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3D Monte Carlo modelling of edge plasmas in fusion experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

ALEXEY M. RUNOV ,
S. V. KASILOV ,
R. SCHNEIDER  and
D. REITER
ALEXEY M. RUNOV
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany
S. V. KASILOV
Affiliation:
Institut of Plasma Physics, National Science Center ‘Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology’, 61108, Kharkov, Ukraine
R. SCHNEIDER
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany
D. REITER
Affiliation:
Institut für Plasmaphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH EURATOM Association, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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Abstract

A three-dimensional model for the numerical simulation of transport in the edge plasma of modern fusion devices is developed. The model is based on the Braginskii set of equations which are solved with the help of a Monte Carlo method by three-dimensional plasma transport code E3D. The multiple coordinate system approach and interpolated cell mapping technique used in E3D allow us to avoid artificial numerical cross-field transport due to a high anisotropy of Braginskii equations in the case of general magnetic configurations including ergodic regions. The complete self-consistent set of fluid equations (equations for the density, parallel momentum, ion and electron temperatures) has been successfully implemented in E3D. A stabilization method for iterating coupled momentum and density equations is discussed.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 1109 - 1112
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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