1. Validation of the BEAMS3D neutral beam deposition model on Wendelstein 7-X
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Tamara Andreeva, M. N. A. Beurskens, P. Valson, Simppa Äkäslompolo, G. Fuchert, Ulrich Neuner, E. R. Scott, Adnan Ali, Dirk Hartmann, Carolin Nuehrenberg, N. A. Pablant, J. P. Knauer, E. Pasch, Kian Rahbarnia, M. Hirsch, P. Pölöskei, R. C. Wolf, U. Hoefel, N. Chaudhary, Andrea Pavone, M. W. Jakubowski, Nikolai B. Marushchenko, Mike Machielsen, N. Rust, Philipp Nelde, Yuriy Turkin, Jonathan Schilling, Holger Niemann, P. Traverso, Samuel Lazerson, S. A. Bozhenkov, O. P. Ford, Uwe Hergenhahn, A. Spanier, Andreas Langenberg, H. Thomsen, L. Vano, Christian Brandt, G. M. Weir, Aleix Puig Sitjes, Tristan W. C. Neelis, David Pfefferlé, R. Koenig, Yu Gao, Jonathan Graves, Kai Jakob Brunner, P. McNeely, H. Damm, Torsten Stange, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Department of Applied Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Western Australia, United States Department of Energy, Auburn University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, and W7-X Team, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Society
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,neutral beam ,Cyclotron ,Plasma confinement ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,law.invention ,stellarator ,beams3d ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Deposition (phase transition) ,fast ions ,010306 general physics ,Stellarator ,Plasma density ,validation ,Physics ,magnetic confinement ,Magnetic confinement fusion ,simulation ,Condensed Matter Physics ,BEAMS3D ,magnetic confnement ,Wendelstein 7-X ,Atomic physics ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
openaire: EC/H2020/633053/EU//EUROfusion The neutral beam deposition model in the BEAMS3D code is validated against neutral beam attenuation data from Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X). A set of experimental discharges where the neutral beam injection system of W7-X was utilized were reconstructed. These discharges scanned the magnetic configurations and plasma densities of W7-X. The equilibrium reconstructions were performed using STELLOPT which calculates three-dimensional self-consistent ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria and kinetic profiles. These reconstructions leveraged new capabilities to incorporate electron cyclotron emission and X-ray imaging diagnostics in the STELLOPT code. The reconstructed equilibria and profiles served as inputs for BEAMS3D calculations of neutral beam deposition in W7-X. It is found that if reconstructed kinetic profiles are utilized, good agreement between measured and simulated beam attenuation is found. As deposition models provide initial conditions for fast-ion slowing down calculations, this work provides a first steptowards validating our ability to predict fast ion confinement in stellarators.
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- 2020
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