A backward Monte Carlo method for fast-ion-loss simulations

dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorZonta, Filippoen_US
dc.contributor.authorSanchis, Luciaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHirvijoki, Eeroen_US
dc.contributor.author, ASDEX Upgrade Teamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Applied Physicsen
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T07:17:23Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T07:17:23Z
dc.date.issued2022-01en_US
dc.description| openaire: EC/H2020/633053/EU//EUROfusion
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a novel scheme to improve the statistics of simulated fast-ion loss signals and power loads to plasma-facing components in fusion devices. With the so-called backward Monte Carlo method, the probabilities of marker particles reaching a chosen target surface can be approximately traced from the target back into the plasma. Utilizing the probabilities as a priori information for the well-established Forward Monte Carlo method, statistics in fast-ion simulations are significantly improved. For testing purposes, the scheme has been implemented to the ASCOT suite of codes and applied to a realistic ASDEX upgrade configuration of beam-ion distributionsen
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationZonta, F, Sanchis, L, Hirvijoki, E & ASDEX Upgrade Team 2022, 'A backward Monte Carlo method for fast-ion-loss simulations', Nuclear Fusion, vol. 62, no. 2, 026010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac3a1ben
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1741-4326/ac3a1ben_US
dc.identifier.issn0029-5515
dc.identifier.issn1741-4326
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/112240
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202201121148
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/633053/EU//EUROfusionen_US
dc.relation.fundinginfoThe work of FZ, LS, and EH was supported by the Academy of Finland Grant Nos. 320058, 324759, and 315278 respectively. The authors wish to acknowledge CSC-IT Center for Science, Finland, for computational resources. This work has been partially carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has partially received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 and 2019-2020 under Grant Agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission. The authors also wish to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNuclear Fusionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 62, issue 2en
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dc.subject.keywordMonte Carloen_US
dc.subject.keywordbackward Monte Carloen_US
dc.subject.keywordAUGen_US
dc.subject.keywordfast-ion lossesen_US
dc.subject.keywordfast ionsen_US
dc.subject.keywordFILDen_US
dc.titleA backward Monte Carlo method for fast-ion-loss simulationsen
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi

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