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Title: Final Report for "Simulation Tools for Parallel Microwave Particle in Cell Modeling"

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/938509· OSTI ID:938509

Transport of high-power rf fields and the subsequent deposition of rf power into plasma is an important component of developing tokamak fusion energy. Two limitations on rf heating are: (i) breakdown of the metallic structures used to deliver rf power to the plasma, and (ii) a detailed understanding of how rf power couples into a plasma. Computer simulation is a main tool for helping solve both of these problems, but one of the premier tools, VORPAL, is traditionally too difficult to use for non-experts. During this Phase II project, we developed the VorpalView user interface tool. This tool allows Department of Energy researchers a fully graphical interface for analyzing VORPAL output to more easily model rf power delivery and deposition in plasmas.

Research Organization:
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-03ER83841
OSTI ID:
938509
Report Number(s):
Final Report; 7040; TRN: US1000936
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English