EPJ ST Special Issue: Recent theoretical, numerical, and experimental results on plasma instabilities and their control in Tokamaks in China

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Published on 26 November 2024

Guest Editors: Zhiwei Ma, Wei Zhang, Chang Liu

Fusion energy has many advantages, such as safety, cleanliness, high efficiency, and unlimited resources, making it the ideal future energy source for humanity. It is crucial for the long-term development of human society. As a result, there is a high level of international attention on fusion energy research, and major countries worldwide have jointly invested over 20 billion euros to construct ITER. Fusion energy research is also highly valued by the nation. China has actively participated in the ITER program and has built several famous Tokamaks, such as EAST, HL-2A, HL-3, and J-TEXT, and has significantly contributed to fusion science.

There are different kinds of plasma instabilities, and many of them are dangerous for Tokamak operations. They can not only significantly degrade the confinement but also even lead to disruptions that cease the tokamak discharges. Understanding the physics of plasma instabilities and proper control is still a key issue for magnetic confinement fusion.

As a result, we set up a special issue to report the recent theoretical, numerical, and experimental results on plasma instabilities and their control in Tokamaks in China.

Articles should be submitted to the Editorial Office of EPJ ST via the submission system, and should be clearly identified as intended for the topical issue “Recent theoretical, numerical, and experimental results on plasma instabilities and their control in Tokamaks in China”.

More detailed author information including paper types can be found in the Submission Guidelines. For the preparation of the manuscripts a special latex template (preferably single-column layout) is available here.

Guest Editors:

Professor Zhiwei Ma, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Assistant Professor Wei Zhang, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dr. Chang Liu, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, 100 Stellarator Rd, Princeton NJ 08540 USA, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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