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G. L. Derks

First name
G.
Middle name
L.
Last name
Derks
ORCID
0000-0003-3420-0388
Kool, B., Lennholm, M., Parrot, A., Figueiredo, P. A., Derks, G. L., Bardsley, O., … EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team. (2026). From MAST-U to STEP: Power exhaust control challenges and opportunities. Fusion Engineering and Design, 224, 115602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2025.115602
van Berkel, M., Derks, G. L., Ceelen, L., Bosman, T., Kool, B., Ravensbergen, T., … Wiesen, S. (2026). Systematic multi-machine analysis of the exhaust time-dependent behavior in tokamaks. Nuclear Fusion, 66, in press. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae30f1
Ceelen, L., Koenders, J. T., Eldon, D., Anand, H., Derks, G. L., Hu, Q., … van Berkel, M. (2026). Identification and control of the exhaust using gas perturbations in the DIII-D tokamak. Nuclear Fusion, 66(1), 016008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae1494
Kool, B., van den Doel, T., Derks, G. L., Henderson, S., Lovell, J., Bardsley, O., … van Berkel, M. (2025). Double-null power-sharing dynamics in MAST-U. Nuclear Fusion, 65(10), 106032. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae04fe
Kool, B., Verhaegh, K., Derks, G. L., Wijkamp, T., Koenders, J. T., Lonigro, N., … MAST-U Team. (2025). Demonstration of Super-X divertor exhaust control for transient heat load management in compact fusion reactors. Nature Energy, 10(9), 1116-1131. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01824-7
Derks, G. L., Kobussen, S. P., Westerhof, E., & Wiesen, S. (2025). Benchmarking the global particle balance of DIV1D with SOLPS-ITER simulations on the Tokamak à Configuration Variable. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 67(10), 105003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/adfe18
Kobussen, S. P., Derks, G. L., Westerhof, E., Moulton, D., Wiesen, S., & Verhaegh, K. (2025). On the role of atomic momentum and molecules in self-consistent 1D scrape-off layer simulation of MAST-U, using DIV1D. Nuclear Fusion, 65(8), 086027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aded23
Verhaegh, K., Harrison, J., Moulton, D., Lipschultz, B., Lonigro, N., Osborne, N., … MAST Upgrade Team. (2025). Divertor shaping with neutral baffling as a solution to the tokamak power exhaust challenge. Nature Communications Physics, 8, 215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-02121-1 (Original work published 2025)
Duval, B. P., Abdolmaleki, A., van Berkel, M., Bosman, T., Derks, G. L., Hamed, M., … Zurita, M. (2024). Experimental research on the TCV tokamak. Nuclear Fusion, 64(11), 112023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ad8361
Henderson, S., Bernert, M., Brida, D., Derks, G. L., Elmore, S., Federici, F., … EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team. (2024). Validating reduced models for detachment onset and reattachment times on MAST-U. Nuclear Materials and Energy, 41, 101765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2024.101765 (Original work published 2024)