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JOREK simulations of RE generation in the Ar-MGI-triggered disruption in JET pulse 95135 Oral
Eric Nardon (CEA)
E. Nardon, V. Bandaru, D. Hu, M. Hoelzl, C. Sommariva, C. Wang, the JOREK team
SCHEDULED This contribution is scheduled to be presented on Tuesday 20th 11:30-12:00
Abstract
In JET pulse 95135, a runaway electron (RE) beam was intentionally created by means of an argon (Ar) massive gas injection (MGI) which triggered a disruption. A D2 shattered pellet injection into the beam was then performed, leading to its benign termination (C. Reux et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 [2021] 175001). The RE termination phase has been studied with JOREK (V. Bandaru et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63 [2021] 035024) and these studies are being pursued. However, here, we do not study the termination of the beam but its generation following the Ar-MGI-triggered disruption, which has been studied already with GO and DREAM (A. Järvinen, J. Plasma Phys. 88 [2022] 905880612). At this stage, we use 2D axisymmetric simulations, tuning some parameters (transport coefficients, Ar source) in an ad hoc way in order to obtain a reasonable agreement with experimental observations, e.g. regarding the current quench timescale. We then assess RE generation with the RE fluid model of JOREK or with a test particle approach.
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