The Princeton spectral equilibrium code: PSEC

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(85)90165-2MaRDI QIDQ1068664zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kuok Mee Ling, Stephen C. Jardin

Publication date 1985

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

Full work available at URL https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1187401/

zbMATH Keywords

external coils and conductorsfast computer codefinite-difference methodfixed-boundary solutionfree-boundary solutionsminimization of a mean-square errorplasma equilibrium equationquasi linearizationspectral representationtokamak plasmavariational principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N12) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

Review text

A fast computer code has been developed to calculate free-boundary solutions to the plasma equilibrium equation that are consistent with the currents in external coils and conductors. The free-boundary formulation is based on the minimization of a mean-square error \(\epsilon\) while the fixed-boundary solution is based on a variational principle and spectral representation of the coordinates x(\(\psi\),\(\theta)\) and z(\(\psi\),\(\theta)\). Specific calculations using the Columbia University Torus II, the poloidal divertor experiment (PDX), and the tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR) geometries are performed.

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• Equilibrium of a Magnetically Confined Plasma in a Toroid
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• MACH -- a computer code for solution of the poloidal asymmetry eigenvalue problem in tokamaks
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• PSEC
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