Hydrogen Spectral Line Shape Formation in the SOL of Fusion Reactor Plasmas

The problems related to the spectral line-shape formation in the scrape of layer (SOL) in fusion reactor plasma for typical observation chords are considered. The SOL plasma is characterized by the relatively low electron density (1012–1013 cm−3) and high temperature (from 10 eV up to 1 keV). The main effects responsible for the line-shape formation in the SOL are Doppler and Zeeman effects. The main problem is a correct modeling of the neutral atom velocity distribution function (VDF). The VDF is determined by a number of atomic processes, namely: molecular dissociation, ionization and charge exchange of neutral atoms on plasma ions, electron excitation accompanied by the charge exchange from atomic excited states, and atom reflection from the wall. All the processes take place step by step during atom motion from the wall to the plasma core. In practice, the largest contribution to the neutral atom radiation emission comes from a thin layer near the wall with typical size 10–20 cm, which is small as compared with the minor radius of modern devices including international test experimental reactor ITER (radius 2 m). The important problem is a strongly non-uniform distribution of plasma parameters (electron and ion densities and temperatures). The distributions vary for different observation chords and ITER operation regimes. In the present report, most attention is paid to the problem of the VDF calculations. The most correct method for solving the problem is an application of the Monte Carlo method for atom motion near the wall. However, the method is sometimes too complicated to be combined with other numerical codes for plasma modeling for various regimes of fusion reactor operation. Thus, it is important to develop simpler methods for neutral atom VDF in space coordinates and velocities. The efficiency of such methods has to be tested via a comparison with the Monte Carlo codes for particular plasma conditions. Here a new simplified method for description of neutral atoms penetration into plasma is suggested. The method is based on the ballistic motion of neutrals along the line-of-sight (LoS) in the forward–back approximation. As a result, two-dimensional distribution functions, dependent on the LoS coordinate and the velocity projection on the LoS, and responsible for the Doppler broadening of the line shape, are calculated. A comparison of the method with Monte Carlo calculations allows the evaluation of the accuracy of the ballistic model. The Balmer spectral line shapes are calculated for specific LoS typical for ITER diagnostic

“XANSONS for COD”: a new small BOINC project in crystallography

“XANSONS for COD” (http://xansons4cod.com) is a new BOINC project aimed at creating the open-access database of simulated x-ray and neutron powder diffraction patterns for nanocrystalline phase of materials from the collection of the Crystallography Open Database (COD). The project uses original open-source software XaNSoNS to simulate diffraction patterns on CPU and GPU. This paper describes the scientific problem this project solves, the project’s internal structure, its operation principles and organization of the final database

Automodel Solutions of Biberman-Holstein Equation for Stark Broadening of Spectral Lines

The accuracy of approximate automodel solutions for the Green’s function of the Biberman-Holstein equation for the Stark broadening of spectral lines is analyzed using the distributed computing. The high accuracy of automodel solutions in a wide range of parameters of the problem is shown

Enzyme compositions in biological processes of animals to obtain environmentally friendly products

The urgency of the investigated problem is due to the fact that enzymatic compositions in the diets of agricultural mammals contribute to better digestion of nutrients, which allows increasing the rate of inexpensive raw materials ‘rich’ in anti-nutritional factors without compromising the health and productivity of the animal. The article is aimed at researching the digestibility of nutrients and the effect of enzyme compositions on the productivity of cows, and on the analysis of changes in live weight and average daily increments, slaughter and meat qualities of experimental young fattening pigs. The leading method of study is conducting scientific, economic and physiological experiments. Studies allow revealing the effects of enzyme compositions on the gastrointestinal tract microflora, which will directly affect the digestibility of nutrients and productive qualities. The digestibility ratios of feed nutrients were greater in the animals of the experimental groups receiving the enzyme compositions. In cows, milk production increased, and milk composition improved. In the experimental groups of pigs, there was an increase in live weight and average daily growth; a high yield of meat was obtained and the best ratio of meat to fat was observed. The results can be used to study metabolic processes in animals

Development of a set of synthetic diagnostics for the confrontation between 2D transport simulations and WEST tokamak experimental data

International audienceTransport codes are frequently used for describing fusion plasmas with the aim to prepare tokamak operations. Considering novel codes, such as SolEdge3X-HDG, synthetic diagnostics are a common technique used to validate new models and confront them with experimental data. The purpose of this study is to develop a set of synthetic diagnostics, starting from bolometer and visible cameras for the WEST tokamak, in order to compare the code results with the experimental data. This research is done in the framework of Raysect and Cherab Python libraries. This allows us to process various synthetic diagnostics in the same fashion in terms of 3D ray tracing with volume emitters developed specifically for fusion plasmas. We were able to implement the WEST tokamak model and the design of bolometer and visible cameras. Synthetic signals, based on full-discharge WEST plasma simulation, were used for to compare the SolEdge3X-HDG output plasma with experimental data. The study also considers the optical properties of the plasma-facing components (PFCs) and their influence on the performance of diagnostics. The paper shows a unified approach to synthetic diagnostic design, which will be further extended to cover the remaining diagnostics on the WEST tokamak

Development of a set of synthetic diagnostics for the confrontation between 2D transport simulations and WEST tokamak experimental data

International audienceTransport codes are frequently used for describing fusion plasmas with the aim to prepare tokamak operations. Considering novel codes, such as SolEdge3X-HDG, synthetic diagnostics are a common technique used to validate new models and confront them with experimental data. The purpose of this study is to develop a set of synthetic diagnostics, starting from bolometer and visible cameras for the WEST tokamak, in order to compare the code results with the experimental data. This research is done in the framework of Raysect and Cherab Python libraries. This allows us to process various synthetic diagnostics in the same fashion in terms of 3D ray tracing with volume emitters developed specifically for fusion plasmas. We were able to implement the WEST tokamak model and the design of bolometer and visible cameras. Synthetic signals, based on full-discharge WEST plasma simulation, were used for to compare the SolEdge3X-HDG output plasma with experimental data. The study also considers the optical properties of the plasma-facing components (PFCs) and their influence on the performance of diagnostics. The paper shows a unified approach to synthetic diagnostic design, which will be further extended to cover the remaining diagnostics on the WEST tokamak

Development of a Set of Synthetic Diagnostics for the Confrontation between 2D Transport Simulations and WEST Tokamak Experimental Data

Transport codes are frequently used for describing fusion plasmas with the aim to prepare tokamak operations. Considering novel codes, such as SolEdge3X-HDG, synthetic diagnostics are a common technique used to validate new models and confront them with experimental data. The purpose of this study is to develop a set of synthetic diagnostics, starting from bolometer and visible cameras for the WEST tokamak, in order to compare the code results with the experimental data. This research is done in the framework of Raysect and Cherab Python libraries. This allows us to process various synthetic diagnostics in the same fashion in terms of 3D ray tracing with volume emitters developed specifically for fusion plasmas. We were able to implement the WEST tokamak model and the design of bolometer and visible cameras. Synthetic signals, based on full-discharge WEST plasma simulation, were used for to compare the SolEdge3X-HDG output plasma with experimental data. The study also considers the optical properties of the plasma-facing components (PFCs) and their influence on the performance of diagnostics. The paper shows a unified approach to synthetic diagnostic design, which will be further extended to cover the remaining diagnostics on the WEST tokamak

Self-Similar Solutions in the Theory of Nonstationary Radiative Transfer in Spectral Lines in Plasmas and Gases

Radiative transfer (RT) in spectral lines in plasmas and gases under complete redistribution of the photon frequency in the emission-absorption act is known as a superdiffusion transport characterized by the irreducibility of the integral (in the space coordinates) equation for the atomic excitation density to a diffusion-type differential equation. The dominant role of distant rare flights (Lévy flights, introduced by Mandelbrot for trajectories generated by the Lévy stable distribution) is well known and is used to construct approximate analytic solutions in the theory of stationary RT (the escape probability method is the best example). In the theory of nonstationary RT, progress based on similar principles has been made recently. This includes approximate self-similar solutions for the Green’s function (i) at an infinite velocity of carriers (no retardation effects) to cover the Biberman–Holstein equation for various spectral line shapes; (ii) for a finite fixed velocity of carriers to cover a wide class of superdiffusion equations dominated by Lévy walks with rests; (iii) verification of the accuracy of above solutions by comparison with direct numerical solutions obtained using distributed computing. The article provides an overview of the above results with an emphasis on the role of distant rare flights in the discovery of nonstationary self-similar solutions

Development of a set of synthetic diagnostics for the WEST tokamak to confront 2D transport simulations and experimental data

5th International Conference Frontiers In Diagnostics Technologies Enea Frascati Research Centre, Frascati, Italy 19–21 October 2022International audienceSignificant scientific effort has been focused on optimizing the scenarios and plasma parameters for tokamak operations. The lack of comprehensive understanding of underlying physical processes leads to simplifications used both in plasma simulation codes and for diagnostics, which is also complicated by the harsh plasma environment. One of the main tools to couple, check and verify these assumptions are the synthetic diagnostics. In this work we demonstrate current results of the development of the set of synthetic diagnostics for the WEST tokamak to couple experimental data with the SolEdge3X-HDG 2D transport code