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Current status of the SPI studies at ASDEX Upgrade Oral
Paul Heinrich (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany)
G. Papp, J. Artola, M. Bernert, A. Bock, P. David, P. de Marné, M. Dibon, R. Dux, R. Fischer, P. Halldestam, J. Hobirk, M. Hölzl, M. Hoppe, J. Illerhaus, S. Jachmich, M. Lehnen, T. Lunt, A. Matsuyama, M. Maraschek, M. Miah, R. Nocentini, A. Patel, T. Peherstorfer, N. Schwarz, U. Sheikh, B. Sieglin, J. Svoboda, W. Tang, O. Vallhagen, H. Zohm, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, and the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team
Abstract
In the 2022 experiments, three distinct shatter heads were selected with focus on testing the effect of different fragment size \& velocity distributions on the disruptions. Overall we observe the highest assimilation of the pellet material and the highest radiated energy fractions for the $12.5^\circ$ head [1 - 3]. Hereby, the strongest impact of the shatter head geometry is visible in the low neon doping range ($< 1\%$) where a transition in disruption behavior is observed [3]. While the Toroidal Peaking Factor (TPF) is decreasing with increasing neon content in the pellet, we observed an increase in toroidal asymmetries among the more distant measurement locations - which is not well represented in the single TPF-value [3]. An essential part of the ASDEX Upgrade SPI project is the close coupling between experiments and modeling: DREAM [4], INDEX [5], and JOREK [6] simulations help interpreting the experiment and benefit from comparing results. For the 2025 experiments, two $12.5^\circ$ rectangular shatter heads were selected to investigate synchronized/staggered injections in more detail as well as an upwards pointing $25^\circ$ rectangular head. The $25^\circ$ head intentionally misses the $q = 2$ rational surfaces, key to understand the material assimilation/transport and necessary to further optimize the ITER DMS. [1] M. Dibon _et al._, Reviev of Scientific Instruments [94:043504](https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0141799), 2023. [2] P. Heinrich _et al._, Fusion Engineering and Design [206:114576](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2024.114576), 2024. [3] P. Heinrich, _Shattered pellet injection studies at the tokamak ASDEX Upgrade_, Dissertation at Technical University Munich (TUM), 2025. Will be publicly available later in 2025 at . [4] P. Halldestam _et al._, _Reduced kinetic modelling of shattered pellet injection in ASDEX Upgrade_, submitted paper in 2024. Available on arXiv: [5] A. Patel _et al._, _Modelling of shattered pellet injection experiments on the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak_, submitted paper in 2024. Available on arXiv: [6] W. Tang _et al._, _Non-linear shattered pellet injection modelling in ASDEX Upgrade_, submitted paper in 2024. Available on arXiv:
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