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Simulations of Runaway Electron Generation including Hot-Tail Effect

  • 1. Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540 (Japan)
  • 2. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Naka (Japan)

Description

Full text: The suppression and mitigation of runaway electron (RE) is an urgent issue of large scale tokamak operation. The contribution of hot-tail effect, which arises from the fast thermal quench, is studied using Fokker-Planck simulation. It is found that if the thermal quench is fast enough to invoke the hot-tail effect, it may produce seed REs and enhance total RE current even in a high electron density plasma. (author)

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26. IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. Programme, Abstracts and Conference Material

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
26. IAEA Fusion Energy Conference. Programme, Abstracts and Conference Material
Imprint Pagination
935 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 516
Report number
IAEA-CN--234

Conference

Title
26. IAEA Fusion Energy Conference
Acronym
FEC 2016
Dates
17-22 Oct 2016
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49093350
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SEEDING; RUNAWAY ELECTRONS; TOKAMAK DEVICES
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SIMULATION; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES

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Notes
Abstract only
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--234-0263