V. Riccardo

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2009

Number

85

Co-Authors

A bulk tungsten divertor row for the outer strike point in JET (2009)

Mertens, Ph., Altmann, H., Hirai, T., Knaup, M., Neubauer, O., Philipps, V., ...

In the frame of the ITER-like wall project, a new row of divertor tiles has been developed which consists of 96 bulk tungsten load-bearing septum replacement plates (LB-SRP). Exposed to the outer...

Development and qualification of a bulk tungsten divertor row for JET (2009)

Mertens, Ph., Altmann, H., Hirai, T., Philipps, V., Pintsuk, G., Rapp, J., ...

A bulk tungsten divertor row has been developed in the frame of the ITER-like Wall project at JET. It consists of 96 tiles grouped in 48 modules around the torus. The outer strike point is located on...

Transient heat loads in current fusion experiments, extrapolation to ITER and consequences for its operation (2007)

Loarte, A., Saibene, G., Sartori, R., Riccardo, V., Andrew, P., Paley, J., ...

New experimental results on transient loads during ELMs and disruptions in present divertor tokamaks are described and used to carry out a extrapolation to ITER reference conditions and to draw...

Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions (2007)

Hender, T. C., Wesley, J. C., Bialek, J., Bondeson, A., Boozer, A. H., Buttery, R. J., ...

Progress in the area of MHD stability and disruptions, since the publication of the 1999 ITER Physics Basis document (1999 Nucl. Fusion 39 2137-2664), is reviewed. Recent theoretical and experimental...

Transient heat loads in current fusion experiments, extrapolation to ITER and consequences for its operation. (2007)

Loarte, A., Saibene, G., Sartori, R., Riccardo, V., Andrew, P., Paley, J., ...

11th Internat.Workshop on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications, Greifswald, October 10-12, 2006

Overview of recent JET results in preparation for ITER operation: Interplay between technical and scientific progress (2005)

Pamela, J., Ongena, J., Borba, D., Buttery, R., Counsell, G., Felton, R., ...

Recent scientific and technical progress on JET is summarized. The scientific programme on JET over the last 2 years has benefited significantly from various technological developments: advanced real...

ELM-averaged power exhaust on JET (2005)

Fundamenski, W., Pitts, R. A., Matthews, G. F., Riccardo, V., Sipila, S.

This paper describes experiments performed on JET over the past two years dedicated to characterizing ELM-averaged power exhaust (based on time-averaged divertor power deposition profiles), with an...

Effect of B x del B direction on SOL energy transport in JET (2005)

Fundamenski, W., Andrew, P., Erents, K., Huber, A., Kirnev, G., Matthews, G., ...

The toroidal field and plasma current were reversed in recent JET experiments to yield a large number of good forward-reversed matched pairs. The direction, magnitude and scaling of the poloidal...

Power deposition onto plasma facing components in poloidal divertor tokamaks during type-I ELMS and disruptions (2005)

Eich, T., Herrmann, A., Pautasso, G., Andrew, P., Asakura, N., Boedo, J. A., ...

A comparative analysis of the spatial and temporal characteristics of transient energy loads (ELMs and disruptions) on plasma facing components (PFCs) in present tokamak devices and their...

Steady-state and transient power handling in JET (2003)

Matthews,G. F., Andrew,P., Eich,T., Fundamenski,W., Herrmann,A., Loarte,A., ...

Steady-state and transient power deposition profiles have been measured in the JET MIIGB divertor using improved diagnostic techniques involving the use of fast infrared (IR), thermocouples and...

Thermal effects of surface layers on divertor target plates (2003)

Andrew,P., Coad,A., Eich,T., Gauthier,E., Herrmann,A., Matthews,G. F., ...

Measurement of the heat flux to the divertor by infrared thermography is complicated by processes at the surface leading to excess IR radiation. There are at least two possible causes of the excess...

Comparing scrape-off layer and divertor physics in JET pure He and D discharges (2003)

Pitts,R. A., Andrew,P., Andrew,Y., Becoulet,C., Coffey,I., Coster,D., ...

Though helium plasmas are one option for the low activation phase of ITER, little effort has thus far been devoted to studying them in a large, diverted tokamak. A recent campaign on JET has...

Steady-state and transient power handling in JET (2003)

Matthews, G. F., Andrew, P., Eich, T., Fundamenski, W., Herrmann, A., Loarte, A., ...

Steady-state and transient power deposition profiles have been measured in the JET MIIGB divertor using improved diagnostic techniques involving the use of fast infrared (IR), thermocouples and...

Thermal effects of surface layers on divertor target plates (2003)

Andrew, P., Coad, A., Eich, T., Gauthier, E., Herrmann, A., Matthews, G. F., ...

Measurement of the heat flux to the divertor by infrared thermography is complicated by processes at the surface leading to excess IR radiation. There are at least two possible causes of the excess...

Comparing scrape-off layer and divertor physics in JET pure He and D discharges (2003)

Pitts, R. A., Andrew, P., Andrew, Y., Becoulet, C., Coffey, I., Coster, D., ...

Though helium plasmas are one option for the low activation phase of ITER, little effort has thus far been devoted to studying them in a large, diverted tokamak. A recent campaign on JET has...

Comparing scrape-off layer and divertor physics in JET pure He and D discharges (2003)

Pitts, R. A., Andrew, P., Andrew, Y., Becoulet, M., Coffey, I., Coster, D., ...

Though helium plasmas are one option for the low activation phase of ITER, little effort has thus far been devoted to studying them in a large, diverted tokamak. A recent campaign on JET has...

Overview of JET results (2003)

Pamela, J., Solano, E. R., Adams, J. M., Agarici, G., Agarici, M., Akhter, H., ...

Scientific and technical activities on JET focus on the issues likely to affect the ITER design and operation. Our understanding of the ITER reference mode of operation, the ELMy H-mode, has...

Behavior of Density Fluctuations and Electron Temperature Profiles in JET Density Limit Disruptions (2003)

Francisco Salzedas, L. Meneses, V. Plyusnin, V. Riccardo, R. Jaspers, ...

The sudden degradation of the energy confinement characterizing major density limit disruptions, has been observed to initiate close to the q=2 surface, in a small and medium size tokamak. A...

Experience and lessons from the JET 4.0 T assessment (2001)

Gasparotto, M., Bertolini, E., Buzio, M., Kaye, A., Last, J., Noll, P., ...

Raising the JET maximum toroidal field from 3.45 to 4.0 T results in increased forces and stresses in the key machine components during normal operations and disruptions. These forces and stresses...

Overview of JET results in support of the ITER physics basis (2001)

Adams, J. M., Ageladarakis, P., Alper, B., Altmann, H., Arshad, S., Bainbridge, N., ...

The JET experimental campaign has focused on studies in support of the ITER physics basis. An overview of the results obtained is given for the reference ELMy H mode and advanced scenarios, which in...

SPICES1 - A smart-particle code for kinetic plasma simulation (1998)

Riccardo, V, Coppa, GGM

SPICES1 (Smart Particle In Cell ElectroStatic 1D) simulates 1D plasmas governed by the Vlasov equation. A linear Fokker-Planck operator can be used to represent collisions between plasma species and...

High performance Joint European Torus (JET) plasmas for deuterium-tritium operation with the MkII divertor (1997)

Jones, T. T. C., Adams, J. M., Ageladarakis, P., AliArshad, S., Alper, B., Altmann, H., ...

Planned experiments in the Joint European Torus [Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Research, Proceedings, 13th International Conference, Washington, D.C., 1990 (International Atomic Energy Agency,...

Latest JET results in deuterium and deuterium-tritium plasmas (1997)

Adams, J. M., Ageladarakis, P., Arshad, S. A., Alper, B., Altmann, H., Andrew, P., ...

All major JET systems have been fully commissioned for D-T and the DTE1 series of experiments has started with the D-T fuel mixture and operating conditions foreseen for ITER. In the area of ITER...

Kinetic theory of charged particles of variable shape (1996)

Riccardo, V

Recently a new kind of computational technique for kinetic plasma simulation has been developed, making use of particles of variable shape (blobs). The aim of the present work is to derive a kinetic...

Blob method for kinetic plasma simulation with variable-size particles (1996)

Dellapiana, G, Donato, F, Riccardo, V

A new approach to particle in cell simulation is presented for collisionless plasmas. The new method is based on computational particles of variable size (blobs). Each blob represents an element of...