Validation of neutron emission and neutron energy spectrum calculations on a Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak with directional relativistic spectrum simulator

Sperduti, A.; Klimek, I.; Conroy, S.; Cecconello, M.; Gorelenkova, M.; Snicker, A.

doi:10.1088/1361-6587/abca7d

Title: Validation of neutron emission and neutron energy spectrum calculations on a Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak with directional relativistic spectrum simulator

Journal Article · Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/abca7d· OSTI ID:1820178

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Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Aalto Univ., Otaniemi (Finland)

The recently developed directional relativistic spectrum simulator (DRESS) code has been validated for the first time against numerical calculations and experimental measurements performed on the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak . In this validation, the neutron emissivities and rates computed by DRESS are benchmarked against TRANSP/NUBEAM predictions while the neutron energy spectra provided by DRESS taking as input TRANSP/NUBEAM and ASCOT/BBNBI in Gyro-Orbit mode fast ion distributions are validated against proton pulse height spectra measured by the neutron flux monitor. Finally, excellent agreement was found between DRESS and TRANSP/NUBEAM predictions of local and total neutron emission.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); Swedish Research Council (SRC); Academy of Finland; European Commission (EC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; EP/I501045; 633053; 324759

OSTI ID:: 1820178

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1734374

Journal Information:: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 63, Issue 1; ISSN 0741-3335

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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