Electric field and turbulence in global Braginskii simulations across the ASDEX Upgrade edge and scrape-off layer

Zholobenko, W.; Body, T.; Manz, P.; Stegmeir, A.; Zhu, B.; Griener, M.; Conway, G. D.; Coster, D.; Jenko, F.

doi:10.1088/1361-6587/abd97e

Title: Electric field and turbulence in global Braginskii simulations across the ASDEX Upgrade edge and scrape-off layer

Journal Article · Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/abd97e· OSTI ID:1770517

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Max Planck Inst. für Plasmaphysik, Garching (Germany)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Turbulence simulations in diverted geometry across the edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) of ASDEX Upgrade are performed with the GRILLIX code (Stegmeir et al 2019 Phys. Plasmas 26 052517). The underlying global (full-f) drift-reduced Braginskii model allows to concurrently study the self-consistent dynamics of the turbulence and the background as well as the evolution of toroidal and zonal flows. Different contributions to the radial electric field are identified. The dominant contribution on closed flux surfaces comes from the ion pressure gradient, due to the diamagnetic drift in the curved magnetic field. Large deviations can be induced, in particular, by the polarization particle flux, leading to zonal flows. The latter are driven by small-scale eddies, but do not exhibit much impact on the overall transport which is driven by ballooning modes at larger scales. Ion viscosity is found to be important in damping poloidal rotation through adjusting of the parallel velocity profile, but not via direct vorticity damping. The zonal flow drive peaks at the separatrix, where a strong shear layer forms due to the sheath-induced counter-propagating SOL flow, allowing for the formation of a transport barrier. The temperature profile across the separatrix is determined by the competition between cross-field transport and outflow in the SOL, the latter being largely controlled by the parallel heat conductivity.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1770517

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-815181; 1024323; TRN: US2206829

Journal Information:: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 63, Issue 3; ISSN 0741-3335

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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