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

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

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    Abstract

    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. Excellent agreement was found between DRESS and TRANSP/NUBEAM predictions of local and total neutron emission.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number015015
    JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
    Volume63
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2020
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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