Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017
Study of nonlinear mechanism of tokamak disruptions during runaway electron generation and avalanche
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
- Grant number
- 26820404
- Japan Grant Number (JGN)
- JP26820404
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- Principal investigator
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- (Total)
- 2,470,000 Japanese Yen
- (Direct funding)
- 1,900,000 Japanese Yen
- (Indirect funding)
- 570,000 Japanese Yen
- Grant type
- Competitive
A novel simulation code that enables us to analyze the interaction of the runaway electron generation and avalanches with dynamic changes of the confining magnetic fields due to MHD instabilities has been developed. Using the developed simulation code, it has been shown that (1) the perturbed electric field associated with the MHD instability causes the burst generation of runaway electron generation because of the exponential sensitivity of the primary generation to the electric field; (2) the MHD instability causes the flattening of beam current profile, which results in the increase of the net runaway electron generation through the modification to internal inductance of beam plasmas. Additionally, the runaway beam equilibrium code, the VDE code, the impurity code, and the orbit following code have been developed. These individual codes build up a basis for performing the integrated simulation studies for rapid shutdown scenarios of ITER as the next step of the research.
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- Grant number : 26820404
- Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP26820404