[HTML][HTML] Turbulent transport regimes in the tokamak boundary and operational limits

M Giacomin, P Ricci - Physics of Plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Two-fluid, three-dimensional, flux-driven, global, electromagnetic turbulence simulations
carried out by using the GBS (Global Braginskii Solver) code are used to identify the main …

Electromagnetic turbulence simulation of tokamak edge plasma dynamics and divertor heat load during thermal quench

B Zhu, X Xu, XZ Tang - Nuclear Fusion, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The edge plasma turbulence and transport dynamics, as well as the divertor power loads
during the thermal-quench phase of tokamak disruptions, are numerically investigated with …

Magnetic flutter effect on validated edge turbulence simulations

K Zhang, W Zholobenko, A Stegmeir, K Eder… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Small magnetic fluctuations (B1/B0∼ 10− 4) are intrinsically present in a magnetic
confinement plasma due to turbulent currents. While the perpendicular transport of particles …

Development of compact tokamak fusion reactor use cases to inform future transport studies

C Holland, EM Bass, DM Orlov… - Journal of Plasma …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The OMFIT STEP (Meneghini et al., Nucl. Fusion, vol. 10, 2020, p. 1088) workflow has been
used to develop inductive and steady-state H-mode core plasma scenario use cases for a …

On the proper treatment of magnetic fluctuations in full- field-aligned turbulence codes

K Zhang, W Zholobenko, A Stegmeir, K Eder… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Plasma turbulence in the edge of magnetic confinement devices is customarily treated as full-
$ f $ due to large fluctuations. For computational efficiency, field-aligned coordinates are …

Reduction of transport due to magnetic shear in gyrokinetic simulations of the scrape-off layer

NR Mandell, GW Hammett, A Hakim… - Plasma Physics and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of varying magnetic shear on scrape-off layer turbulence and profiles is studied
via electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations of a helical scrape-off layer model. We develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Preface for the Sherwood Fusion Theory 2021–2022 special collection

VA Izzo, SJ Diem, B Zhu - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The Sherwood Fusion Theory conference has a 60-year history and has been held nearly
annually for at least five decades. With theoretical and computational research directed …