The Mistral base case to validate kinetic and fluid turbulence transport codes of the edge and SOL plasmas

Guilhem Dif-Pradalier (1) , J Gunn (2) , Guido Ciraolo (3) , C S Chang (4) , Guillaume Chiavassa (3) , P S Diamond (1) , Nicolas Fedorczak (2) , Philippe Ghendrih (2) , L Isoardi (3) , M Kocan (2) , S Ku (4) , Eric Serre (3) , Patrick Tamain (2) , Tore Supra Team (2)

1 CASS - Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences [La Jolla]
2 IRFM - Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique
3 M2P2 - Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation et Procédés Propres
4 CIMS - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences [New York]

Experimental data from the Tore Supra experiments are extrapolated in the SOL and edge to investigate the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability. The linear analysis indicates that a large part of the SOL is rather unstable. The effort is part of the setup of the Mistral base case that is organised to validate the codes and address new issues on turbulent edges, including the comparison of kinetic and fluid modelling in the edge plasma.

Domaines: Science non linéaire [physics]; Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

Guilhem Dif-Pradalier, J Gunn, Guido Ciraolo, C S Chang, Guillaume Chiavassa, et al.. The Mistral base case to validate kinetic and fluid turbulence transport codes of the edge and SOL plasmas. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2011, 415, ⟨10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.12.035⟩. ⟨cea-01468372⟩