Progress in modelling fast-ion D-alpha spectra and neutral particle analyzer fluxes using FIDASIM

FIDASIM is a code that models signals produced by charge-exchange reactions between neutrals and ions (both fast and thermal) in magnetically confined plasmas. With the ion distribution function as input, the code predicts the efflux to a neutral particle analyzer diagnostic and the photon radiance...

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Published in:Plasma physics and controlled fusion 2020-10, Vol.62 (10), p.105008
Main Authors: Geiger, B., Stagner, L., Heidbrink, W.W., Dux, R., Fischer, R., Fujiwara, Y., Garcia, A.V., Jacobsen, A. S., Jansen van Vuuren, A., Karpushov, A. N., Liu, D., Schneider, P. A., Sfiligoi, I., Zs. Poloskei, P., Weiland, M.
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Language:English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
balmer alpha
charge exchange
fast particles
neutral particle analyzer
spectroscopy
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Summary:FIDASIM is a code that models signals produced by charge-exchange reactions between neutrals and ions (both fast and thermal) in magnetically confined plasmas. With the ion distribution function as input, the code predicts the efflux to a neutral particle analyzer diagnostic and the photon radiance of Balmer-alpha light to a fast-ion D α diagnostic, in addition to many other related quantities. A new, parallelized version of the Monte Carlo code FIDASIM has been developed in Fortran90 that is substantially faster than the original interactive data language version. Modified algorithms include more accurate treatments of the time dependent collisional-radiative equations that describe neutral energy levels, of the cloud of 'halo' neutrals that surround the injected neutral beam, and of finite Larmor radius effects. Enhanced physics capabilities include modelling 'passive' signals from cold edge neutrals, the ability to treat general three-dimensional magnetic confinement configurations, and calculations of diagnostic-specific weight functions that enable tomographic reconstructions of the fast-ion distribution function. Neutral beam attenuation, beam emission, and fast-ion birth profiles are also modelled. The new algorithms have been successfully validated against experimental data and new features have been tested through benchmarks between two independently developed versions of the code.
ISSN:0741-3335
1361-6587
DOI:10.1088/1361-6587/aba8d7