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Meetings

  • 31st Energetic Particle Physics TG Meeting
    16 Apr - 18 Apr, 2024
    Daejon, Korea
  • 32nd Transport & Confinement TG Meeting
    16 Apr - 19 Apr, 2024
    Cadarache, France
  • 43rd MHD, Disruptions and Control TG Meeting
    22 Apr - 26 Apr, 2024
    Toki, Japan
  • 43rd Pedestal & Edge Physics TG Meeting
    23 Apr - 26 Apr, 2024
    Princeton, NJ, USA
  • 45th Diagnostics TG Meeting
    29 Apr - 02 May, 2024
    Oak Ridge, TN, USA
  • 32nd Integrated Operation Scenarios TG Meeting
    07 May - 10 May, 2024
    Seoul, Korea
Scope

In order to develop the physics basis for ITER operation, the Pedestal and Edge Physics Topical Group shall coordinate pedestal plasma physics research: initiate collaborative research activities among international fusion research establishments to improve the understanding of pedestal physics, with a focus on the key questions for ITER; develop, maintain and analyze the international pedestal databases, assessing the implications for ITER; and carry out theory and modelling, integrated with experimental activity, to advance scientific knowledge and so reduce uncertainties in predictions for fusion devices, such as ITER. Based on these activities, the Topical Group shall make recommendations for the physics research areas and methodologies to address key remaining questions for pedestal fusion research. Since the region treated by the Pedestal and Edge Physics Topical Group is the boundary between the core and the Scrape-Off-Layer (SOL)/divertor regions, and the topic has implications for ITER diagnostics, as well as overlaps with magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the group shall seek to benefit from collaborative activities with the other Topical Groups.
Tasks

The primary tasks of the Pedestal and Edge Physics Topical Group are to:

  • Improve our understanding of pedestal and edge physics:
    • The H-mode transition mechanism and edge pedestal structure including the impact of external controls
    • The origin, dynamics and control of edge localized modes (ELMs), including accessibility to the small ELM regimes and their relevance for ITER
    • The interplay between core, SOL and pedestal, including the impact of pedestal phenomena (pedestal structure, ELMs, etc) on the core and SOL (core confinement, heat and particle flows, etc)
  • Identify self-consistent solutions for the pedestal of ITER:
    • Operating regimes for ITER with pedestal properties compatible with the required core confinement and power and particle exhaust requirements

China

Gao Xiang
Xu Guosheng

EU

Chaudhary Neha (Stell. Rep)
Frassinetti Lorenzo
Kirk Andrew C.
Maget Patrick
Maggi Costanza
Vianello Nicola
Willensdorfer Matthias

India

Bandyopadhyay Mainak
Chandra Debasis

Japan

Aiba Nobuyuki (Dep. Chair)
Kamiya Kensaku
Kobayashi Masahiro
Morisaki Tomohiro
Nakashima Yousuke
Oyama Naoyuki
Urano Hajime

Korea

In Yongkyoon (Chair)
Jeong Seung Ho
Ko Won Ha
Seo Seong-Heon
Yoon Si Woo

Russia

Askinazi Leonid

USA

Fenstermacher Max
Hager Robert
Hinson Edward
Hughes Jerry
Paz-Soldan Carlos
Snyder Philip
Xu Xueqiao

ITER

Huijsmans Guido (ITER Dep. Chair)
  • Alper Barry (EU)
  • Ashourvan Arash (US)
  • Banerjee Santanu (US)
  • Cahyna Pavel (EU)
  • Dudson Ben (US)
  • Giroud Carine (EU)
  • Hillesheim Jon (EU)
  • Hirsch Matthias (EU)
  • Hu Qiming (US)
  • Jeon Young-Mu (KO)
  • Liang Yunfeng (EU)
  • Lunsford Robert (US)
  • Ma Yunxing (US)
  • Martin Yves (EU)
  • Mizuuchi Tohru (JA)
  • Neu Rudolf (EU)
  • Pamela Stanislas (EU)
  • Parail Vassili (EU)
  • Ryu Chang-Mo (KO)
  • Saarelma Samuli (EU)
  • Saxena Yogesh (IN)
  • Sugiyama Linda (US)
  • Thomsen Knud (EU)
  • Wilks Theresa (US)
  • Yatsu Kiyoshi (JA)
  • Barada Kshitish (US)
  • Baylor Larry (US)
  • Becoulet Marina (EU)
  • Chang Choong-Seock (US)
  • Gohil Punit (US)
  • Huang Yuan (CN)
  • Kaye Stanley (US)
  • Labit Benoit (EU)
  • Laggner Florian (US)
  • Leconte Michael (KO)
  • Ling Bili (CN)
  • Liu Zixi (CN)
  • Liu Feng (IO)
  • Masuzaki Suguru (JA)
  • Mizuguchi Naoki (JA)
  • Mordijck Saskia (US)
  • Nunes Isabel (EU)
  • Pankin Alexei (US)
  • Rhodes Terry (US)
  • Saibene Gabriella (EU)
  • Schmitz Oliver (US)
  • Unterberg Bernhard (EU)
  • Viezzer Eleonora (EU)
  • Yoshida Maiko (JA)
  • Zhong Wulyu (CN)
  • Beurskens Marc (EU)
  • Chung Jin-Il (KO)
  • Dunne Mike (EU)
  • Ernst Daren (US)
  • Faustin Jonathan (EU)
  • Ferraro Nathaniel (US)
  • Goldston Robert (US)
  • Hoelzl Matthias (EU)
  • Hubbard Amanda (US)
  • Kim Jin-Yong (KO)
  • Kim Sunhee (IO)
  • Koechl Florian (EU)
  • Lee Jaehyun (KO)
  • Leuthold Nils (US)
  • Loarte Alberto (IO)
  • Matsuura Hiroto (JA)
  • Minami Takashi (JA)
  • Okamura Shoichi (JA)
  • Orain Francois (EU)
  • Roach Colin (EU)
  • Sakamoto Yoshiteru (JA)
  • Solano Emilia (EU)
  • Suzuki Yasuhiro (JA)
  • Wilson Howard (EU)
  • Yasoda Kei (IO)
  • Bisai Nirmal Kumar (IN)
  • Bortolon Alessandro (US)
  • Chen Xi (US)
  • Coda Stefano (EU)
  • De la luna Elena (EU)
  • Futatani Shimpei (IO)
  • Groebner Richard (US)
  • Ida Katsumi (JA)
  • Jakubowski Marcin (EU)
  • Lang Peter (EU)
  • Maingi Rajesh (US)
  • Merle Antoine (EU)
  • Meyer Hendrik (EU)
  • Morita Shigeru (JA)
  • Orlov Dmitri (US)
  • Osborne Tom (US)
  • Pshenov Andrey (RF)
  • Rognlien Thomas (US)
  • Sartori Roberta (EU)
  • Suttrop Wolfgang (EU)
  • Wang Huiqian (US)
  • Wolfrum Elisabeth (EU)
  • Yan Zheng (US)
  • Zhu Ping (US)