Plasma Equilibrium Reconstruction of JET Discharges Using the IMAS Modelling Infrastructure
Contributo in Atti di convegno
Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Abstract:
The reconstruction of tokamak plasma equilibrium is a fundamental step in the understanding of fusion plasma physics since it sets the starting point for all subsequent plasma
modelling applications and experimental data interpretation. The verification and validation of the numerical codes used to reconstruct plasma equilibrium, using as many available
input experimental data, e.g., magnetic field or flux measurements, density and temperature
diagnostics and polarimetry diagnostics, is essential both for physics model interpretation
and when qualifying and extrapolating for ITER. In the framework of the EUROfusion Work
Package on Code Development for Integrated Modelling, a scientific Kepler r1s workflow
for the reconstruction of Tokamak plasma equilibrium was prototyped, using the ITER
Integrated Modelling and Analysis Suite (IMAS) r2, 3s. The workflow can seamlessly use
any sort of data from tokamak experiments and call reconstruction codes such as EQUAL r4s,
CLISTE r5s, EQUINOX r6s and SDSS r7s, all using the same physics and engineering data
ontology and methods for accessing the data. In this work, we address plasma equilibrium
reconstructions on dedicated JET plasma discharges, performing a code benchmark using,
at first, magnetic data only and subsequently considering also other constrains such as
polarimetry (Stokes vector based or motional Stark effect). First results with magnetic only
give good qualitative and quantitative agreement between the codes.
Tipologia CRIS:
04.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno
Keywords:
Plasma Equilibrium Reconstruction; JET Discharges; IMAS Modelling
Elenco autori:
Terranova, David
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