An analytic model for the collisional transport and poloidal asymmetry distribution of impurities in tokamak plasmas
P. Maget, P. Manas, J. Frank, T Nicolas, O. Agullo, X. Garbet
Abstract
Abstract The coupling between the poloidal distribution and the collisional flux of impurities can be exploited to derive a simplified analytical model covering toroidal rotation and electrostatic potential asymmetry effects, valid in the Pfirsh-Schlüter regime. This model is compared with earlier works and with the drift-kinetic code NEO, which includes the full Fokker-Planck collision operator. The low computational cost of the model, compared to NEO, is particularly adapted for fast integrated simulation purposes.
Topics & Concepts
TokamakAsymmetryPhysicsPlasmaDistribution functionCoupling (piping)ToroidToroidal and poloidalImpurityFlux (metallurgy)Rotation (mathematics)Computational physicsKinetic energyDistribution (mathematics)Atomic physicsQuantum electrodynamicsStatistical physicsNuclear physicsClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceMaterials scienceMetallurgyMathematical analysisArtificial intelligenceMathematicsMagnetic confinement fusion researchIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsFusion materials and technologies