NORSE: a solver for the relativistic non-linear Fokker-Planck equation for electrons in a homogeneous plasma

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2016.10.024zbMATH Open1380.65183arXiv1608.02742OpenAlexW2478395204MaRDI QIDQ1685674FDOQ1685674

Authors: Peng Zhang 

Publication date: 19 December 2017

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Energetic electrons are of interest in many types of plasmas, however previous modeling of their properties has been restricted to the use of linear Fokker-Planck collision operators or non-relativistic formulations. Here, we describe a fully non-linear kinetic-equation solver, capable of handling large electric-field strengths (compared to the Dreicer field) and relativistic temperatures. This tool allows modeling of the momentum-space dynamics of the electrons in cases where strong departures from Maxwellian distributions may arise. As an example, we consider electron runaway in magnetic-confinement fusion plasmas and describe a transition to electron slide-away at field strengths significantly lower than previously predicted.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.02742

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zbMATH Keywords

energetic electronskinetic plasma theorynonlinear relativistic Fokker-Planck equationrunaway electrons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Applications to the sciences (65Z05)

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• Scalable implicit solvers with dynamic mesh adaptation for a relativistic drift-kinetic Fokker-Planck-Boltzmann model
• DSMC modeling of a single hot spot evolution using the Landau-Fokker-Planck equation
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• Accurate numerical, integral methods for computing drift-kinetic Trubnikov-Rosenbluth potentials
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• NORSE
• DREAM: a fluid-kinetic framework for tokamak disruption runaway electron simulations
• Suprathermal electron energy deposition in plasmas with the Fokker-Planck method
• An asymptotic-preserving 2D-2P relativistic drift-kinetic-equation solver for runaway electron simulations in axisymmetric tokamaks

Uses Software

• Matlab
• CQL3D
• DKE

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