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Understanding the long-term transport of hydrogen isotopes in plasma-facing materials, such as tungsten, is critical for the steady-state operation of magnetic confinement fusion reactors. However, dynamically updating the transition…

A decade ago, a macroscopic theory for closure relations has been proposed for systems out of Onsager's region. This theory is referred to as the "Thermodynamic Field Theory" (TFT). The aim of the work was to determine the nonlinear…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 Giorgio Sonnino

Turbulent transport near the X-point of a large tokamak is examined using local, gradient-driven simulations that determine the saturated plasma profiles. The distribution of a representative set of particle tracers evolving within these…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 Fabio Moretti , Francesco Cianfrani , Nakia Carlevaro , Giovanni Montani

Trapped ion modes (TIM) belong to the family of ion temperature gradient (ITG) modes, which are one of the important ingredients in heat turbulent transport at the ion scale in tokamak plasmas. It is essential to properly estimate their…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-03-16 D. Mandal , M. Lesur , E. Gravier , J. N. Sama , A. Guillevic , Y. Sarazin , X. Garbet

With the advent of the gyrokinetic formalism, recent developments in low-noise nonlinear $\delta f$ methods, and enormous gains in computing power, large-scale gyrokinetic simulations have become an important tool for improved understanding…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Jeremy Kepner , Scott Parker , Viktor Decyk

The widespread 'deeper is better' philosophy has driven the creation of architectures like ResNet and Transformer, which achieve high performance by stacking numerous layers. However, increasing model depth comes with challenges such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Wei Wang , Xiao-Yong Wei , Qing Li

AI models have demonstrated strong predictive capabilities for various tokamak instabilities--including tearing modes (TM), ELMs, and disruptive event--but their opaque nature raises concerns about safety and trustworthiness when applied to…

In the present Letter, first-of-its-kind computer simulations predicting plasma profiles for modern optimized stellarators -- while self-consistently retaining neoclassical transport, turbulent transport with 3D effects, and external…

The physical sciences require models tailored to specific nuances of different dynamics. In this work, we study outcome predictions in nuclear fusion tokamaks, where a major challenge are \textit{disruptions}, or the loss of plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-01-02 Lucas Spangher , William Arnold , Alexander Spangher , Andrew Maris , Cristina Rea

A full-F, isothermal, electromagnetic, gyro-fluid model is used to simulate plasma turbulence in a COMPASS-sized, diverted tokamak. A parameter scan covering three orders of magnitude of plasma resistivity and two values for the ion to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 M. Wiesenberger , M. Held

This paper presents a large-scale parallel solver, specifically designed to tackle the challenges of solving high-dimensional and high-contrast linear systems in heat transfer topology optimization. The solver incorporates an interpolation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Yingjie Zhou , Changqing Ye , Yucheng Liu , Shubin Fu , Eric T. Chung

Studying the process of divertor detachment and the associated complex interplay of plasma dynamics and atomic physics processes is of utmost importance for future fusion reactors. Whilst simplified analytical models exist to interpret the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-02-08 O. Février , S. Gorno , C. Theiler , M. Carpita , G. Durr-Legoupil-Nicoud , M. von Allmen

In the context of global gyrokinetic simulations of turbulence using a Particle-In-Cell framework, verifying the delta-f assumption with a fixed background distribution becomes challenging when determining quasi-steady state profiles…

This work presents a unified fluid modeling framework for reacting flows coupled with nonthermal plasmas (NTPs). Building upon the gas-plasma kinetics solver, ChemPlasKin, and the CFD library, OpenFOAM, the integrated solver, reactPlasFOAM,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Xiao Shao , Deanna A. Lacoste , Hong G. Im

A real-time capable core turbulence tokamak transport model is developed. This model is constructed from the regularized nonlinear regression of quasilinear gyrokinetic transport code output. The regression is performed with a multilayer…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 J. Citrin , S. Breton , F. Felici , F. Imbeaux , T. Aniel , J. F. Artaud , B. Baiocchi , C. Bourdelle , Y. Camenen , J. Garcia

Understanding turbulent transport physics in the tokamak edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) is critical to developing a successful fusion reactor. The dynamics in these regions plays a key role in achieving high fusion performance by…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Noah Mandell

The results of flux-driven, two-fluid simulations in single-null configurations are used to investigate the processes determining the turbulent transport in the tokamak edge. Three turbulent transport regimes are identified: (i) a developed…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Maurizio Giacomin , Paolo Ricci

For the first time the pellet cycle of a multiple-isotope plasma is successfully reproduced with reduced turbulent transport modelling, within an integrated simulation framework. Future nuclear fusion reactors are likely to be fuelled by…

Transition prediction is an important aspect of aerodynamic design because of its impact on skin friction and potential coupling with flow separation characteristics. Traditionally, the modeling of transition has relied on correlation-based…

Topology optimization enables the design of highly efficient and complex structures, but conventional iterative methods, such as SIMP-based approaches, often suffer from high computational costs and sensitivity to initial conditions.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Aaron Lutheran , Srijan Das , Alireza Tabarraei