Accuracy and convergence of coupled finite-volume/Monte Carlo codes for plasma edge simulations of nuclear fusion reactors

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2016.06.049MaRDI QIDQ729566zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. Ghoos, P. Börner, W. Dekeyser, Giovanni Samaey, Martine Baelmans

Publication date 20 December 2016

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.06.049

zbMATH Keywords

fusionMonte Carloplasma edge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N06) Finite volume methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N08) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

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Uses Software

• EIRENE
• SOLPS-ITER

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