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Publications (6)

physics.plasm-ph2026

First-Principles Explanation of the Drift Configuration Dependence of the Radial Electric Field and High-Confinement Access in Tokamaks

B. J. Frei, R. Bilato, O. Grover +6

The origin of the difference in the high-confinement (H-mode) power threshold between favorable and unfavorable drift configurations in tokamaks, experimentally linked to a deeper…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Simulations of edge and SOL turbulence in diverted negative and positive triangularity plasmas

P. Ulbl, A. Stegmeir, D. Told +3

Optimizing the performance of magnetic confinement fusion devices is critical to achieving an attractive fusion reactor design. Negative triangularity (NT) scenarios have been show…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Pre L-H Transition Radial Electric Field and Transport Validations of Edge and Scrape-off Layer Gyrokinetic Simulations at ASDEX Upgrade

B. J. Frei, C. Angioni, G. Lo-Cascio +5

This work presents a stepwise validation of the evolution of the radial electric field (Er) and heat transport during the pre L-H transition phase using full-f gyrokinetic simulati…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Reduced model for H-mode sustainment in unfavorable drift configuration in ASDEX Upgrade

O. Grover, T. Eich, P. Manz +6

A recently developed reduced model of H-mode sustainment based on interchange-drift-Alfvén turbulence description in the vicinity of the separatrix matching experimental observati…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Turbulence and Transport in Spectrally Accelerated full-f Gyrokinetic Simulations

B. J. Frei, P. Ulbl, C. Pitzal +2

We investigate edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) turbulence and transport using the spectrally accelerated full-f gyrokinetic (GK) code GENE-X, recently introduced in [B. J. Frei et…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Spectrally Accelerated Edge and Scrape-Off Layer Gyrokinetic Turbulence Simulations

B. J. Frei, P. Ulbl, J. Trilaksono +1

This paper presents the first gyrokinetic (GK) simulations of edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) turbulence accelerated by a velocity-space spectral approach in the full-f GK code GEN…