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An advection-diffusion model for cross-field runaway electron transport in perturbed magnetic fields

Sarkimaki, Konsta
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Hirvijoki, Eero
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Decker, Joan
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2016
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion

Disruption-generated runaway electrons (RE) present an outstanding issue for ITER. The predictive computational studies of RE generation rely on orbit-averaged computations and, as such, they lack the effects from the magnetic field stochasticity. Since stochasticity is naturally present in post-disruption plasma, and externally induced stochastization offers a prominent mechanism to mitigate RE avalanche, we present an advection-diffusion model that can be used to couple an orbit-following code to an orbit-averaged tool in order to capture the cross-field transport and to overcome the latter's limitation. The transport coefficients are evaluated via a Monte Carlo method. We show that the diffusion coefficient differs significantly from the well-known Rechester-Rosenbluth result. We also demonstrate the importance of including the advection: it has a two-fold role both in modelling transport barriers created by magnetic islands and in amplifying losses in regions where the islands are not present.

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DOI
10.1088/0741-3335/58/12/125017
Web of Science ID

WOS:000388748200001

Author(s)
Sarkimaki, Konsta
Hirvijoki, Eero
Decker, Joan
Varje, Jari
Kurki-Suonio, Taina
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Iop Publishing Ltd

Published in
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion
Volume

58

Issue

12

Article Number

125017

Subjects

runaway electron

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radial transport

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stochastic magnetic field

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advection

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diffusion

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REVIEWED

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