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physics.plasm-ph2015★ 20 cited
Monte Carlo method and High Performance Computing for solving Fokker-Planck equation of minority plasma particles
Eero Hirvijoki, Taina Kurki-Suonio, Simppa Äkäslompolo +3
This paper explains how to obtain the distribution function of minority ions in tokamak plasmas using the Monte Carlo method. Since the emphasis is on energetic ions, the guiding-c…
physics.plasm-ph2013★ 224 cited
ASCOT: solving the kinetic equation of minority particle species in tokamak plasmas
Eero Hirvijoki, Otto Asunta, Tuomas Koskela +5
A comprehensive description of methods, suitable for solving the kinetic equation for fast ions and impurity species in tokamak plasmas using Monte Carlo approach, is presented. Th…