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A Fokker—Planck/Transport Model for Neutral Beam-Driven Tokamaks

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Computational Methods for Kinetic Models of Magnetically Confined Plasmas

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This chapter deals with the transport simulation of neutral beam-driven tokamaks using a model which describes the background plasma by a set of fluid equations, and the energetic ions by means of Fokker—Planck equations. Section 4.1 describes this Fokker—Planck/Transport Code. Section 4.2 discusses applications to the Princeton large torus (PLT), the tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR) and the divertor injection tokamak experiment (DITE). It should be noted that the discussion of applications to TFTR was compiled prior to the actual running of the experiment and is based on the design parameters. Comparison with the present experimental data is underway and preliminary results may be found in the work of Mirin et al (1985).

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National MFE Computer Center, University of California, 94550, Livermore, CA, USA

    J. Killeen, G. D. Kerbel, M. G. McCoy & A. A. Mirin

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Killeen, J., Kerbel, G.D., McCoy, M.G., Mirin, A.A. (1986). A Fokker—Planck/Transport Model for Neutral Beam-Driven Tokamaks. In: Computational Methods for Kinetic Models of Magnetically Confined Plasmas. Springer Series in Computational Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85954-0_4

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