FOXTAIL: modeling the nonlinear interaction between Alfvén eigenmodes and energetic particles in tokamaks

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2017.01.007zbMATH Open1376.76082arXiv1607.04561OpenAlexW2516508389MaRDI QIDQ1685804FDOQ1685804

Peng Zhang

Publication date: 20 December 2017

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

Abstract: FOXTAIL is a new hybrid magnetohydrodynamic-kinetic code used to describe interactions between energetic particles and Alfv'en eigenmodes in tokamaks with realistic geometries. The code simulates the nonlinear dynamics of the amplitudes of individual eigenmodes and of a set of discrete markers in five-dimensional phase space representing the energetic particle distribution. Action-angle coordinates of the equilibrium system are used for efficient tracing of energetic particles, and the particle acceleration by the wave fields of the eigenmodes is Fourier decomposed in the same angles. The eigenmodes are described using temporally constant eigenfunctions with dynamic complex amplitudes. Possible applications of the code are presented, e.g., making a quantitative validity evaluation of the one-dimensional bump-on-tail approximation of the system. Expected effects of the fulfillment of the Chirikov criterion in two-mode scenarios have also been verified.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.04561

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zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear dynamicstokamaksmagnetohydrodynamic wavesfast particle effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packaged methods for numerical algorithms (65Y15) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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• LIGKA: A linear gyrokinetic code for the description of background kinetic and fast particle effects on the MHD stability in tokamaks
• Hybrid simulation of energetic particles interacting with magnetohydrodynamics using a slow manifold algorithm and GPU acceleration
• CASTOR-K: Stability analysis of Alfvén eigenmodes in the presence of energetic ions in tokamaks
• FOXTAIL

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