5 papers
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…
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…
On the mechanism of Pedestal Relaxation Events -- Insights gained by turbulence simulations with GRILLIX
Christoph Pitzal, Andreas Stegmeir, Tim Happel +7
Pedestal Relaxation Events (PREs) appear in I-mode discharges close to the I-H transition. Although they show certain similarities with Edge Localised Modes (ELMs), i.e. periodic e…
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…
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…