Overview of the SPARC tokamak

A. J. Creely; M. J. Greenwald; S. B. Ballinger; D. Brunner; J. Canik; J. Doody; T. Fülöp; D. T. Garnier; R. Granetz; T. K. Gray; C. Holland; N. T. Howard; J. W. Hughes; J. H. Irby; V. A. Izzo; G. J. Kramer; A. Q. Kuang; B. Labombard; Y. Lin; B. Lipschultz; N. C. Logan; J. D. Lore; E. S. Marmar; K. Montes; R. T. Mumgaard; C. Paz-Soldan; C. Rea; M. L. Reinke; P. Rodriguez-Fernandez; K. Särkimäki; F. Sciortino; S.D. Scott; A. Snicker; P. B. Snyder; B. N. Sorbom; R. Sweeney; R. A. Tinguely; E. A. Tolman; M. Umansky; O. Vallhagen; J. Varje; D. G. Whyte; J.C. Wright; S. J. Wukitch; J. Zhu

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Overview of the SPARC tokamak

A. J. Creely^*, M. J. Greenwald, S. B. Ballinger, D. Brunner, J. Canik, J. Doody, T. Fülöp, D. T. Garnier, R. Granetz, T. K. Gray, C. Holland, N. T. Howard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby, V. A. Izzo, G. J. Kramer, A. Q. Kuang, B. Labombard, Y. Lin, B. LipschultzN. C. Logan, J. D. Lore, E. S. Marmar, K. Montes, R. T. Mumgaard, C. Paz-Soldan, C. Rea, M. L. Reinke, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, K. Särkimäki, F. Sciortino, S.D. Scott, A. Snicker, P. B. Snyder, B. N. Sorbom, R. Sweeney, R. A. Tinguely, E. A. Tolman, M. Umansky, O. Vallhagen, J. Varje, D. G. Whyte, J.C. Wright, S. J. Wukitch, J. Zhu

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The SPARC tokamak is a critical next step towards commercial fusion energy. SPARC is designed as a high-field (T), compact (m, m), superconducting, D-T tokamak with the goal of producing fusion gain 2$]]> from a magnetically confined fusion plasma for the first time. Currently under design, SPARC will continue the high-field path of the Alcator series of tokamaks, utilizing new magnets based on rare earth barium copper oxide high-temperature superconductors to achieve high performance in a compact device. The goal of 2$]]> is achievable with conservative physics assumptions () and, with the nominal assumption of, SPARC is projected to attain and MW. SPARC will therefore constitute a unique platform for burning plasma physics research with high density (), high temperature (keV) and high power density () relevant to fusion power plants. SPARC's place in the path to commercial fusion energy, its parameters and the current status of SPARC design work are presented. This work also describes the basis for global performance projections and summarizes some of the physics analysis that is presented in greater detail in the companion articles of this collection.

Original language	English
Article number	865860502
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Plasma Physics
Volume	86
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377820001257
Publication status	Published - 29 Sept 2020

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fusion plasma
plasma confinement
plasma devices

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Creely, A. J., Greenwald, M. J., Ballinger, S. B., Brunner, D., Canik, J., Doody, J., Fülöp, T., Garnier, D. T., Granetz, R., Gray, T. K., Holland, C., Howard, N. T., Hughes, J. W., Irby, J. H., Izzo, V. A., Kramer, G. J., Kuang, A. Q., Labombard, B., Lin, Y., ... Zhu, J. (2020). Overview of the SPARC tokamak. Journal of Plasma Physics, 86(5), Article 865860502. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377820001257

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