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First global gyrokinetic profile predictions of ITER burning plasma
A. Di Siena, C. Bourdelle, A. Bañón Navarro +11
In this work, we present the first global gyrokinetic simulations of the ITER baseline scenario operating at 15 MA using GENE-Tango electrostatic and electromagnetic simulations. T…
Optimizing Particle Transport for Enhanced Confinement in Quasi-Isodynamic Stellarators
A. Bañón Navarro, A. Di Siena, F. Jenko +2
Despite significant advances in reducing turbulent heat losses, modern quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators -- such as Stellaris -- continue to suffer from poor particle confinement,…
Assessing the Impact of Alpha Particles on Thermal Confinement in JET D-T Plasmas through Global GENE-Tango Simulations
A. Di Siena, J. Garcia, R. Bilato +14
The capability of the global, electromagnetic gyrokinetic GENE code interfaced with the transport Tango solver is exploited to address the impact of fusion alpha particles (in thei…
Gyrokinetic investigation of toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) turbulence
Ajay C. J., Ben McMillan, Arkaprava Bokshi +3
Toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes (TAEs) can transport fusion-born energetic particles out of the plasma volume, thereby decreasing plasma self-heating efficiency and possibly damaging r…