\textbf{Non-axisymmetric heat flux patterns on tokamak divertor tiles}

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Abstract

An updated model for divertor heat flux simulation in 3D plasmas with applied RMP finds peak heat fluxes and layer widths compare well to infrared camera measurements in DIII-D. A heat flux model for perturbed plasmas based on guiding center ion drift in vacuum fields [A. Wingen et al., PoP (2014)] is reintroduced. Divertor footprints are simulated for multiple ion kinetic energies and summed, using a Maxwellian distribution as weight factors to account for their respective contribution. Ion drifts cause the heat flux to shift towards the private flux region. Recently, the model was extended to add E\texttimes B drift effects. It is found that a radial electric field E$_{\mathrm{r}}$ in the near SOL can considerably shift the footprints toroidally, leading to a smear out effect of the incident heat flux, while the E$_{\mathrm{r}}$ inside the separatrix has little impact on footprints. The modeled toroidally averaged heat flux patterns can be fit well to an Eich profile [T. Eich et al., PRL (2011)].

Authors

  • Andreas Wingen

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORLN

  • D. M. Orlov

    UCSD

  • Matthew Reinke

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL

  • I. Bykov

    UCSD

  • T.E. Evans

    General Atomics, GA, General Atomics, San Diego, CA

  • Thomas Looby

    UT Knoxville, University of Tennessee

  • Theresa Wilks

    MIT-PSFC, MIT, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT