SPC Publications

FENNECS 3D: A three-dimensional particle-in-cell code for non-neutral plasma dynamics and diocotron instability simulations

P. Giroud-Garampon; J. Loizu; F. Romano; G. Le Bars; J-P. Hogge 

Physics of Plasmas. 2026. Vol. 33, num. 8.

Alpha particle velocity- and orbit-space sensitivity of gamma-ray spectroscopy diagnostics based on the 10 B(α,pγ)13C reaction

M. Nocente; A. Ciurlino; A. Valentini; H. Järleblad; Y. Kazakov et al. 

Nuclear Fusion. 2026. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ae8de9.

Design and Fabrication of High-Frequency Inductive Sensors Using Photolithography and Electroplating

A. Nicollier 

2026.

Engineering Magnetotransport Through Hierarchical Symmetry in Weyl Semimetal Superlattices

N. C. Drucker; F. Balduini; J. Schadt; L. Rocchino; T. Paul et al. 

Physical Review Research. 2026. Vol. 8, num. 3. DOI : 10.1103/l4b4-qzjz.

Negative triangularity plasma shapes: How bad ideal MHD properties can lead to excellent perspectives for a fusion power plant

O. Sauter 

52nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Edinburgh, UK, 2026-06-29 – 2026-07-03.

Modelling the Swiss Nuclear Fuel Cycle at Hourly Resolution

Z. Libaud 

2026.

First benchmark between the KINetic Deterministic NEutral Solver (KINDNES) and EIRENE

G. I. Drago; D. Mancini; M. Carpita; M. Guido; E. Lanti et al. 

52nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Edinburgh, UK, 2026-06-29 – 2026-07-03.

Assessing extrapolation issues of exhaust performance for TCV’s tightly baffled, long-legged divertor using SOLPS-ITER

P. L. Sintre; H. Reimerdes; E. Tonello; M. Wigram; T. Golfinopoulos et al. 

52nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Edinburgh, UK, 2026-06-29 – 2026-07-03.

Avoidance of large ELMs through impurity seeding in TCV

M. Zurita; H. Reimerdes; O. Février; K. Lee; G. Partesotti et al. 

27th International Conference on Plasma-Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices (PSI 2026), Regensburg, Germany, 2026-05-17 – 2026-05-22.

Application of a multi-rate state observer for real-time plasma density reconstruction and control on TCV

F. Pastore / O. Sauter; F. A. A. Felici (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2026. 

SPC Annual Report 2024

A. Fasoli; P. Ricci 

2025

Data-driven modeling for plasma state tracking and analysis: methods and control room integration

Y. Poels; A. Pau; C. Venturini; O. Sauter; C. Donner et al. 

67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Long Beach, California, USA, 2025-11-17 – 2025-11-21.

Data-driven surrogate diagnostic for kinetic profile reconstruction on TCV

C. Venturini; Y. Poels; A. Pau; O. Sauter; B. Vincent 

67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Long Beach, California, USA, 2025-11-17 – 2025-11-21.

Assessment of Alternative Divertor Configurations in TCV via experiments and interpretative SOLPS-ITER modelling

M. Carpita; O. Février; H. Reimerdes; K. Lee; C. Theiler et al. 

67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Long Beach, California, USA, 2025-11-17 – 2025-11-21.

Implementation of a Tightly-Baffled, Long-Legged Divertor (TBLLD) in TCV

H. Reimerdes; O. Février; C. Theiler; H. Elaian; Y. Andrebe et al. 

30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2025), Chengdu, 2025-10-13 – 2025-10-18.

Full-discharge simulations of TCV using the Fenix flight simulator

R. A. J. Coosemans; E. Fable; O. Sauter; P. David; F. Felici et al. 

51st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2025-07-07 – 2025-07-11.

Advancing Fusion Research through AI and Machine Learning

A. Pau 

Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2025, FHNW Campus Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland, 2025-06-16 – 2025-06-18.

Nitronic 50 Steel as a Structural Material for EU-DEMO’s Toroidal Field Coils

J. Greenwood; X. Sarasola; K. Sedlák 

2025

Gyrokinetic investigation of plasma turbulence self-organization at low magnetic shear in tokamaks

A. Volčokas / S. Brunner; J. R. Ball (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Fundamentals on the mechanisms involved in plasma-activated water decontamination

R. Agus / I. Furno (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.