Neoclassical toroidal viscosity calculations in tokamaks using a δf montecarlo simulation and their verifications

S. Satake, J. K. Park, H. Sugama, R. Kanno

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Abstract

Neoclassical toroidal viscosities (NTVs) in tokamaks are investigated using a δf MonteCarlo simulation, and are successfully verified with a combined analytic theory over a wide range of collisionality. A MonteCarlo simulation has been required in the study of NTV since the complexities in guiding-center orbits of particles and their collisions cannot be fully investigated by any means of analytic theories alone. Results yielded the details of the complex NTV dependency on particle precessions and collisions, which were predicted roughly in a combined analytic theory. Both numerical and analytic methods can be utilized and extended based on these successful verifications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number055001
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume107
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 25 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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