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Volume 346 (2026)

25^th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas (RFPPC2025)

Schloss Hohenkammer, Germany, May 19-22, 2025
V. Bobkov, R. Ochoukov and R. Bilato (Eds.)

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Preface 00001

Volodymyr Bobkov, Roman Ochoukov and Roberto Bilato

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634600001

Theory and Modeling of Radio-Frequency Waves in Plasmas

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Full-wave modeling of RF waves in fusion plasmas with finite element method: Progress in past decades and its future role 01001

Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Nicola Bertelli, Eun-Hwa Kim, John Wright, Maja Verstraeten and Philippe Lamalle

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601001

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A structure-preserving spline finite element solver for the cold-plasma model 01002

Elena Moral Sánchez, Martin Campos Pinto, Yaman Güçlü and Omar Maj

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601002

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Beam Tracing in Phase Space: Paraxial Description of High-Frequency Wave Beams in Turbulent Plasmas 01003

Omar Maj, Hannes Weber and Emanuele Poli

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601003

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Analysis of RF Sheath-Driven Tungsten Erosion at RF Antenna in the WEST Tokamak 01004

Atul Kumar, Wouter Tierens, Tim Younkin, Curt Johnson, C. Christopher Klepper, Abdou Diaw, Jeremy Lore, Alex Grosjean, Guillaume Urbanczyk, Julien Hillairet et al. (7 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601004

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Automated ICRF heating surrogate modeling via machine learning 01005

Alvaro Sanchez-Villar, Nicola Bertelli, Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Zhe Bai, Talita Perciano, E. Wes Bethel, Julien Hillairet, Joseph Miller, Gregory M. Wallace and John C. Wright

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601005

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Suprathermal electron transport studies in radio-frequency-heated tokamak plasmas 01006

Jean Cazabonne, Tullio Barbui, Stefano Coda, Joan Decker, Ewout Devlaminck, Peter Donnel, Rémi Dumont, Annika Ekedahl, Théo Fonghetti, Pierre Forestier-Colleoni et al. (9 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601006

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Benchmark of the new release of FELICE solver in TOPICA code with the ASDEX Upgrade 3-strap antenna 01007

David Galindo, Daniele Milanesio, Giuseppe Vecchi, Roberto Bilato, Marco Brambilla and Volodymyr Bobkov

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601007

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Effect of Density Irregularities on Radio Frequency Wave Propagation in Ionospheric Plasmas 01008

Eun-Hwa Kim, Jay R. Johnson, Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Nicola Bertelli, Masayuki Ono and Simon Wing

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601008

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Validation of ERMES 20.0 finite element code for MAST Upgrade O-X mode conversion 01009

Ruben Otin, Ying Hao Matthew Liang, Thomas Wilson, Simon Freethy and Valerian Hall-Chen

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601009

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A Preliminary Simulation of RF Power Evolution with Parametric Decay Processes during Lower Hybrid Wave Injection into Plasmas 01010

Zikai Huang, Zhihao Su, Kunyu Chen, Long Zeng and Zhe Gao

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601010

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Power coupled to the slow wave resonance cone in cold plasma 01011

Wouter Tierens

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601011

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PIC simulations of RF sheaths with non-adiabatic electrons 01012

Léonel Tsowémoo Faabomvé, Guillaume Urbanczyk, Stéphane Heuraux and Jérôme Moritz

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601012

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Construction of generalized quasilinear diffusion coefficient using neural networks with physical restrictions 01013

Gyeonghun Pyeon, Gregory Wallace, Paul Bonoli and John Wright

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601013

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First Experiments on 3D Plasma Calculations Using Positive Maxwellian Operator 01014

Volodymyr E. Moiseenko, Nikita Skhabytskyi and Yurii Martseniuk

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601014

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Theoretical scaling of the density limit of lower hybrid current drive caused by parametric decay instability 01015

Kunyu Chen, Zhihao Su, Zikai Huang, Long Zeng and Zhe Gao

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601015

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Almost -off-the-shelf tools for ICRH modelling 01016

Dirk Van Eester, Vincent Maquet, Bernard Reman, Hugo Carpiaux, Brieuc Valentin, Ernesto Lerche and Philippe Lamalle

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601016

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Preliminary Result of Neoclassical Impurity Transport Affected by ICRH with a 4-D Fokker-Planck Code 01017

Yunho Jeong, Hyeonjun Lee, Nicola Bertelli, Eisung Yoon and Jungpyo Lee

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601017

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Fokker-Planck simulations of fast ion ICRF and electron EC heating in a mirror plasma using CQL3D-m 01018

Yuri V. Petrov, Robert W. Harvey, John C. Wright, Taosif Ahsan and Sam J. Frank

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601018

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Integral dielectric kernel implementation to model RF heating in toroidal plasmas 01019

Bernard C. G. Reman, Philippe Lamalle, Jules Zaleski, Christoph Slaby, Dirk Van Eester, Christophe Geuzaine, Fabrice Louche, Ernesto Lerche, Elena Moral Sánchez and Vincent Maquet

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601019

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Implementation of a 2D wave-solver using the Budé method with NGSolve: Initial validation without poloidal fields, with further investigation incorporating them 01020

Vincent Maquet, Bernard C. G. Reman, Dirk Van Eester, Arthur Adriaens and Riccardo Ragona

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601020

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Impact of edge/SOL density fluctuations on ion cyclotron wave propagation and absorption in tokamaks: A stochastic 1D model in a DTT plasma scenario 01021

Vittorio Francalanza, Alessandro Cardinali, Claudia Salvia, Giorgio S. Mauro, Bharat Mishra, Angelo Pidatella, Giuseppe Torrisi, David Mascali and Roberto Bilato

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601021

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Onset of High-Harmonic Fast Wave Propagation in Annulus Geometry 01022

Seung-Gyou Baek, Ricardo De Levante Rodriguez, Nicola Bertelli, Paul Bonoli and Syun’ichi Shiraiwa

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601022

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An implicit-explicit time splitting strategy for the far SOL plasma fluid model with DG-FEM discretization 01023

Olena Burkovska, Rhea L. Barnett, Christopher J. Vogl, Jeremy D. Lore and Cory Hauck

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601023

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Studies of various lower hybrid wave launch scenarios for non-inductive start-up on TST-2 01024

Naoto Tsujii, Fumiya Adachi, Akira Ejiri, Kouji Shinohara, Yi Peng, Yuting Lin, Zhengnan Jiang, Yiming Tian, Yangguang Jiang, Shengyu Wang et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601024

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MAPS: The MFEM Anisotropic Plasma Solver 01025

Rhea Barnett, Christina Migliore, Mark Stowell, Olena Burkovska, Ben Dudson, Jeremy Lore and Cory Hauck

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601025

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Damping RF waves with low reflection in simulations of slab or curved magnetized plasma: Parametrization, verification and implementation of Bermudez Perfectly Matched Layers 01026

Laurent Colas, Guillaume Urbanczyk, Walid Helou, Julien Hillairet and Vincent Maquet

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601026

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Validation of ERMES 20.0 finite element code for JET A2 antennas coupling studies 01027

Ruben Otin, Daniele Milanesio, Philippe Jacquet and Igor Monakhov

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601027

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Modeling rf sheath formation in turbulent tokamak boundary plasma 01028

Thomas G. Jenkins, David N. Smithe, Maxim V. Umansky, James R. Myra and Benjamin D. Dudson

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601028

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Effects of density turbulence on helicon wave propagation in the core plasmas 01029

Eun-Hwa Kim, Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Seung-Hoe Ku, Alessandro Bortolon, Bart Van Compernolle, Masayuki Ono, Nicola Bertelli and Robert Pinsker

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601029

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The present status of the TORIC-SSFPQL codes 01030

Marco Brambilla and Roberto Bilato

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601030

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Erratum

Corrigendum to: Full-wave modeling of RF waves in fusion plasmas with finite element method: Progress in past decades and its future role 01031

Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Nicola Bertelli, Eun-Hwa Kim, John Wright, Maja Verstraeten and Philippe Lamalle

Published online: 30 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634601031

Wave Heating and Current Drive in Present and Future Fusion Devices

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Overview of the ICRF heating system in SPARC 02001

Maria Usoltseva, Michael Garrett, Erik Johnson, Peter Matthews, Christina Migliore, Gregory M. Wallace and John C. Wright

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602001

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Plasma Ramp-up and Sustainment Scenarios for Tokamak Energy’s Fusion Pilot Plant 02002

Yuichi Takase, Jack Astbury, Steven McNamara, Chris Wilson, Aleksandra Alieva, Nicolas Lopez and Xin Zhang

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602002

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40 years of ICRF Physics on the JET Tokamak: Highlights and Lessons Learned for Future Facilities 02003

Mervi J. Mantsinen, JET Contributors and the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602003

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Recent Progress in ICRF Experiments on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) 02004

Wei Zhang, Ghassan Antar, Yan Cheng, Xu Deng, Songqing Ju, Yevgen Kazakov, Lunan Liu, Yuzhou Mao, Jozef Ongena, Chengming Qin et al. (8 more)

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602004

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RF power experiments in WEST to prepare for next-step fusion device operation 02005

Remi Dumont, Theo Fonghetti, Julien Hillairet, Patrick Maget, Pierre Manas and the WEST team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602005

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ICRH simulations for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator 02006

Christoph Slaby, Håkan M. Smith, Jonathan P. Graves and Samuel A. Lazerson

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602006

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Overview of ICRF plasma production and heating in gas mixtures in stellarators 02007

Yurii V. Kovtun, Vladimir E. Moiseenko, Hiroshi Kasahara, Tetsuo Seki, Ryosuke Seki, Shuji Kamio, Kenji Saito, Suguru Masuzaki, Mikiro Yoshinuma, Dirk Hartmann et al. (7 more)

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602007

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ICRF Antenna Modeling and Coupling Analysis for CFEDR 02008

Yuhao Jiang, Chengming Qin, Wei Zhang, Lunan Liu, Zhengshuyan Wang, Yaoyao Guo, Xinjun Zhang, Lin Ai, Rui Ding, Vincent Chan et al. (4 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602008

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ICRF near-field effects sensitivity to magnetic tilt-angle 02009

Guillaume Urbanczyk, Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Nicola Bertelli, Wouter Tierens, Roberto Bilato, Volodymyr Bobkov, Roman Ochoukov, Ralph Dux, Laurent Colas, James-Paul Gunn et al. (8 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602009

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Status of LHFW research in KSTAR and Future Plan 02010

Sunho Kim, Jonggab Jo, Hyunho Wi, Jeehyun Kim and Sonjong Wang

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602010

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Simulations of ICRF Heating for SPARC during First Campaign and Primary Reference-Like Discharge using the Stix Code 02011

Christina Migliore, Maria Usoltseva and John Wright

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DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602011

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Recent advances on ion cyclotron resonance heating scenarios for Divertor Tokamak Test facility 02012

Claudia Salvia, Alessandro Cardinali, Carmine Castaldo, Silvio Ceccuzzi, Dirk Van Eester and Fabio Zanon

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602012

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Ion Cyclotron Heating in a Levitated Dipole Fusion Reactor 02013

Gregory M. Wallace, Jacob G. van de Lindt, John C. Wright, Thomas Berry, Darren T. Garnier and Syun’ichi Shiraiwa

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602013

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Progress in the pre-conceptual design of the auxiliary heating and current drive system for the Tokamak Energy Fusion Pilot Plant 02014

Aleksandra Alieva, Nicolas Lopez, Steven McNamara, Yuichi Takase, Xin Zhang and TE FPP Team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602014

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Evaluation of DIII-D plasmas for Future Measurements of the Driven Current Density in the DIII-D High Field Side Lower Hybrid Experiment 02015

Grant Rutherford, Mirela Cengher, Ivan Garcia, Malcolm Gould, Evan Leppink, Yijun Lin, Samuel Pierson, James Ridzon, Andrew H. Seltzman, Brian S. Victor and Stephen J. Wukitch

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602015

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Comparison of Travelling Wave Array and Classical ICRH Launchers: Spectral and Absorption Characteristics on WEST 02016

Lara Kassem Hijazi, Julien Hillairet, Rémi Dumont, Vincent Maquet and Riccardo Ragona

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602016

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Real-time estimates of the ICRF single-pass absorption for ITER 02017

Ernesto Lerche, Dirk Van Eester, Mireille Schneider, Pierre Dumortier, Philippe Lamalle, Walid Helou, Ivo Carvalho and Anna Vu

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602017

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Time-dependent modelling of 104/137 GHz X2-mode ECRH on ST40 to aid future scenario development 02018

Nicolas Lopez, Xin Zhang, Michele Romanelli, Aleksandra Alieva, Vladimir Shevchenko and ST40 Team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602018

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Analysis of Parametric Decay Instabilities Driven by Helicon Waves in Tokamak Experiments 02019

Xiaoyu Yang and Zhe Gao

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602019

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Design and optimization of a curved three-strap antenna for DTT ICRH system 02020

Giorgio Sebastiano Mauro, Giuseppe Torrisi, David Mascali, Angelo Pidatella, Silvio Ceccuzzi, Alfredo Cioffi, Alessandro Cardinali, Daniele Milanesio, Claudia Salvia, Vittorio Francalanza et al. (3 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602020

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Full-wave simulation of ion cyclotron range of frequency heating in a mirror device 02021

John Wright, Taosif Ahsan, Paul T. Bonoli, Yuri Petrov, Robert W. Harvey and Sam Frank

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602021

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ECCD Studies for a Volumetric Neutron Source (VNS) 02022

Emanuele Poli, Mattia Siccinio, Alessandro Bruschi, Emiliano Fable, Thomas Franke and Chuanren Wu

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602022

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DIII-D High Field Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiment Overview 02023

Stephen J. Wukitch, Mirela Cengher, Evan Leppink, Yijun Lin, Robert I. Pinsker, Grant Rutherford, Andrew Seltzman, Igor Bykov, Jeffrey Doody, Ivan Garcia et al. (8 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602023

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Initial electron cyclotron heating/current drive scoping study for the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak (SMART) 02024

Nicola Bertelli, Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, John W. Berkery, Masayuki Ono, Álvaro Sánchez-Villar, Diego J. Cruz-Zabala, Manuel Garcia-Muñoz, Carlos López-Jiménez, Jesús Salas Suárez-Bárcena and Eleonora Viezzer

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602024

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Operation of the Electron Cyclotron system in the ITER new baseline 02025

Mireille Schneider, Mélanie Preynas, Jörg Stober, Natalia Casal, Maksim Dubrov, Lorenzo Figini, Yuri Gribov, Emanuele Poli and Peter de Vries

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602025

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Finite element simulation of ICRF wave heating of core and edge plasmas in EAST 02026

Hua Yang, Lihua Zheng, Xinjun Zhang and Wei Zhang

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602026

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ICRH modelling of the Baseline D-T scenario in JET 02027

Dirk Van Eester, Ernesto Lerche, Philippe Huynh, Fulvio Auriemma, Domenico Frigione, Luca Garzotti, Fernanda Rimini, Ziga Stancar, Vito Zotta, JET Contributors and EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634602027

Radio-Frequency and Microwave Diagnostics and Technology

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40 years of ICRF operation on JET: Challenges and achievements 03001

Pierre Dumortier, Igor Monakhov, Philippe Jacquet, Frédéric Durodié, Ernesto Lerche, Robert Lobel, Marie-Line Mayoral, Craig Noble, Jason Roberts, Haroon Sheikh et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603001

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Radar arc and impairment detection and localization for the ITER ICRF antenna 03002

Simone Porporato, Riccardo Maggiora, Daniele Milanesio, Sara Salvador, Walid Helou and Kenji Saito

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603002

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Design and development of the actively cooled ion cyclotron travelling wave array system for WEST 03003

Julien Hillairet, Vincent Maquet, Riccardo Ragona, Tristan Batal, Sylvain Burles, Zhaoxi Chen, Laurent Colas, Rémi Dumont, Florian Dupin, Frédéric Durand et al. (11 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603003

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Full-wave modeling of arcs within the ITER ICRF antenna for usage in the simulations and design of the RADAR Arc Detection system 03004

Daniele Milanesio, Simone Porporato, Sara Salvador, Riccardo Maggiora, François Calarco, Walid Helou and Kenji Saito

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603004

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Progress in the analysis of the cavity resonances in the ITER ICRF antenna port plug 03005

Fabrice Louche, Frederic Durodié, Alena Křivská, Walid Helou and Daniele Milanesio

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603005

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Circuit modeling and analysis of matching configurations for the DTT ICRF system 03006

Alfredo Cioffi, Silvio Ceccuzzi, Daniele Milanesio, Cristina Ponti, Gian Luca Ravera and Giuseppe Schettini

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603006

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Direct Measurement of ICRF-Enhanced Plasma Potentials on WEST Using Reciprocating Emissive Probes 03007

Raymond Diab, Seung-Gyou Baek, Laurent Colas, Benoit Guillermin, James-Paul Gunn, Tristan Batal, William Burke, Nicolas Fedorczak, Julien Hillairet, Rick Leccacorvi et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603007

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Application of Solid-state High-power Microwave Source in MPCVD Reactor 03008

Liang Zhu, Wendong Ma, Qiyun Zhou, Zege Wu, Lianmin Zhao, Mao Wang, Jiafang Shan, Fukun Liu, Zhu Zhou and EAST LHCD Working Group

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603008

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Design, Installation, and First Results from the Ion Cyclotron Emission Diagnostic on TCV 03009

Roman Ochoukov, Basil Duval, Mykola Dreval, Anton Jansen van Vuuren, Alexander N. Karpushov, Luke Simons, Sergei Sharapov, Volodymyr Bobkov, Helmut Faugel, TCV Team et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603009

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Calculation of the magnetic field and its modal analysis in the port plug cavity of the ITER ICRF antenna 03010

Alena Křivská, Frédéric Durodié, Fabrice Louche, Daniele Milanesio and Walid Helou

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603010

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On the estimate of near fields for the WEST ICRF travelling wave array launcher 03011

Riccardo Ragona, Vincent Maquet and Julien Hillairet

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603011

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Experimental comparison of millimetre wave power monitor designs 03012

Martin Schubert, Walter Kasparek, Jörg Stober, Friedrich Leuterer and ASDEX Upgrade Team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603012

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Fast impedance matching for the ion cyctron resonance heating system based on capacitors at the EAST tokamak 03013

Yaoyao Guo, Lunan Liu, Xinjun Zhang, Chengming Qin, Wei Zhang and Qingqing Chen

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603013

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Further upgrades of the ASDEX Upgrade ICRF system 03014

Helmut Faugel, Volodymyr Bobkov, Alexander Benjamin Schmidt, Matthias Peglau, Walid Helou, Roger Mulzer, Helmut Fünfgelder, Oleksii Girka, Roman Ochoukov, Boris Mendelevitch and ASDEX Upgrade Team

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603014

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Design and analysis of the main passive RF components for the DTT ICRH system 03015

Francesco Mirizzi, Gian Luca Ravera, Silvio Ceccuzzi, Sandra Greco and Angelo A. Tuccillo

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603015

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Development of an actively cooled radio-frequency test bench for the ITER ICRF windows 03016

Nicolas Faure, Daniel Birlan, Julien Barra, Jean-Michel Bernard, Francois Calarco, Nicolas Ferrigno, Walid Helou, Julien Hillairet, Itziar Minondo, Patrick Mollard et al. (2 more)

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603016

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The effect of high-power transient events on tungsten and tungsten coatings used for radio frequency launcher applications 03017

John Caughman, Katie Browning, Katie Butler, Sabrina Calzada, David Donovan, Tim Graening, Sergiy Kalnaus, Weicheng Zhong, Ashwini Kumar Mishra and Jarir Aktaa

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603017

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Design, Manufacturing, and Installation of DIII-D Lower Hybrid Current Drive Outer Wall Waveguides and Expandable Vacuum Interface 03018

James Ridzon, Jeffrey Doody, Rui Vieira and Stephen J. Wukitch

Published online: 07 January 2026

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202634603018

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25th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas (RFPPC2025)

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Preface 00001

Theory and Modeling of Radio-Frequency Waves in Plasmas

Full-wave modeling of RF waves in fusion plasmas with finite element method: Progress in past decades and its future role 01001

A structure-preserving spline finite element solver for the cold-plasma model 01002

Beam Tracing in Phase Space: Paraxial Description of High-Frequency Wave Beams in Turbulent Plasmas 01003

Analysis of RF Sheath-Driven Tungsten Erosion at RF Antenna in the WEST Tokamak 01004

Automated ICRF heating surrogate modeling via machine learning 01005

Suprathermal electron transport studies in radio-frequency-heated tokamak plasmas 01006

Benchmark of the new release of FELICE solver in TOPICA code with the ASDEX Upgrade 3-strap antenna 01007

Effect of Density Irregularities on Radio Frequency Wave Propagation in Ionospheric Plasmas 01008

Validation of ERMES 20.0 finite element code for MAST Upgrade O-X mode conversion 01009

A Preliminary Simulation of RF Power Evolution with Parametric Decay Processes during Lower Hybrid Wave Injection into Plasmas 01010

Power coupled to the slow wave resonance cone in cold plasma 01011

PIC simulations of RF sheaths with non-adiabatic electrons 01012

Construction of generalized quasilinear diffusion coefficient using neural networks with physical restrictions 01013

First Experiments on 3D Plasma Calculations Using Positive Maxwellian Operator 01014

Theoretical scaling of the density limit of lower hybrid current drive caused by parametric decay instability 01015

Almost -off-the-shelf tools for ICRH modelling 01016

Preliminary Result of Neoclassical Impurity Transport Affected by ICRH with a 4-D Fokker-Planck Code 01017

Fokker-Planck simulations of fast ion ICRF and electron EC heating in a mirror plasma using CQL3D-m 01018

Integral dielectric kernel implementation to model RF heating in toroidal plasmas 01019

Implementation of a 2D wave-solver using the Budé method with NGSolve: Initial validation without poloidal fields, with further investigation incorporating them 01020

Impact of edge/SOL density fluctuations on ion cyclotron wave propagation and absorption in tokamaks: A stochastic 1D model in a DTT plasma scenario 01021

Onset of High-Harmonic Fast Wave Propagation in Annulus Geometry 01022

An implicit-explicit time splitting strategy for the far SOL plasma fluid model with DG-FEM discretization 01023

Studies of various lower hybrid wave launch scenarios for non-inductive start-up on TST-2 01024

MAPS: The MFEM Anisotropic Plasma Solver 01025

Damping RF waves with low reflection in simulations of slab or curved magnetized plasma: Parametrization, verification and implementation of Bermudez Perfectly Matched Layers 01026

Validation of ERMES 20.0 finite element code for JET A2 antennas coupling studies 01027

Modeling rf sheath formation in turbulent tokamak boundary plasma 01028

Effects of density turbulence on helicon wave propagation in the core plasmas 01029

The present status of the TORIC-SSFPQL codes 01030

Corrigendum to: Full-wave modeling of RF waves in fusion plasmas with finite element method: Progress in past decades and its future role 01031

Wave Heating and Current Drive in Present and Future Fusion Devices

Overview of the ICRF heating system in SPARC 02001

Plasma Ramp-up and Sustainment Scenarios for Tokamak Energy’s Fusion Pilot Plant 02002

40 years of ICRF Physics on the JET Tokamak: Highlights and Lessons Learned for Future Facilities 02003

Recent Progress in ICRF Experiments on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) 02004

RF power experiments in WEST to prepare for next-step fusion device operation 02005

ICRH simulations for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator 02006

Overview of ICRF plasma production and heating in gas mixtures in stellarators 02007

ICRF Antenna Modeling and Coupling Analysis for CFEDR 02008

ICRF near-field effects sensitivity to magnetic tilt-angle 02009

Status of LHFW research in KSTAR and Future Plan 02010

Simulations of ICRF Heating for SPARC during First Campaign and Primary Reference-Like Discharge using the Stix Code 02011

Recent advances on ion cyclotron resonance heating scenarios for Divertor Tokamak Test facility 02012

Ion Cyclotron Heating in a Levitated Dipole Fusion Reactor 02013

Progress in the pre-conceptual design of the auxiliary heating and current drive system for the Tokamak Energy Fusion Pilot Plant 02014

Evaluation of DIII-D plasmas for Future Measurements of the Driven Current Density in the DIII-D High Field Side Lower Hybrid Experiment 02015

Comparison of Travelling Wave Array and Classical ICRH Launchers: Spectral and Absorption Characteristics on WEST 02016

Real-time estimates of the ICRF single-pass absorption for ITER 02017

Time-dependent modelling of 104/137 GHz X2-mode ECRH on ST40 to aid future scenario development 02018

Analysis of Parametric Decay Instabilities Driven by Helicon Waves in Tokamak Experiments 02019

Design and optimization of a curved three-strap antenna for DTT ICRH system 02020

Full-wave simulation of ion cyclotron range of frequency heating in a mirror device 02021

ECCD Studies for a Volumetric Neutron Source (VNS) 02022

DIII-D High Field Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiment Overview 02023

Initial electron cyclotron heating/current drive scoping study for the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak (SMART) 02024

Operation of the Electron Cyclotron system in the ITER new baseline 02025

Finite element simulation of ICRF wave heating of core and edge plasmas in EAST 02026

ICRH modelling of the Baseline D-T scenario in JET 02027

Radio-Frequency and Microwave Diagnostics and Technology

40 years of ICRF operation on JET: Challenges and achievements 03001

Radar arc and impairment detection and localization for the ITER ICRF antenna 03002

Design and development of the actively cooled ion cyclotron travelling wave array system for WEST 03003

Full-wave modeling of arcs within the ITER ICRF antenna for usage in the simulations and design of the RADAR Arc Detection system 03004

Progress in the analysis of the cavity resonances in the ITER ICRF antenna port plug 03005

Circuit modeling and analysis of matching configurations for the DTT ICRF system 03006

Direct Measurement of ICRF-Enhanced Plasma Potentials on WEST Using Reciprocating Emissive Probes 03007

Application of Solid-state High-power Microwave Source in MPCVD Reactor 03008

Design, Installation, and First Results from the Ion Cyclotron Emission Diagnostic on TCV 03009

Calculation of the magnetic field and its modal analysis in the port plug cavity of the ITER ICRF antenna 03010

On the estimate of near fields for the WEST ICRF travelling wave array launcher 03011

Experimental comparison of millimetre wave power monitor designs 03012

Fast impedance matching for the ion cyctron resonance heating system based on capacitors at the EAST tokamak 03013

25^th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas (RFPPC2025)