Monte Carlo method and High Performance Computing for solving Fokker–Planck equation of minority plasma particles
Journal article, 2015

This paper explains how to obtain the distribution function of minority ions in tokamak plasmas using the Monte Carlo method. Since the emphasis is on energetic ions, the guiding-center transformation is outlined, including also the transformation of the collision operator. Even within the guiding-center formalism, the fast particle simulations can still be very CPU intensive and, therefore, we introduce the reader also to the world of high-performance computing. The paper is concluded with a few examples where the presented method has been applied.

Author

Eero Hirvijoki

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

Taina Kurki-Suonio

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering

S Äkäslompolo

J Varje

T Koskela

J Miettunen

Journal of Plasma Physics

0022-3778 (ISSN) 1469-7807 (eISSN)

Vol. 81 3 Art. no. 435810301 - 435810301

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Energy

Roots

Basic sciences

Subject Categories

Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics

DOI

10.1017/S0022377815000203

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