e.g., paper, parchment,...
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Sofia Ceccarelli (CNR ISPC)22/10/2024, 17:15
The discovery of hundreds of carbonised papyri in the 18th century in the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum opened new insights into the knowledge of ancient philosophy and, at the same time, an important and global technical challenge in unrolling and reading them. The rolls underwent several chemical and mechanical treatments aimed at their unrolling, often compromising their preservation....
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Adriana Puiu (ENEA)22/10/2024, 17:25
To efficiently control and monitor the usage of D2O is of paramount importance in many research domains. In the biomedical field, D2O detection is essential for metabolic studies and tracing water in biological tissues, providing new tools for medical and clinical research. In the nuclear sector, monitoring D2O is crucial for controlling fission processes since it is used both as coolant and...
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Andrea Malizia (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata")22/10/2024, 17:35
We are surrounded by emergencies; the past and new threats push researchers to find innovative solutions to increase the safety of the population and the security of the environment. In this paper, the authors will use the HotSpot ~ Health Physics Codes for the PC to simulate two different scenarios’ (and several case studies related). The first scenario is constituted by simulations of...
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Andrea Malizia (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata")22/10/2024, 17:45
As the world seeks sustainable and low-carbon energy sources, nuclear fusion has emerged as a promising solution with its potential to generate vast amounts of clean energy as well as nuclear fission is considered by many countries that closed the nuclear fission programs many years ago like Italy. This study analyses the methods for risk evaluation of fusion and fission plants (approached...
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Letizia Giulietta Tedoldi22/10/2024, 17:55
Neutron measurements are of crucial importance for nowadays nuclear fusion plasma experiments, even more for the forthcoming DT fusion reactors. In particular, neutron diagnostics are a key tool for measuring the fusion power which is a primary parameter to evaluate the fusion performance. Historically, fusion power measurements are based on counting the neutrons with fission chambers or...
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Cedric Landsmeer (University of Milan-Bicocca)22/10/2024, 18:05
Besides the primary emission of a 14MeV neutron, the fusion reaction of Deuterium and Tritium may instead lead to the emission of a 17MeV gamma-ray, with a 2.4 ⋅ 10⁻⁵ probability [1]. A novel approach for measuring the fusion power at ITER has been suggested based on the absolute measurement of these gamma-rays, using the plasma's gamma ray emission detected by ITER's Radial Gamma Ray...
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Alessandro Puleio (University of Rome Tor Vergata)22/10/2024, 18:05
Spectroscopic analyses are between the most used methodologies to investigate any state of matter. In fact, from the analysis of the electromagnetic spectra it is possible to extract several quantities that are characteristics of the analysed medium. Therefore, the spectrum must usually be analysed and computed by some specific algorithms, such as pre-processing and calibration tools, to...
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Dr Alexander Gunn (Alpha Ring International Ltd.)22/10/2024, 18:05
We demonstrate a compact ion beam device capable of accelerating H+ and D+ ions up to 75 keV energy, onto a solid target, with sufficient beam current to study fusion reactions. The ion beam system uses a microwave driven plasma source to generate ions that are accelerated to high energy with a direct current (DC) acceleration structure. The plasma source is driven by pulsed microwaves from a...
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Dr Antonio Silva (Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico)22/10/2024, 18:05
Diagnosing plasma parameters in next-generation fusion reactors like DEMO [1] poses a challenge due to limited in-vessel access and harsh environments. Millimeter-wave diagnostics offer a robust solution to measure electron density, but achieving comprehensive plasma coverage, essential for plasma position and shape control [2], requires large number of probing channels with wide frequency...
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Silvia Palomba (DTT)22/10/2024, 18:05Poster
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Agostino Celora (University of Milan-Bicocca)22/10/2024, 18:05
Within the scope of magnetic confinement fusion experiments, a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM)-based detector was employed during the 2023 experimental campaigns at the MASTU (Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak) spherical tokamak to investigate the Soft X-Ray (SXR) radiation (0.1-20 keV) emanating from the plasma. GEM detectors are promising candidates as SXR diagnostics on the next generation on fusion...
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francesco paolo orsitto (CREATE Consortium and ENEA Department FSN Frascati Italy)22/10/2024, 18:05
The Polarimetry measurements, i.e. Faraday Rotation(FR) and Cotton-Mouton Phase Shift (CM), are useful as constraint for the determination of the plasma equilibrium and for the measurement of the plasma density, respectively [1,2]. The modelling tool for polarimetry, tested on JET data, is the Stokes model [3], where FR and CM are calculated using the spatial profile of the components Br and...
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Dr Davide Vicca (Enea C.R. Frascati)22/10/2024, 18:05
Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor systems are widely used to monitor mechanical parameters for structural health
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monitoring (SHM) of civil engineering structures. Among the so many applications, the FBG technology allows
the development of weighing pads that have a fully passive optical working principle, with no need of electrical
power at the measuring point.
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Dr Shengyu Fu (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)22/10/2024, 18:05Poster
Charge eXchange Recombination Spectroscopy (CXRS) diagnostic is widely deployed in fusion experimental devices as an effective method for the local measurement of key parameters such as plasma temperature, rotation velocity and impurity density. Designated to fulfill the requirements for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) CXRS diagnostic measurements, the RF-DA has...
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Dr Luca Martellucci (Tor Vergata, Taal s.r.l.)22/10/2024, 18:05
In recent years, olive trees have been increasingly threatened by "Olive Quick Decline Syndrome" (OQDS), a disease caused by the harmful bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. This disease poses a significant challenge in Europe, especially in Italy, where olive oil production plays a major economic role. The syndrome harms the plant by thinning the xylem tissue, which disrupts the flow of water...
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Filippo Bagnato (ITER Organization)22/10/2024, 18:05
A phase-modulated dispersion interferometer combined with a polarimeter is currently being designed in ITER. This diagnostic, called DIP (Density Interferometer Polarimeter), aims at performing reliable electron density (ne) measurements with a time resolution of 1 ms and an accuracy of 10% during ramp up/down phases, and 2% during flat-top, serving as a complementary system for ITER’s main ne...
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Dr Jose Juan Suarez Vargas (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)22/10/2024, 18:05
A multi-purpose system of interferometric setups to measure gas and plasma density are being developed at the INFN-LNS facility. First, for the FUSION project, there is the need to estimate proton and alpha stopping power in borated plasma. To this end, we have a modified Nomarski interferometer designed to have sub-nanosecond resolution (100 ps) at the second harmonic of the pump laser, 532...
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Federico Ruffini (Consorzio RFX/Università di Padova)22/10/2024, 18:05
The Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) facility [1] will feature a poloidally distributed O-mode plasma position microwave reflectometry (PPR) system, crucial for future reactors, where in- vessel magnetic sensors for position control will be limited by high neutron flux and long pulse durations. The DTT PPR system will have a number of Lines of Sight (LOS) at the Low Field Side equatorial and...
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Yiming Cao (Anhui University)22/10/2024, 18:05Poster
Plasma electron density, as one of the core parameters of plasma characteristics, accurate and reliable measurement and real-time feedback control are indispensable foundations for ensuring stable operation of plasma and in-depth physical study. Specifically, online monitoring of electron density is an indispensable diagnostic method for every tokamak device. A Polarimeter/Interferometer...
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Cristina Mazzotta (ENEA Frascati)22/10/2024, 18:05
This study explores the possibility of using a neutron source that fissions a fissile thin layer, this last is used to cover a tank full of light gas. It’s possible to exploit the released energy of the reaction and from the same fission products for various applications (e.g. spatial propulsion, hybrid reactors etc.) not argued in this work.
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Dr Axel Jardin (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), Krakow)22/10/2024, 18:05
In fusion devices, the local soft X-ray (SXR) plasma emissivity is rich in information about electron temperature and density, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) activity and concentration of impurities that can be inferred with the help of dedicated tomographic inversion and synthetic diagnostic tools [1, 2]. Nevertheless, estimating the local plasma emissivity from a sparse set of noisy...
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Dr Francesco Paolo Orsitto (ENEA C R Frascati)22/10/2024, 18:05
The preliminary design of the Thomson Scattering(TS) system devoted to the measurement of the
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electron density and temperature in the pedestal region of DTT ( Divertor Test Tokamak) is
described. The evaluation of the DTT pedestal width based on the presently elaborated models
tested on JET and DIIID leads to a pedestal width Δ=15mm , assuming maximum temperature
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Mrs Vasiliki Anagnostopoulou (Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, ENEA C.R. Frascati, Rome, Italy | Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy)22/10/2024, 18:05
The measurement of 14 MeV neutrons present in a deuterium-deuterium plasma is an important parameter for the estimation of the triton burn up component in a tokamak. The deuterium-deuterium reaction has two equally possible branching ratios, one of which leads to the presence of tritons in the plasma. A fraction of these can cause a deuterium-tritium reaction, producing 14 MeV neutrons that...
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Dr Alexandru Boboc (UKAEA)23/10/2024, 09:00
Alexandru Boboc the JET Operations Team*
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UKAEA, Culham Campus, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK
* See the author list of ‘JET machine operations in tritium & D-T’ by D B King et al., to be published in Nuclear Fusion Special Issue: Overview and Summary Papers from the 29th Fusion Energy Conference (London, UK, 16-21 October 2023)
E-mail: Alexandru.Boboc@ukaea.uk
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Dr francesco paolo orsitto (ENEA Frascati)23/10/2024, 09:30
The measurement of electron temperature ( Te) is done in tokamak plasmas mainly by Electron Cyclotron Emission(ECE) and using the Thomson scattered laser radiation(TS).
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Recently these measurements were reviewed in the JET ( Joint European Torus) DTE2 (second deuterium-tritium campaign) and differences Te_ECE – Te_TS were detected in particular at high electron temperature... -
Edoardo Alessi (Istituto per la Scienza e la Tecnologia dei Plasmi, CNR, Milano)23/10/2024, 09:40
Magneto-hydrodynamics instabilities (MHD) like Magnetic Islands can appear in the plasma of magnetically confined fusion reactors because of (neo-classical) tearing modes (NTM). NTMs perturb the magnetic equilibrium configuration creating shortcuts for the heat and particle radial transport, hence affecting the confinement, reducing the plasma internal pressure and in turns reducing the...
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Graham Naylor23/10/2024, 09:50
Dispersion interferometers are gaining in popularity for the measurement of line-integrated electron density in magnetically confined (MC) plasmas. Systems have been developed for use on several MC devices around the world, mostly using a CO2 laser to produce the fundamental wavelength and frequency doubling crystals such as OPGaAs, AgGaSe2 or ZnGeP2 to generate the second harmonic. Systems...
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Tsuyoshi Akiyama (General Atomics)23/10/2024, 10:10
The index of refraction of a plasma in a magnetic field is described by the ion density n_i, with i=D (deuterium) or H (hydrogen), in the frequency range of the fast wave. Hence, interferometry and reflectometry using the fast wave as a probe wave can provide the ion mass density m_i n_i [1,2] and the isotope ratio n_D⁄(n_D+n_H) [3], respectively. The frequency range of the fast wave for these...
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Fenton Glass (General Atomics)23/10/2024, 11:00
Thomson scattering has been utilized as a diagnostic technique for measuring electron temperatures and densities in DIII-D divertor regions since 1995. Together with a range of other divertor-focused diagnostics, Divertor Thomson Scattering system (DTS) has advanced knowledge of divertor detachment, surface material erosion yield and heat fluxes, and enabled validation of boundary codes....
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Filipe José Fernandes Manuel da Silva (Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear do Instituto Superior Técnico)23/10/2024, 11:20
Plasma Position Reflectometry (PPR) is taking an important role in next generation fusion machines, such as DEMO, as a diagnostic to monitor the position and shape of the plasma, complementing magnetic diagnostics. The Divertor Test Tokamak Facility (DTT) presents itself as the perfect machine to implement, develop and test PPR systems, contributing in this way to the gain of a knowledge...
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Francesco Gatti (Politecnico di Milano)23/10/2024, 11:30
Laser-driven particle acceleration relies on the interaction between ultraintense (I>1018 W/cm2) laser pulses and matter. A plasma is formed due to the ionization of the target, and electrons are heated until they escape from the interaction region, giving rise to a strong charge separation. This electric field is thus responsible for protons and heavier ions accelerated forward [1].
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This... -
Lucio Crincoli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)23/10/2024, 11:40Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationShort Talk
Spectroscopic and microscopic techniques adopted for the characterization of ceramic plasma discharge capillaries, designed for high repetition rate plasma-based particle accelerators
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Federica Stocchi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)23/10/2024, 11:50Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationShort Talk
The EuPRAXIA Advanced Photon Source (EuAPS) will be the first user-oriented radiation source based on betatron radiation, and it is currently under development at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati - INFN at the FLAME laser facility.
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Betatron radiation is emitted due to the betatron oscillations of electrons in a plasma during the Laser WakeField Acceleration (LWFA) process. An intense laser... -
Gemma Maria Tinti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)23/10/2024, 12:00Diagnostic for High Energy Physics and Plasma AccelerationShort Talk
In the past decade, organometal halide perovskites (OMHP) semiconductors have been studied as sensors for ionization radiation and X-ray detectors, beside the well known success as photovoltaic devices. Properties such as simple single crystal growth from low-cost solution processes, high stopping power, defect-tolerance, large mobility-lifetime product and tunable bandgap make OMHP very...
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Andrea Chiuri (ENEA)23/10/2024, 12:10
Quantum Sensing is a rapidly growing branch of research within the area of quantum science and technology offering key resources, beyond classical ones, with clear potential for commercialisation of novel (quantum) sensors. Their physical implementation can vary and each approach has specific advantages/limitations and varying levels of TRL for different applications.
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Maria Aurora Vincenti (ENEA C.R. Frascati, Nuclear Department, Frascati (RM), Italy)23/10/2024, 12:30
M.A. Vincenti1,*, R.M. Montereali1,2, E. Nichelatti3, V. Nigro1, M. Piccinini1, M. Koenig4, P. Mabey5, G. Rigon4,6, H.J. Dabrowski4, Y. Benkadoum4, P. Mercere7, P. Da Silva7, T. Pikuz8, N. Ozaki9, E.D. Filippov10, S. Makarov10, S. Pikuz10, B. Albertazzi4
1 ENEA C.R. Frascati, Nuclear Department, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati (RM), Italy
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Michael WALSH (ITER ORGANIZATION)23/10/2024, 12:50
Currently, there are several magnetic fusion devices in design or construction that expect to cross the Q>1 region. These devices are critical to the next steps of Fusion, the long-term energy mix and the resolution of the whole climate change situation.
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These machines will need an extensive set of measurements to allow the running of these devices, to preserve the integrity of the... -
Dr Sahar Arjmand (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)23/10/2024, 14:45
Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) radiotherapy has emerged as a promising technique for revolutionizing cancer treatment. Unlike traditional photon-based radiotherapy, which often struggles with suboptimal dose distribution and challenges in sparing adjacent healthy tissue, VHEE employs high-energy electrons (approximately 250 MeV) that are accelerated to extremely high velocities. These...
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Jiuyang Ma (Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy Of Sciences)23/10/2024, 14:55
The effective ion charge, Zeff, is a key parameter in magnetic confinement fusion plasma, quantifying the average ionization state of impurities and is critical for assessing plasma impurity level and radial impurity distribution. In ITER tokamak, the expected Zeff is around 1.8, with permissible variations limited to ±0.2. The visible bremsstrahlung measurement is a useful tool for measuring...
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Fei Wen (Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, The Chinese Academy of Scieneces)23/10/2024, 15:05
Helimak is a plasma experimental device with a helical magnetic field and a toroidal vacuum vessel. The structure of Helimak is similar to that of a tokamak, which make it possible to simulate a tokamak-like in-vessel environment. Low operating costs make it a validation platform for wall conditioning technology of fusion devices.
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Microwave reflectometry is a widely used plasma density... -
Huihui Yan (Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science)23/10/2024, 15:15
Abstract—A vertical single channel 0.65THz solid-source interferometer (SSI) has been established on Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) for real-time electron density measurement and feedback. A novel terahertz line array detection scheme is proposed to improve the spatial resolution of the SSI. By employing high-power solid-state diode sources and an AlGaN/GaN line array...
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46. Preliminary Results and Analysis of a Tangential TV Thomson Scattering Diagnostic System on EASTYuanxiu Zhu (Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences)23/10/2024, 15:25
High spatial resolution edge Thomson scattering diagnostic is important for fusion research. The electron temperature and density profiles of plasma are basic parameters in the study of Tokamak plasma physics, so the development of high spatiotemporal resolution edge Thomson scattering diagnostic has been carried out in many major tokamak devices, such as DIII-D[1], JT-60U[2], JET[3], EAST[4],...
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Yunxin Cheng23/10/2024, 15:35
The plasma-facing components (PFC) in EAST tokamak are primarily composed of metallic materials, including tungsten divertor and limiter, titanium-zirconium-molybdenum (TZM) alloy first wall, copper antennas, and various components made of iron alloys. Consequently, multiple high-Z impurity species including Fe, Cu, Mo, W, will exist in EAST plasma due to inevitably plasma-wall interaction...
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Zhengwei Li23/10/2024, 15:45
High-Z materials are used as plasma facing components due to excellent material properties in fusion devices. However, impurities are inevitably induced in plasma discharge by plasma-wall interactions. The presence of these impurities can lead to increased energy loss and degradation of plasma confinement. Therefore, the study of impurity behavior based on impurity spectral diagnosis is of...
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Yuan Yao (ASIPP, Chinese Academy of Sciences)23/10/2024, 15:55
This paper presents a reconfigurable architecture designed for real-time data processing in tokamak diagnostics. Through the deployment and application on various laser-aided electron density diagnostics, including the HCN interferometer, POINT, solid-state source interferometer, and carbon dioxide dispersion interferometer, the architecture has been validated to meet the real-time data...
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Nicola Offeddu (EPFL - Swiss Plasma Center)23/10/2024, 16:35
We present the design of the suite of Gas Puff Imaging (GPI) diagnostic systems on the Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV). These systems enable the study of Scrape-Off-Layer (SOL) turbulence in the tokamak, specifically focusing on the phenomenon of blobs. For the first time at TCV, we now have the capability to simultaneously collect poloidal 2D images of turbulence at several locations:...
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Salvatore Almaviva (ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)23/10/2024, 16:45
In this work we report on the chemical characterization of metallic tiles of interest for nuclear fusion technology by using the Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique. The LIBS system used was designed to be compact and light, equipped with a sub-ns laser and suitable to be mounted on the Joint-European-Torus (JET) robotic arm. The coatings, composed of tungsten (W), Molybdenum...
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