Quantitative magnetohydrodynamic modelling of flux pumping in ASDEX Upgrade by Haowei Zhang, Matthias Hölzl, Isabel Krebs, Andreas Burckhart, Alexander Bock, Sibylle Günter, Valentin Igochine, Karl Lackner, Rohan Ramasamy, Hartmut Zohm, the JOREK Team, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

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Impact of shape and global β on ASDEX Upgrade pedestal structure by L. Radovanovic, E. Wolfrum, M.G. Dunne, G.F. Harrer, F. Aumayr, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

“…This work describes ASDEX Upgrade experiments designed to analyse the pedestal structure under varying conditions of normalized poloidal pressure ( β _pol ) and plasma shaping. …”
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Radiated energy fraction of SPI-induced disruptions at ASDEX Upgrade by P. Heinrich, G. Papp, S. Jachmich, J. Artola, M. Bernert, P. de Marné, M. Dibon, R. Dux, T. Eberl, J. Hobirk, M. Lehnen, T. Peherstorfer, N. Schwarz, U. Sheikh, B. Sieglin, J. Svoboda, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

“…To support ITER, a versatile SPI system was installed at the tokamak ASDEX Upgrade (AUG). The AUG SPI features three independent pellet generation cells and guide tubes, and each was equipped with different shatter heads for the 2022 experimental campaign. …”
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Modelling of shattered pellet injection experiments on the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak by Ansh Patel, A. Matsuyama, G. Papp, M. Lehnen, J. Artola, S. Jachmich, E. Fable, A. Bock, B. Kurzan, M. Hoelzl, W. Tang, M. Dunne, R. Fischer, P. Heinrich, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

“…In a shattered pellet injection (SPI) system the penetration and assimilation of the injected material depends on the speed and size distribution of the SPI fragments. ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) was recently equipped with a flexible SPI to study the effect of these parameters on disruption mitigation efficiency. …”
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On the evolution of profiles and fluctuations towards the L-mode density limit in ASDEX Upgrade by G. Grenfell, M. Griener, M. Bernert, J. Adamek, D. Brida, M. Faitsch, P. Manz, B.Ph. van Milligen, U. Stroth, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

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SOLPS-ITER modelling of helium transport, recycling and pumping at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak by A. Zito, O. Pan, M. Wischmeier, A. Kappatou, A. Kallenbach, S.O. Makarov, M. Bernert, M. Cavedon, D. Reiter, U. Stroth, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

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Gyrokinetic profile prediction and validation of a negative triangularity plasma in ASDEX Upgrade by R. Bielajew, B. Vanovac, N.T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, L. Aucone, G.D. Conway, T. Happel, C. Holland, P. Mantica, J. Schellpfeffer, C. Yoo, A.E. White, the EUROfusion WPTE Team, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

“…Phys. 324 73–93) for a negative triangularity H-mode plasma in ASDEX Upgrade, and compared with experimental measurements. …”
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EDA H-mode in ASDEX Upgrade: scans of heating power, fueling, and plasma current by L. Gil, T. Pütterich, C. Silva, D. Hachmeister, G.D. Conway, P. David, M. Faitsch, R. Fischer, T. Happel, A. Kallenbach, J. Santos, A. Silva, J. Stober, U. Stroth, E. Viezzer, E. Wolfrum, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

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X-point radiator control and its dynamics in ASDEX Upgrade and JET deuterium–tritium discharges by T.O.S.J. Bosman, M. Bernert, L. Ceelen, B. Sieglin, J.T.W. Koenders, T. Ravensbergen, O. Kudlác̈ek, P. Fox, D. Brida, H. Reimerdes, C. Lowry, M. Lennholm, L. Piron, H. Sun, P. Jacquet, K. Kirov, N. Vianello, C. Ashe, A. Parrott, D. Valcarcel, M. van Berkel, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, JET Contributors, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

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Parametric decay of a gyrotron beam due to a rotating magnetic island in ASDEX Upgrade by M.G. Senstius, R. Ragona, A.S. Jacobsen, J. Rasmussen, S.K. Hansen, J. Stober, M. Salewski, R. Akers, S.K. Nielsen, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the MST1 Team

“…We investigate parametric decay instabilities (PDIs) of electron cyclotron waves due to a rotating neoclassical tearing mode (NTM) in ASDEX Upgrade. Strong scattering characteristic of PDIs is observed in a discharge where a (2,1) NTM has been identified. …”
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Inhibited cavitation in lanthanum-doped tungsten under multiple melt exposures in GLADIS and ASDEX Upgrade by Yue Yuan, Ying Qin, Karl Krieger, Henri Greuner, Bernd Böswirth, Hanqing Wang, Mengchong Ren, Long Cheng, Guang-Hong Lu, ASDEX Upgrade Team

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Validation of a theory-based transport model in the ASDEX Upgrade flight simulator integrated modeling framework by F. Solfronk, E. Fable, T. Pütterich, P. David, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

“…Fusion 64 044002) against the current ramp-up phases of ASDEX Upgrade discharges. Turbulence spectra for the measured kinetic profiles are calculated and analyzed using TGLF. …”
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The separatrix operational space of next-step fusion experiments: From ASDEX Upgrade data to SPARC scenarios by T. Eich, T. Body, M. Faitsch, O. Grover, M.A. Miller, P. Manz, T. Looby, A.Q. Kuang, A. Redl, M. Reinke, A.J. Creely, D. Battaglia, J. Hillesheim, M. Wigram, J.W. Hughes

“…In this work, we recast the SepOS framework using simple parameters and present dedicated ASDEX Upgrade discharges to demonstrate how to interpret its results. …”
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Bayesian inference of radial impurity transport in the pedestal of ASDEX Upgrade discharges using charge-exchange spectroscopy by T. Gleiter, R. Dux, F. Sciortino, T. Odstrčil, D. Fajardo, C. Angioni, J. Buchner, R.M. McDermott, T. Hayward-Schneider, G.F. Harrer, M. Faitsch, M. Griener, R. Fischer, E. Wolfrum, U. Stroth, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

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Validation of BEAMS3D against fast-ion D-alpha measurements at ASDEX-Upgrade using FIDASIM by D. Kulla, S. Lazerson, A. Kappatou, M. Weiland, R.C. Wolf, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

“…We use experimental fast-ion D _α data from the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, covering on- and off-axis neutral beam heating phases. …”
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Investigation of multi-ion heat and neoclassical transport using new edge main ion measurements at ASDEX Upgrade by P. Cano-Megias, E. Viezzer, R.M. McDermott, C. Angioni, E. Fable, A. Jansen van Vuuren, M. Cavedon, D.J. Cruz-Zabala, R. Dux, P. Manas, J. P.-Gonzalez, R. Takacs, C.F.B. Zimmermann, R. Chacartegui, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

“…Dedicated experiments which examine the impact of the heating mix on T _D and $v_{\phi,D}$ in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak are discussed. An unexpected temperature difference between main ions ( T _D ) and impurities ( T _z ) was discovered when increasing $P_\mathrm{ECRH}$ , $T_D \gt T_z$ . …”
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ICRF-specific W sources: Advances in minimization in ASDEX Upgrade and near-field based extrapolations to ITER with W-wall by V. Bobkov, R. Bilato, F. Calarco, L. Colas, R. Dux, G. Grenfell, W. Helou, D. Milanesio, R. Ochoukov, F. Paulus, Th. Pütterich, G. Urbanczyk, M. Usoltseva

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Generalization of a fast, predictive model for tokamak scenario design in ASTRA and comparison to a RAPTOR model by Raphael Schramm, Alexander Bock, Emiliano Fable, Jörg Stober, Simon van Mulders, Marc Maraschek, Rainer Fischer, Andreas Burckhart, Philip Schneider, Olivier Sauter, Hartmut Zohm, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, JET Contributors

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The separatrix electron density in JET, ASDEX upgrade and alcator C-Mod H-mode plasmas: A common evaluation procedure and correlation with engineering parameters by D. Silvagni, O. Grover, A. Stagni, J.W. Hughes, M.A. Miller, B. Lomanowski, G. Ciraolo, M. Dunne, T. Eich, L. Frassinetti, C. Giroud, I. Jepu, A. Kallenbach, A. Kirjasuo, A. Kuang, T. Luda, C. Perez von Thun, T. Pütterich, H.J. Sun, H. Zohm

“…This quantity has been measured in H-mode discharges on JET, ASDEX Upgrade and Alcator C-Mod by applying the same fitting function to Thomson scattering measurements, and by employing the same analysis technique based on scrape-off layer power balance. …”
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Erratum: Validation of a theory-based transport model in the ASDEX Upgrade flight simulator integrated modeling framework (2025 Nucl. Fusion 65 086020) by F. Solfronk, E. Fable, T. Pütterich, P. David, the ASDEX Upgrade Team

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