Resonant magnetic perturbations

Resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) are a special type of magnetic field perturbations used to control burning plasma instabilities called edge-localized modes (ELMs) in magnetic fusion devices such as tokamaks. The efficiency of RMPs for controlling ELMs was first demonstrated on the tokamak DIII-D in 2003.[1]

Normally the rippled magnetic field will only suppress ELMs for very narrow ranges of the plasma current.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ T.E. Evans; et al. (2004). "Suppression of Large Edge-Localized Modes in High-Confinement DIII-D Plasmas with a Stochastic Magnetic Boundary". Physical Review Letters. 92 (23): 235003. Bibcode:2004PhRvL..92w5003E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.235003. PMID 15245164.
  2. ^ Fusion Power Breakthrough: New Method for Eliminating Damaging Heat Bursts in Toroidal Tokamaks

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