Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:00 - 08:45 Registration - Registration  
08:45 - 09:00 Welcome & practical infos (Main amphitheater)  
09:00 - 10:35 Near-edge physics in L-mode, H-mode and ELM-free regimes (Main amphitheater) (+)  
09:00 - 09:45 › Understanding of near-edge physics in L-mode, H-mode and ELM-free regimes progress in validation, core/edge integration, role of particle source - Clarisse Bourdelle, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique  
09:45 - 10:10 › Gyrokinetic modelling of the radial electric field well in L-mode edge tokamak plasmas - Yanick SARAZIN, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique  
10:10 - 10:35 › Pedestal turbulence in AUG and JET from a global gyrokinetic perspective - Leonhard Leppin, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]  
10:35 - 11:05 Coffee break (Break room)  
11:05 - 12:35 Near-edge physics in L-mode, H-mode and ELM-free regimes (Main amphitheater) (+)  
11:05 - 11:30 › Edge deuterium temperature and toroidal rotation profiles at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak and comparison to theory - Pilar Cano Megías, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching], University of Seville  
11:30 - 11:55 › Drift wave nature of the Weakly Coherent Mode on ASDEX Upgrade - Manuel Herschel, Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, Chair for Plasma Edge and Divertor Physics, 85747 Garching, Germany, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany  
11:55 - 12:35 › Discussion session - All All, Institut Jean Lamour  
12:35 - 14:20 Lunch  
14:20 - 16:20 Poster session 1 (+)  
14:20 - 16:20 › Enabling online pedestal stability analysis with machine learning - Adam Kit, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki  
14:20 - 16:20 › Experiments and gyrokinetic simulations of TCV plasmas with negative triangularity in view of DTT operations - Alessandro Balestri, Swiss Plasma Center  
14:20 - 16:20 › Extraction of the turbulence components and their dynamics using reflectometry data - Luigui Salazar, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique, Université de Lorraine  
14:20 - 16:20 › Fidelity of Model Reduction: Implications of Near Marginality Lessons learnt from (i) quasilinear, nonlinear gyrokinetic (ii) gradient- & (iii) flux-driven simulations - Camille Gillot, Association EURATOM-CEA  
14:20 - 16:20 › Full Flux Surface δf-Gyrokinetic code - Georgia Acton, University of Oxford, Culham Science Centre [Abingdon]  
14:20 - 16:20 › Full-F and turbulent simulations of a linear plasma device using a gyromoment approach - Jacob Mencke, Swiss Plasma Center  
14:20 - 16:20 › Integrated modeling of WEST long pulse L-mode discharges - Shengyu SHI, CEA - IRFM  
14:20 - 16:20 › Limiting factors for achieving peeling-limited pedestals in present devices - Theresa Wilks, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center  
14:20 - 16:20 › Maximizing the ion temperature in an electron heated plasma: from WEST towards larger devices - Jean-Francois Artaud, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique  
14:20 - 16:20 › Modeling of WEST plasmas with reduced Lower-Hybrid model: interplay with transport and sensitivity analysis - Theo Fonghetti, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique  
14:20 - 16:20 › Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations of boron density peaking: experimental comparisons and reduced transport model validation - Pierre Manas, CEA Cadarache  
14:20 - 16:20 › Predictive modeling of Super-H mode in DIII-D using the TRANSP integrated modeling code - Alexei Pankin, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory  
14:20 - 16:20 › Progress in understanding the impact of the magnetic geometry on divertor turbulence - Diego Sales de Oliveira, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne  
14:20 - 16:20 › Progress towards the understanding of negative triangularity improvements with gyrokinetic simulations - Giovanni Di Giannatale, Swiss Plasma Center  
14:20 - 16:20 › Quasilinear Gyrokinetic Modeling of Reduced Transport in the Presence of High Impurity Content, Large Gradients, and Large Geometric Alpha - Cole Stephens, University of Texas at Austin [Austin]  
14:20 - 16:20 › Role of neutral particles on pedestal structure for H-mode experiments in DIII-D - Julio Balbin-Arias, College of William and Mary [Williamsburg]  
14:20 - 16:20 › Structure formation in plasma turbulence with imposed flow shear - Plamen Ivanov, Rudolf Peierls Center for Theoretical Physics  
14:20 - 16:20 › Transport and zonal flows dynamics in flux-driven interchange and drift waves turbulence - Olivier Panico, CEA, IRFM, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas  
14:20 - 16:20 › Turbulence and Transport Dependence on - George McKee, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
14:20 - 16:20 › Ultra long turbulent eddies, magnetic topology, and the triggering of internal transport barriers - Arnas Volcokas, Swiss Plasma Center  
16:20 - 16:35 Coffee break (starts 16:05) (Break room)  
16:35 - 18:20 Confinement optimisation through shaping: negative triangularity (Main amphitheater) (+)  
16:35 - 17:00 › Initial Transport Results of the DIII-D Negative Triangularity Campaign - Max Austin, University of Texas at Austin [Austin]  
17:00 - 17:25 › Investigation of Turbulence Properties in Negative Triangularity Plasmas on DIII-D using Beam Emission Spectroscopy - Samuel Stewart, University of Wisconsin Madison  
17:25 - 17:50 › Pedestal properties of negative triangularity plasma in ASDEX Upgrade - Branka Vanovac, PSFC, MIT  
17:50 - 18:20 › Discussion session - All All, Institut Jean Lamour  

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:45 - 10:20 SOL/divertor transport and exhaust (Main amphitheater) (+)  
08:45 - 09:30 › Overview on modelling of edge-SOL transport - Wladimir Zholobenko, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]  
09:30 - 09:55 › Self-consistent simulations of plasma turbulence and neutral dynamics in detachment regime - Davide Mancini, Swiss Plasma Center  
09:55 - 10:20 › Influence of self-consistently determined perpendicular transport coefficients on the numerical prediction of turbulent transport in a full WEST discharge - Ivan Kudashev, Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation et Procédés Propres  
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee break (Break room)  
10:50 - 12:40 SOL/divertor transport and exhaust (Main amphitheater) (+)  
10:50 - 11:15 › Development of full-f gyrofluid simulations for edge turbulence and magnetic reconnection - Franz Ferdinand Locker, Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik - Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics [Innsbruck]  
11:15 - 12:00 › Injection of low-Z powders: a novel actuator to control pedestal, heat exhaust and plasma wall interaction - Alessandro Bortolon, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory  
12:00 - 12:40 › Discussion session - All All, Institut Jean Lamour  
12:40 - 14:25 Lunch  
14:25 - 16:25 Poster session 2 (+)  
14:25 - 16:25 › A generalized gyro-averaging operator with magnetic field inhomogeneity and its implication - Hogun Jhang, Korea Fusion Energy Institute  
14:25 - 16:25 › Can TGLF model Kinetic Ballooning Modes turbulence in the center of high-performance tokamak plasmas? - Anass Najlaoui, Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires, ITER organization  
14:25 - 16:25 › Comparison of the impact of ECH and ICRH on impurity behaviour in NBI-heated LHD plasmas - Naoki Tamura, National Institute for Fusion Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies  
14:25 - 16:25 › Experiments and numerical modelling of negative triangularity ASDEX Upgrade plasmas in view of DTT scenarios - Lorenzo Aucone, Dipartimento di Fisica "Giuseppe Occhialini" = Department of Physics "Giuseppe Occhialini" [Milano-Bicocca]  
14:25 - 16:25 › First characterisation of L-mode ion-scale turbulence on MAST-Upgrade with beam emission spectroscopy - Steven Thomas, University of York  
14:25 - 16:25 › Gyro-Kinetic DataBase project - Guillaume Fuhr, Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires  
14:25 - 16:25 › Large-scale JINTRAC validation with preliminary JET profile database - Aaron Ho, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research [Eindhoven]  
14:25 - 16:25 › Modeling of the COMPASS plasma SOL using GBS code - Petr Macha, Institute of Plasma Physics [Praha], Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering [Prague]  
14:25 - 16:25 › Mutual interactions of turbulent transport in COMPASS tokamak characterized by means of ultra-fast camera and machine learning - Sarah Chouchene, CNRS – Université de Lorraine, APREX Solutions, Pulligny  
14:25 - 16:25 › Neural Network Surrogate for Acceleration of Gyrokinetic Codes to Compute Instability Growth Rates and Frequencies - Matisse LANZARONE, Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires  
14:25 - 16:25 › Nonlinear energy transfer between drift-wave turbulence and zonal flows in spherical tokamak plasmas - Tobias M Schuett, University of York  
14:25 - 16:25 › Observation of quasi coherent modes in W7-X and relation to tokamaks - Andreas Krämer-Flecken, FZ Juelich  
14:25 - 16:25 › On the validity of reduced quasi-linear transport models in the current ramp-up phase of TCV plasmas - Yann Camenen, Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires  
14:25 - 16:25 › Progress on interaction between NTM Island and heavy impurities in AUG - Chiara Marchetto, ISC-CNR, Dipartimento Energia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino, 10129  
14:25 - 16:25 › Recent progress in the coordinated experimental and computational effort on flow-turbulence coupling - István Cziegler, University of York  
14:25 - 16:25 › Scenarios for operation of COMPASS Upgrade and ITER at larger plasma current - Fabien Jaulmes, Institute of Plasma Physics, Association EURATOM  
14:25 - 16:25 › Statistical analysis of the COMPASS SOL turbulence by mean of a fast-visible camera - Jordan Cavalier, Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences  
14:25 - 16:25 › Studies on the effect of impurities emitted from a liquid metal divertor on the plasma core for the design of EU-DEMO - Elisabetta Bray, NEMO Group, Dipartimento Energia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino, 10129  
14:25 - 16:25 › Study of heat transport properties in COMPASS Upgrade scenarios - Andrea Casolari, Institute of Plasma Physics, Association EURATOM  
14:25 - 16:25 › The hunt for zonal flows and the ExB staircase through velocity field measurements in MAST-U - Yorick Enters, University of York [York, UK], Culham Centre for Fusion Energy  
14:25 - 16:25 › Validation of reduced-order turbulence modelling in the L-mode near-edge of the JET-ILW tokamak - Garud Snoep, DIFFER, Eindhoven University of Technology  
16:25 - 16:40 Coffee break (starts 16:10) (Break room)  
16:40 - 18:50 Confinement optimisation through shaping: spherical tokamaks (Main amphitheater) (+)  
16:40 - 17:05 › Mitigating uncertainty in integrated scenario design for the STEP prototype powerplant - Francis Casson, UK Atomic Energy Authority  
17:05 - 17:30 › Turbulent transport in the core of high-beta spherical tokamaks and predictions for STEP - Maurizio Giacomin, University of York  
17:30 - 17:55 › Pedestal stability analysis of MAST-U H-mode plasmas and impact of plasma shaping parameters - Koki Imada, University of York [York, UK], General Atomics [San Diego]  
17:55 - 18:20 › Initial results of gyrokinetic analysis of the core plasma in MAST Upgrade - Bhavin Patel, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy  
18:20 - 18:50 › Discussion session - All All, Institut Jean Lamour  
19:00 - 22:30 Gala Dinner  

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Time Event (+)
09:15 - 10:50 Impurities from SOL to edge to core (Main amphitheater) (+)  
09:15 - 10:00 › From the core to the divertor: Status of the impurity transport investigations at Wendelstein 7-X - Felix Reimold, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics  
10:00 - 10:25 › Increasing the predictive capability of impurity densities and their effects in tokamaks with integrated modeling based on theoretical transport models - Daniel Fajardo, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik  
10:25 - 10:50 › Experimental impurity transport studies for the plasma edge in different confinement regimes at ASDEX Upgrade - Tabea Gleiter, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Physik-Department E28, Technische Universität München  
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break (Break room)  
11:20 - 12:10 Core transport (Main amphitheater) (+)  
11:20 - 11:45 › An algorithmic framework for developing saturation rules in reduced core transport models - Harry Dudding, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy  
11:45 - 12:10 › Integrated modelling of ohmic ramp-up at TCV - Michele Marin, Swiss Plasma Center  
12:10 - 12:45 Discussion on Impurities and Core transport (Main amphitheater)  
12:45 - 14:30 Lunch  
14:30 - 16:30 Poster session 3 (+)  
14:30 - 16:30 › ASTRA modularity and IMASification for integrated modelling workflows - Giovanni Tardini, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik  
14:30 - 16:30 › Beyond ion-temperature-gradient turbulence in stellarators - Josefine Proll, Eindhoven University of Technology [Eindhoven]  
14:30 - 16:30 › Characterization of the edge turbulence and electron profiles in TCV tokamak with the Thermal Helium Beam diagnostic - Matteo Agostini, Consorzio RFX  
14:30 - 16:30 › Configuration dependence of regimes with suppressed turbulent impurity transport in Wendelstein 7-X - Thilo Romba, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics  
14:30 - 16:30 › Detection of alpha heating in JET-ILW DT plasmas by a study of the electron temperature response to ICRH modulation - Paola Mantica, Institute of plasma science and technology , CNR, Milano  
14:30 - 16:30 › Effect of approximations to the polarization equation in full-f gyrofluid turbulence simulations - Pradeep Somu Balasubramanian, Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik - Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics [Innsbruck]  
14:30 - 16:30 › Electron density response to strike-point sweeping on JET - Antti Salmi, VTT  
14:30 - 16:30 › Exploring state representation learning algorithms for multi-machine generative modelling of fusion plasmas - Järvinen Aaro, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki  
14:30 - 16:30 › Flow and phase velocity of turbulence in magnetized fusion plasmas - LAURE VERMARE, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas  
14:30 - 16:30 › Gaining insight into E × B flow control by plasma current in different magnetic configurations - Sascha RIENACKER, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas  
14:30 - 16:30 › Gyrokinetic simulations on the triggering and self-sustaining of internal transport barrier in HL-2A tokamak plasmas - Wenhao Lin, Southwestern Institute of Physics  
14:30 - 16:30 › Hysteresis in gyrofluid resistive drift-wave zonal-flow turbulence - Fabian Grander, Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik - Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics [Innsbruck]  
14:30 - 16:30 › Impurity transport through two types of transport barrier in 5D gyrokinetic simulations - Guillaume Lo-Cascio, Institut Jean Lamour  
14:30 - 16:30 › Ion temperature gradient mode mitigation by energetic particles, mediated by forced-driven zonal flows - Juvert njeck Sama, Université de Lorraine  
14:30 - 16:30 › Ion transport through Radio-Frequency sheaths studied by Particle-In-Cell simulations - Jerome Moritz, Institut Jean Lamour  
14:30 - 16:30 › Isotope dependence of intrinsic torque in JET ohmic plasmas - Anu Kirjasuo, VTT  
14:30 - 16:30 › Isotope Mass Scaling and Transport Comparison between JET Deuterium and Tritium L-mode Plasmas - Tuomas Tala, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland  
14:30 - 16:30 › Landau collisions for fluid and gyrokinetic simulations - Klaus Hallatschek, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics  
14:30 - 16:30 › Multi-machine validation of IMEP and fusion performance predictions for ITER and DEMO - Teobaldo Luda di Cortemiglia, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]  
14:30 - 16:30 › Studies of confined energetic helium ions in ASDEX Upgrade plasmas - Athina Kappatou, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]  
16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break (starts 16:15) (Break room)  
16:45 - 18:30 Core transport (Main amphitheater) (+)  
16:45 - 17:10 › Excitation of high frequency waves in non-linear 6D kinetic Vlasov simulation with steep gradients - Mario Raeth, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics  
17:10 - 17:35 › Applying self-consistent electron heat transport and ECH deposition profile estimation in DIII-D - Jelle Slief, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research [Eindhoven], Eindhoven University of Technology  
17:35 - 18:00 › Experimental validation of momentum transport theory in the core of a tokamak plasma - Carl Friedrich Benedikt Zimmermann, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching], Physik Department E28, Technische Universität München [Garching]  
18:00 - 18:30 › Discussion session - All All, Institut Jean Lamour  
18:30 - 18:45 Presentation of the candidates for TTF vice-chair (Main amphitheater)  

Friday, September 15, 2023

Time Event (+)
08:45 - 10:20 Physics of burning plasmas (Main amphitheater) (+)  
08:45 - 09:30 › Overview of JET T and D-T experiments - Jörg Hobirk, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics  
09:30 - 09:55 › Advanced energetic particle transport models - Matteo Valerio Falessi, Italian National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development [Frascati]  
09:55 - 10:20 › Impact of supra-thermal particles on plasma performances at ASDEX Upgrade with GENE-Tango simulations - Alessandro Di Siena, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]  
10:20 - 10:30 EU participants vote for new TTF vice-chair (Main amphitheater)  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (Break room)  
11:00 - 11:10 Election results (Main amphitheater)  
11:10 - 12:15 Physics of burning plasmas (Main amphitheater) (+)  
11:10 - 11:35 › Experimental assessment of the role of the main ion species composition on the access into H-mode - Ulrike Plank, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics  
11:35 - 12:15 › Discussion session - All All, Institut Jean Lamour  
12:15 - 12:30 PhD poster prize (Main amphitheater)  
12:30 - 12:45 Wrapping and closing words (Main amphitheater)  
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:30 - 16:00 Technical tour of the host lab IJL - Technical tour of the host lab IJL, including the plasma device SPEKTRE