Representation and modeling of charged particle distributions in tokamaks

Andreas Bierwage, Michael Fitzgerald, Philipp Lauber, Mirko Salewski, Yevgen Kazakov, Žiga Štancar

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Experimental diagnostics, analysis tools and simulations represent particle distributions in various forms and coordinates. Algorithms to manage these data are needed on platforms like the ITER Integrated Modeling & Analysis Suite (IMAS), performing tasks such as archiving, modeling, conversion and visualization. A method that accomplishes some of the required tasks for distributions of charged particles with arbitrarily large magnetic drifts in axisymmetric tokamak geometry is described here. Given a magnetic configuration, we first construct a database of guiding center orbits, which serves as a basis for representing particle distributions. The orbit database contains the geometric information needed to perform conversions between arbitrary coordinates, modeling tasks, and resonance analyses. Using that database, an imported or newly modeled distribution is mapped to an exact equilibrium, where the dimensionality is reduced to three constants of motion (CoM). The orbit weight is uniquely given when the input is a true distribution: one that measures the number of physical particles per unit of phase space volume. Less ideal inputs, such as distributions estimated without drifts, or models of particle sources, can also be processed. As an application example, we reconstruct the drift-induced features of a distribution of fusion-born alpha particles in a large tokamak, given only a birth profile, which is not a function of the alpha's CoM. Repeated back-and-forth transformations between CoM space and energy-pitch-cylinder coordinates are performed for verification and as a proof of principle for IMAS.

langue originaleAnglais
Numéro d'article108305
journalComputer Physics Communications
Volume275
Les DOIs
étatPublié - juin 2022

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