Simulations of fast ions distribution in stellarators based on coupled Monte Carlo fuelling and orbit codes

Author： Rodríguez-Pascual M Bustos A. Castejón F Llorente I Martín Tereshchenko M Mayo-García R

ISSN： 0741-3335

Source： Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol.55, Iss.8, 2013-08, pp. : 85014-85026

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Abstract

The numerical simulation of the dynamics of fast ions coming from neutral beam injection (NBI) heating is an important task in fusion devices, since these particles are used as sources to heat and fuel the plasma and their uncontrolled losses can damage the walls of the reactor. This paper shows a new application that simulates these dynamics on the grid: FastDEP. FastDEP plugs together two Monte Carlo codes used in fusion science, namely FAFNER2 and ISDEP, and add new functionalities. Physically, FAFNER2 provides the fast ion initial state in the device while ISDEP calculates their evolution in time; as a result, the fast ion distribution function in TJ-II stellerator has been estimated, but the code can be used on any other device. In this paper a comparison between the physics of the two NBI injectors in TJ-II is presented, together with the differences between fast ion confinement and the driven momentum in the two cases. The simulations have been obtained using Montera, a framework developed for achieving grid efficient executions of Monte Carlo applications.