A. Davis J. Barzilla A. Ferrari K. T. Lee V. Vlachoudis P. P. H. Wilson
As part of the expansion of the Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) toolkit to support other Monte Carlo codes, FluDAG (FLUKA integrated with DAGMC) was developed. There has been increasing demand from the high energy physics community regarding Computer Aided Design (CAD) geometry support in Monte Carlo codes. In this paper, the develo…
Preprint PublishedK. Imada H. R. Wilson J. W. Connor A. Dudkovskaia P. Hill
A new drift-kinetic theory of the ion response to magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas is presented. Small islands are considered, with widths w much smaller than the plasma radius r, but comparable to the trapped ion orbit width ρ_bi. An expansion in w/r reduces the system dimensions from five down to four. In the absence of an electrostatic poten…
Preprint PublishedC J Ham S C Cowley G Brochard H R Wilson
The theory of stability and saturation of nonlinear ballooning modes in tokamaks is developed using a generalised Archimedes’ principle which is justified for thin elliptical flux tubes. The equation of motion in general geometry is derived and then applied to a simplified ‘s-a’ equilibrium and the nonlinear dynamics of this equilibr…
Preprint PublishedP. A. Abdoul D. Dickinson C. M. Roach H. R. Wilson
In this work, using solutions from a local gyrokinetic flux-tube code combined with higher order ballooning theory, a new analytical approach is developed to reconstruct the global linear mode structure with associated global mode frequency. In addition to the isolated mode (IM), which usually peaks on the outboard mid-plane, the higher order ballo…
Preprint PublishedS.A. Henneberg S.C. Cowley H.R. Wilson
The interaction between multiple filamentary plasma eruptions is investigated by modelling the non-linear ideal MHD ballooning mode envelope equation with a mixed Eulerian and Lagrangian characterisation of the boundary conditions. The study of multiple plasma filaments is performed in a specific slab equilibrium susceptible to Rayleigh-Taylor ins…
Preprint PublishedD. Dickinson C. M. Roach J. M. Skipp H. R. Wilson
Solutions to a model 2D eigenmode equation describing micro-instabilities in tokamak plasmas are presented that demonstrate a sensitivity of the mode structure and stability to plasma profiles. In narrow regions of parameter space, with special plasma profiles, a maximally unstable mode is found that balloons on the outboard side of the tokamak. Th…
PublishedF. Durodié P. Dumortier M. Vrancken A. Messiaen R. Bamber D. Hancock S. Huygen D. Lockley F. Louche R. Maggiora D. Milanesio M. P. S. Nightingale M. Shannon P. Tigwell M. Van Schoor M. Vervier D. Wilson K. Winkler Cycle Team
ITER’s Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies (ICRF) system [Lamalle et al., Fusion Eng. Des. 88, 517–520 (2013)] comprises two antenna launchers designed by CYCLE (a consortium of European associations listed in the author affiliations above) on behalf of ITER Organisation (IO), each inserted as a Port Plug (PP) into one of ITER’s Vacuum Vessel …
PublishedG. Arnoux I. Balboa M. Clever S. Devaux P. De Vries T. Eich M. Firdaouss S. Jachmich M. Lehnen P.J. Lomas G.F. Matthews Ph. Mertens I. Nunes V. Riccardo C. Ruset B. Sieglin D.F. Valcarcel J. Wilson K.-D. Zastrow JET-EFDA Contributors
The ITER-like wall (ILW) at JET is a unique opportunity to study the combination of material (beryllium and tungsten) that will be used for the plasma facing components (PFC) in ITER. Both the limiters (Be) and divertor (CFC W coated and bulk W) have been designed to maximise their power handling capability. During the last experimental campaign (O…
PublishedRachel Mcadams H R Wilson I T Chapman
A model system of equations has been derived to describe a toroidally rotating tokamak plasma, unstable to Resistive Wall Modes (RWMs) and metastable to Neoclassical Tearing Modes (NTMs), using a linear RWM model and a nonlinear NTM model. If no wall is present, the NTM growth shows the typical threshold/saturation island widths, whereas a linearly…
PublishedF. Durodié M. Vrancken R. Bamber L. Colas P. Dumortier D. Hancock S. Huygen D. Lockley F. Louche R. Maggiora D. Milanesio A. Messiaen M. P. S. Nightingale M. Shannon P. Tigwell M. Van Schoor D. Wilson K. Winkler Cycle Team
ITER’s Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies (ICRF) system [1] comprises two antenna launchers designed by CYCLE (a consortium of European associations listed in the author affiliations above) on behalf F4E for the ITER Organisation (IO), each inserted as a Port Plug (PP) into one of ITER’s Vacuum Vessel (VV) ports. Each launcher is an array of 4 …
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