Status of the COMPASS tokamak and characterization of the first H-mode

R Panek, J Adámek, M Aftanas, P Bílková… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper summarizes the status of the COMPASS tokamak, its comprehensive diagnostic
equipment and plasma scenarios as a baseline for the future studies. The former COMPASS …

An Analytical Expression for the Electric Field and Particle Tracing in Modelling of Be Erosion Experiments at the JET ITER‐like Wall

I Borodkina, D Borodin, A Kirschner… - … to Plasma Physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A new analytical approximation for the electric potential profile in the presence of an oblique
magnetic field and the analytical solution for the particle motion just before the impact with a …

hPIC: A scalable electrostatic particle-in-cell for plasma–material interactions

R Khaziev, D Curreli - Computer Physics Communications, 2018 - Elsevier
The hPIC code is a fully-kinetic electrostatic Particle-in-Cell application targeted at large-
scale simulations of Plasma–Material Interactions. The code can simulate multi-component …

Particle-in-cell simulations of plasma interaction with shaped and unshaped gaps in TEXTOR

M Komm, R Dejarnac, JP Gunn… - Plasma physics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents particle-in-cell simulations of the plasma behaviour in the vicinity of
gaps in castellated plasma-facing components (PFCs). The point of interest was the test …

Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of gap crossings in castellated plasma-facing components in tokamaks

M Komm, R Dejarnac, JP Gunn… - Plasma Physics and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the first three-dimensional (3D) particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of
castellated plasma-facing components (PFCs) in tokamaks. Special focus is given to …

Transport of electrons in the tunnel of an ion sensitive probe

M Komm, J Adamek, R Dejarnac… - Plasma Physics and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Ion sensitive probes serve to measure the ion temperature in magnetized plasma. Such a
probe typically consists of a collector submerged inside a hollow tube, which is oriented …

Particle‐In‐Cell Simulations of the Ball‐Pen Probe

M Komm, J Adamek, Z Pekarek… - Contributions to Plasma …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we present results of Particle‐In‐Cell simulations of a simplified model of the
Ball‐pen probe (BPP). The BPP is a probe designed for direct measurements of plasma …

Effect of misaligned edges and magnetic field orientation on plasma deposition into gaps during ELMs on ITER

R Dejarnac, M Komm, JP Gunn, Z Pekarek - Journal of nuclear materials, 2011 - Elsevier
In tokamaks, where possible in areas of high conducted heat flux flowing parallel to
magnetic field lines (for example in the divertor strike point vicinity), surfaces are oriented …

3D particle-in-cell modeling of Langmuir probe effective collecting area in magnetized plasma

A Podolník, M Komm, J Adámek, P Háček… - Plasma Physics and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Langmuir probes are a widespread tool for measurement of important plasma parameters
such as electron temperature T e, plasma electron density ne, ion saturation current I sat and …

Kinetic study of plasma behavior and its effect on plasma facing surface in the castellated tile gap

C Sang, J Sun, D Wang - Journal of nuclear materials, 2011 - Elsevier
The gaps between divertor tiles are ideal hideouts of impurities. To investigate the impurity
deposition in the gaps, one needs to understand the plasma behavior well. This work …