Control of test particle transport in a turbulent electrostatic model of the Scrape Off Layer

The ${\bm E}\times{\bm B}$ drift motion of charged test particle dynamics in the Scrape Off Layer (SOL)is analyzed to investigate a transport control strategy based on Hamiltonian dynamics. We model SOL turbulence using a 2D non-linear fluid code based on interchange instability which was found to exhibit intermittent dynamics of the particle flux. The effect of a small and appropriate modification of the turbulent electric potential is studied with respect to the chaotic diffusion of test particle dynamics. Over a significant range in the magnitude of the turbulent electrostatic field, a three-fold reduction of the test particle diffusion coefficient is achieved.

Guido Ciraolo, Philippe Ghendrih, Yanick Sarazin, Cristel Chandre, Ricardo Lima, et al.. Control of test particle transport in a turbulent electrostatic model of the Scrape Off Layer. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2007, 363-365, pp.550-554. ⟨hal-00183859⟩

Journal: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Date de publication: 01-01-2007

Auteurs:
  • Guido Ciraolo
  • Philippe Ghendrih
  • Yanick Sarazin
  • Cristel Chandre
  • Ricardo Lima
  • Michel Vittot
  • Marco Pettini


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