Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J

Abstract Because of the many degrees of freedom in magnetized plasmas, the plasma is largely reconfigured when the plasma achieves a non-equilibrium steady state in response to changes in the internal environment. Here we report observations of a plasma reconfiguration process when the density is in...

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Main Authors: K. Ogihara, S. Inagaki, S. Kado, R. Matsutani, G. Motojima, S. Kobayashi, F. Kin, S. Ohshima, T. Minami, S. Konoshima, T. Mizuuchi, H. Okada, K. Nagasaki
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00993-5
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S. Kado
R. Matsutani
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F. Kin
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T. Minami
S. Konoshima
T. Mizuuchi
H. Okada
K. Nagasaki
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description Abstract Because of the many degrees of freedom in magnetized plasmas, the plasma is largely reconfigured when the plasma achieves a non-equilibrium steady state in response to changes in the internal environment. Here we report observations of a plasma reconfiguration process when the density is increased by pellet injection in Heliotron J. The plasma shows no adiabatic response to pellet injection and achieves an improved confinement during the reconfiguration process. It was found that plasma shrinking and expansion arose and the magnetic field line structure in the divertor region also changed in the plasma reconfiguration process.
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spelling doaj-art-101f86ae5f0043aab13e50a65b25a2b22025-08-20T03:48:05ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-011511910.1038/s41598-025-00993-5Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron JK. Ogihara0S. Inagaki1S. Kado2R. Matsutani3G. Motojima4S. Kobayashi5F. Kin6S. Ohshima7T. Minami8S. Konoshima9T. Mizuuchi10H. Okada11K. Nagasaki12Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityGraduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto UniversityNational Institute for Fusion ScienceInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityUniversity of CaliforniaInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityInstitute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto UniversityAbstract Because of the many degrees of freedom in magnetized plasmas, the plasma is largely reconfigured when the plasma achieves a non-equilibrium steady state in response to changes in the internal environment. Here we report observations of a plasma reconfiguration process when the density is increased by pellet injection in Heliotron J. The plasma shows no adiabatic response to pellet injection and achieves an improved confinement during the reconfiguration process. It was found that plasma shrinking and expansion arose and the magnetic field line structure in the divertor region also changed in the plasma reconfiguration process.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00993-5Heliotron JPellet injectionReheat mode
spellingShingle K. Ogihara
S. Inagaki
S. Kado
R. Matsutani
G. Motojima
S. Kobayashi
F. Kin
S. Ohshima
T. Minami
S. Konoshima
T. Mizuuchi
H. Okada
K. Nagasaki
Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J
Scientific Reports
Heliotron J
Pellet injection
Reheat mode
title Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J
title_full Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J
title_fullStr Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J
title_full_unstemmed Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J
title_short Dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in Heliotron J
title_sort dynamics of plasma reconfiguration after pellet injection in heliotron j
topic Heliotron J
Pellet injection
Reheat mode
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-00993-5
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