Scrape-off layer and divertor physics: Chapter 5 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation

K. Krieger; S. Brezinsek; J. W. Coenen; H. Frerichs; A. Kallenbach; A. W. Leonard; T. Loarer; S. Ratynskaia; N. Vianello; N. Asakura; M. Bernert; D. Carralero; R. Ding; D. Douai; T. Eich; Y. Gasparyan; Antti Hakola; Y. Hatano; M. Jakubowski; M. Kobayashi; S. Krasheninnikov; S. Masuzaki; T. Nakano; R. Neu; R. A. Pitts; J. Rapp; K. Schmid; O. Schmitz; D. Tskhakaya; L. Wang; T. Wauters; S. Wiesen

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/adaf42

Scrape-off layer and divertor physics: Chapter 5 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation

K. Krieger^*
, S. Brezinsek
, J. W. Coenen
, H. Frerichs
, A. Kallenbach
, A. W. Leonard
, T. Loarer
, S. Ratynskaia
, N. Vianello
, N. Asakura
, M. Bernert
, D. Carralero
, R. Ding
, D. Douai
, T. Eich
, Y. Gasparyan
, Antti Hakola
, Y. Hatano
, M. Jakubowski
, M. Kobayashi

S. Krasheninnikov, S. Masuzaki, T. Nakano, R. Neu, R. A. Pitts, J. Rapp, K. Schmid, O. Schmitz, D. Tskhakaya, L. Wang, T. Wauters, S. Wiesen

^*Corresponding author for this work

BA8206 Fusion energy

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
University of Wisconsin-Madison
General Atomics
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
University of Padua
National Research Council (CNR)
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión (LNF)
Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP CAS)
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI)
Tohoku University
National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Fusion Science
University of California, San Diego
ITER Organization
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Czech Academy of Sciences
Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

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Abstract

Since the publication of the review Progress in the ITER Physics Basis (PIPB) in 2007, significant progress has been made in understanding the processes at the plasma-material interface. This review, part of the ITPA Nuclear Fusion Special Issue On the Path to Burning Plasma Operation, presents these developments, focusing on key areas such as the physics of plasma exhaust, plasma-material interactions, and the properties of plasma-facing materials and their evolution under plasma exposure. The coordinated efforts of the ITPA Topical Group on Scrape-Off Layer and Divertor Physics (DivSOL) have been instrumental in identifying and addressing critical research and development issues in numerous collaborative experimental and modelling projects.

Original language	English
Article number	043001
Journal	Nuclear Fusion
Volume	65
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/adaf42
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2025
MoE publication type	A2 Review article in a scientific journal

Funding

H. Frerichs received funding by the US Department of Energy under Award Nos. DE-SC0020284 and DE-SC0020357. M. Kobayashi received funding by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), KAKENHI Grant No. 19H01878. Authors from institutes in the EU (M. Bernert, S. Brezinsek, D. Carralero, J.W. Coenen, D. Douai, A. Hakola, M. Jakubowski, A. Kallenbach, K. Krieger, T. Loarer, R. Neu, S. Ratynskaia, K. Schmid, E. Tsitrone, D. Tskhakaya, N. Vianello, S. Wiesen) received funding within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No. 101052200/EUROfusion). A. Leonard received funding by US Department of Energy under DE-FC02-04ER54698. S. Ratynskaia received funding by the Swedish Research Council under Grant No. 2021-05649. D. Carralero received funding by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under Grant No. PID2021-125607NB-I00.

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

plasma boundary
plasma exhaust
plasma-facing materials
plasma-wall interaction

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Krieger, K., Brezinsek, S., Coenen, J. W., Frerichs, H., Kallenbach, A., Leonard, A. W., Loarer, T., Ratynskaia, S., Vianello, N., Asakura, N., Bernert, M., Carralero, D., Ding, R., Douai, D., Eich, T., Gasparyan, Y., Hakola, A., Hatano, Y., Jakubowski, M., ... Wiesen, S. (2025). Scrape-off layer and divertor physics: Chapter 5 of the special issue: on the path to tokamak burning plasma operation. Nuclear Fusion, 65(4), Article 043001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/adaf42

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