Progress report of Japanese simulation research projects using the high-performance computer system Helios in the International Fusion Energy Research Centre

Ishizawa, Akihiro*; Idomura, Yasuhiro; Imadera, Kenji*; Kasuya, Naohiro*; Kanno, Ryutaro*; Satake, Shinsuke*; Tatsuno, Tomoya*; Nakata, Motoki*; Nunami, Masanori*; Maeyama, Shinya*; et al.

Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 92(3), p.157 - 210, 2016/03

http://www.jspf.or.jp/Journal/PDF_JSPF/jspf2016_03/jspf2016_03-157.pdf

The high-performance computer system Helios which is located at The Computational Simulation Centre (CSC) in The International Fusion Energy Research Centre (IFERC) started its operation in January 2012 under the Broader Approach (BA) agreement between Japan and the EU. The Helios system has been used for magnetised fusion related simulation studies in the EU and Japan and has kept high average usage rate. As a result, the Helios system has contributed to many research products in a wide range of research areas from core plasma physics to reactor material and reactor engineering. This project review gives a short catalogue of domestic simulation research projects. First, we outline the IFERC-CSC project. After that, shown are objectives of the research projects, numerical schemes used in simulation codes, obtained results and necessary computations in future.

Simple and fast Poisson solver with arbitrary boundary shape and condition for PIC simulation

Takizuka, Tomonori*; Azuma, Shuhei*; Fukuyama, Atsushi*; Shimizu, Katsuhiro

Contributions to Plasma Physics, 54(4-6), p.388 - 393, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.201410043

Particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations are the very powerful method to understand physics of edge plasmas in fusion devices. Poisson solver with a regular grid in a rectangular vessel is very fast, but it cannot simply be applicable to simulations in complicated divertor configuration. In this paper, a simple and fast Poisson solver with arbitrary boundary shape and condition for PIC simulation is proposed. Boundary points are essential for this Poisson solver, on which the charge density is appropriately given and the boundary condition is satisfied. For particle simulations in the open system, it is necessary to distinguish whether a traced particle moves freely or hits the wall boundary during a time step. A new method for PIC simulation to discriminate a particle position before the boundary or beyond the boundary is also presented.

Study of plasma meniscus formation and beam halo in negative hydrogen ion sources

Okuda, Shin*; Miyamoto, Kenji*; Fukuyama, Toshishige*; Nishioka, Shu*; Hatayama, Akiyoshi*; Fukano, Azusa*; Hanada, Masaya; Kojima, Atsushi

AIP Conference Proceedings 1515, p.107 - 113, 2013/02

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4792776

A meniscus of plasma-beam boundary in H ion sources largely affects the extracted H ion beam optics. Recently it is shown that the beam halo is mainly caused by the meniscus, i.e. ion emissive surface, close to the plasma grid (PG) where its curvature is large. The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect of H surface production rate on plasma meniscus and beam halo formation with PIC (particle-in-cell) modeling. It is shown that the plasma meniscus and beam halo formation is strongly dependent on the amount of surface produced H ions.

Simulation study of L/H transition with self-consistent integrated modelling of core and SOL/divertor transport

Yagi, Masatoshi; Shimizu, Katsuhiro; Takizuka, Tomonori; Honda, Mitsuru; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Hoshino, Kazuo; Fukuyama, Atsushi*

Contributions to Plasma Physics, 52(5-6), p.372 - 378, 2012/06

https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.201210019

On the neoclassical relationship between the radial electric field and radial current in tokamak plasmas

Honda, Mitsuru; Fukuyama, Atsushi*; Nakajima, Noriyoshi*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(11), p.114502_1 - 114502_14, 2011/11

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.114502

Integrated modeling of whole tokamak plasma

Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Honda, Mitsuru; Hoshino, Kazuo; Hamamatsu, Kiyotaka; Shimizu, Katsuhiro; Takizuka, Tomonori; Ozeki, Takahisa; Fukuyama, Atsushi*

Plasma and Fusion Research (Internet), 6(Sp.1), p.2403065_1 - 2403065_8, 2011/08

https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.6.2403065

Alpha particle-driven toroidal rotation in burning plasmas

Honda, Mitsuru; Takizuka, Tomonori; Tobita, Kenji; Matsunaga, Go; Fukuyama, Atsushi*

Nuclear Fusion, 51(7), p.073018_1 - 073018_9, 2011/07

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/7/073018

Self-consistent integrated modelling of core and SOL/divertor transports and simulation study on transient behavior of heat load on divertor targets

Shimizu, Katsuhiro; Takizuka, Tomonori; Hoshino, Kazuo; Honda, Mitsuru; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Takayama, Arimichi*; Fukuyama, Atsushi*; Yagi, Masatoshi*

Proceedings of 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2010) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2011/03

We have developed a self-consistent integrated modelling of core and SOL/divertor transport. Thereby it enables us to investigate operation scenarios to be compatible with high confinement core plasma and detached divertor plasmas. To integrate a 1.5D core code (TOPICS-IB and TASK) and a 2D divertor code (SONIC), we introduce a new Multiple Program Multiple Data parallel computing system. For an integrated code including Monte-Carlo calculations, this system makes it possible to perform efficient simulations. The predictive simulation studies are carried out for JT-60SA with the integrated code (TOPICS-IB/SONIC) and the characteristics of the divertor heat load after the H-mode transition is clarified. We also discuss about the temporal behavior of divertor characteristics after an ELM crash.

Integrated transport simulation of LHD plasmas using TASK3D

Wakasa, Arimitsu*; Fukuyama, Atsushi*; Murakami, Sadayoshi*; Miki, Masayuki*; Yokoyama, Masayuki*; Sato, Masahiko*; Toda, Shinichiro*; Funaba, Hisamichi*; Tanaka, Kenji*; Ida, Katsumi*; et al.

Proceedings of 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2010) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2011/03

http://www-naweb.iaea.org/napc/physics/FEC/FEC2010/html/node347.htm#70894

Current ramps in tokamaks; From present experiments to ITER scenarios

Imbeaux, F.*; Basiuk, V.*; Budny, R.*; Casper, T.*; Citrin, J.*; Fereira, J.*; Fukuyama, Atsushi*; Garcia, J.*; Gribov, Y. V.*; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; et al.

Proceedings of 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2010) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2011/03

http://www-naweb.iaea.org/napc/physics/FEC/FEC2010/html/node62.htm#15893