Integrated modeling applications for tokamak experiments with OMFIT

O Meneghini, SP Smith, LL Lao, O Izacard… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
One modeling framework for integrated tasks (OMFIT) is a comprehensive integrated
modeling framework which has been developed to enable physics codes to interact in …

Core turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas: bridging theory and experiment with QuaLiKiz

C Bourdelle, J Citrin, B Baiocchi, A Casati… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonlinear gyrokinetic codes allow for detailed understanding of tokamak core turbulent
transport. However, their computational demand precludes their use for predictive profile …

Verification of a quasi-linear model for gyrokinetic turbulent transport

GM Staebler, EA Belli, J Candy, JE Kinsey… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The verification and calibration of a new quasi-linear transport model with a large database
of gyrokinetic turbulence simulations is presented in this paper. In a previous paper …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale gyrokinetic simulations: Comparison with experiment and implications for predicting turbulence and transport

NT Howard, C Holland, AE White, M Greenwald… - Physics of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
To better understand the role of cross-scale coupling in experimental conditions, a series of
multi-scale gyrokinetic simulations were performed on Alcator C-Mod, L-mode plasmas …

A flux-matched gyrokinetic analysis of DIII-D L-mode turbulence

T Görler, AE White, D Told, F Jenko, C Holland… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Previous nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations of specific DIII-D L-mode cases have been found
to significantly underpredict the ion heat transport and associated density and temperature …

L-mode validation studies of gyrokinetic turbulence simulations via multiscale and multifield turbulence measurements on the DIII-D tokamak

TL Rhodes, C Holland, SP Smith, AE White… - Nuclear …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A series of carefully designed experiments on DIII-D have taken advantage of a broad set of
turbulence and profile diagnostics to rigorously test gyrokinetic turbulence simulations. In …

[HTML][HTML] Edge turbulence measurements in L-mode and I-mode at ASDEX Upgrade

R Bielajew, GD Conway, M Griener, T Happel… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The I-mode confinement regime is promising for future reactor operation due to high energy
confinement without high particle confinement. However, the role of edge turbulence in …

Advances in validating gyrokinetic turbulence models against L-and H-mode plasmas

C Holland, L Schmitz, TL Rhodes, WA Peebles… - Physics of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Robust validation of predictive turbulent transport models requires quantitative comparisons
to experimental measurements at multiple levels, over a range of physically relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Validation metrics for turbulent plasma transport

C Holland - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Developing accurate models of plasma dynamics is essential for confident predictive
modeling of current and future fusion devices. In modern computer science and engineering …

Observation of long-distance radial correlation in toroidal plasma turbulence

S Inagaki, T Tokuzawa, K Itoh, K Ida, SI Itoh, N Tamura… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
This Letter presents the discovery of macroscale electron temperature fluctuations with a
long radial correlation length comparable to the plasma minor radius in a toroidal plasma …