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Seeking turbulence optimized configurations for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator: ion temperature gradient and electron temperature gradient turbulence
- We examine the turbulence driven by the ion and electron temperature gradients in selected magnetic configurations of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator. The inherent flexibility in the configuration space of W7-X enables us to find candidate configurations manifesting low turbulent transport. We follow insights gained by stellarator optimization techniques, in order to identify key geometric features, which are directly related to the ion and electron heat fluxes produced by plasma turbulence. One such a feature is the flux expansion at locations where the curvature is particularly unfavourable. Starting from a configuration routinely used in the W7-X experiment, we end up with an optimized configuration. Based on this equilibrium, we select a configuration from W7-X configuration database with a similar feature as the optimized one. With the help of nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations, we show that the heat flux in this configuration is less stiff than in the initial configuration, both for ion temperature gradient and electron temperature gradient turbulence.
Author: | Sven Stroteich, Pavlos Xanthopoulos, Gabriel Plunk, Ralf Schneider |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-107552 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377822000757 |
ISSN: | 1469-7807 |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Plasma Physics |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Place of publication: | Cambridge |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/09/19 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/10/01 |
Release Date: | 2024/02/27 |
Tag: | fusion plasma; plasma instabilities; plasma simulation |
Volume: | 88 |
Issue: | 5 |
Article Number: | 175880501 |
Page Number: | 10 |
Faculties: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik |
Collections: | weitere DFG-förderfähige Artikel |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 International |