Modeling ExB drift transport in conceptual slot divertor configurations

At DIII-D, a slot divertor concept, called small-angle-slot (SAS), is under development, aiming to enable detachment at relatively low plasma edge density. We report on simulations using the SOLPS-ITER two-dimensional edge code to examine the performance of conceptual “SAS 2” slot configurations. The focus of the analysis is on E  ×  B drift effects on upstream density at detachment (UDD), with detachment marked by electron temperature T_e ≤ 3 eV at the outer strike point (OSP). With toroidal field such that radial E  ×  B drift carries particles from the OSP towards the private flux region (PFR), placing the OSP near the inner slot wall gives ≈20% lower UDD than having the OSP near the outer wall. The inner wall effectively traps the radial E  ×  B drift flux, resulting in low T_e and associated radial electric field in the PFR, and thus small losses from the slot to the inner target via poloidal E  ×  B drift flux. With toroidal field reversed such that radial E  ×  B drift is reversed, OSP placement near the inner wall gives ≈10% lower UDD than OSP placement near the outer wall. Although radial E  ×  B flux is from the OSP towards the outer wall, this flux largely escapes the slot, raising the UDD. A change in the slot shaping is suggested with the goal of eliminating such E  ×  B -driven particle losses from the slot.     

Minimum dissipative relaxed states in toroidal plasmas

Relaxation of toroidal discharges is described by the principle of minimum energy dissipation together with the constraint of conserved global helicity. The resulting Euler-Lagrange equation is solved in toroidal coordinates for an axisymmetric torus by expressing the solutions in terms of Chandrasekhar-Kendall (C-K) eigenfunctions analytically continued in the complex domain. The C-K eigenfunctions are obtained as hypergeometric functions that are solutions of scalar Helmholtz equation in toroidal coordinates in the large aspect-ratio approximation. Equilibria are constructed by assuming the current to vanish at the edge of plasma. For the m=0, n=0 (m and n are the poloidal and toroidal mode numbers respectively) relaxed states, the magnetic field, current, q (safety factor) and pressure profiles are calculated for a given value of aspect-ratio of the torus and for different values of the eigenvalue λ _{r 0}. The new feature of the present model is that solutions allow for both tokamak as well as RFP-like behaviour with increase in the values of λ _{r 0}, which is related directly to volt-sec in the experiment.     

A dedicated small‐angle X‐ray scattering beamline with a superconducting wiggler source at the NSRRC

At the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), which operates a 1.5 GeV storage ring, a dedicated small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) beamline has been installed with an in‐achromat superconducting wiggler insertion device of peak magnetic field 3.1 T. The vertical beam divergence from the X‐ray source is reduced significantly by a collimating mirror. Subsequently the beam is selectively monochromated by a double Si(111) crystal monochromator with high energy resolution (ΔE/E? 2 × 10^?4) in the energy range 5–23 keV, or by a double Mo/B₄C multilayer monochromator for 10–30 times higher flux (～10¹¹ photons s^?1) in the 6–15 keV range. These two monochromators are incorporated into one rotating cradle for fast exchange. The monochromated beam is focused by a toroidal mirror with 1:1 focusing for a small beam divergence and a beam size of ～0.9 mm × 0.3 mm (horizontal × vertical) at the focus point located 26.5 m from the radiation source. A plane mirror installed after the toroidal mirror is selectively used to deflect the beam downwards for grazing‐incidence SAXS (GISAXS) from liquid surfaces. Two online beam‐position monitors separated by 8 m provide an efficient feedback control for an overall beam‐position stability in the 10 µm range. The beam features measured, including the flux density, energy resolution, size and divergence, are consistent with those calculated using the ray‐tracing program SHADOW. With the deflectable beam of relatively high energy resolution and high flux, the new beamline meets the requirements for a wide range of SAXS applications, including anomalous SAXS for multiphase nanoparticles (e.g. semiconductor core‐shell quantum dots) and GISAXS from liquid surfaces.     

Schur duality in the toroidal setting

The classical Frobenius-Schur duality gives a correspondence between finite dimensional representations of the symmetric and the linear groups. The goal of the present paper is to extend this construction to the quantum toroidal setup with only elementary (algebraic) methods. This work can be seen as a continuation of [J, D1 and C2] (see also [C-P and G-R-V]) where the cases of the quantum groups U _q (sl(n)), Y(sl(n)) (the Yangian) and U _q (sl(n)) are given. In the toroidal setting the two algebras involved are deformations of Cherednik's double affine Hecke algebra introduced in [C1] and of the quantum toroidal group as given in [G-K-V]. Indeed, one should keep in mind the geometrical construction in [G-R-V] and [G-K-V] in terms of equivariant K-theory of some flag manifolds. A similar K-theoretic construction of Cherednik's algebra has motivated the present work. At last, we would like to lay emphasis on the fact that, contrary to [J, D1 and C2], the representations involved in our duality are infinite dimensional. Of course, in the classical case, i.e.,q=1, a similar duality holds between the toroidal Lie algebra and the toroidal version of the symmetric group. The authors would like to thank V. Ginzburg for a useful remark on a preceding version of this paper. Communicated by M. Jimbo     

The microscopic investigation of structures of moving flux lines by neutron and muon techniques

We have used a variety of microscopic techniques to reveal the structure and motion of flux line arrangements, when the flux lines in low T _c type II superconductors are caused to move by a transport current. Using small-angle neutron scattering by the flux line lattice (FLL), we are able to demonstrate directly the alignment by motion of the nearest-neighbor FLL direction. This tends to be parallel to the direction of flux line motion, as had been suspected from two-dimensional simulations. We also see the destruction of the ordered FLL by plastic flow and the bending of flux lines. Another technique that our collaboration has employed is the direct measurement of flux line motion, using the ultra-high-resolution spectroscopy of the neutron spin-echo technique to observe the energy change of neutrons diffracted by moving flux lines. The muon spin rotation (μSR) technique gives the distribution of values of magnetic field within the FLL. We have recently succeeded in performing μSR measurements while the FLL is moving. Such measurements give complementary information about the local speed and orientation of the FLL motion. We conclude by discussing the possible application of this technique to thin film superconductors.     

On the dynamic nature of the freezing process in Ising spin glasses

The distribution of local moments in a two dimensional Ising spin glass with short range Gaussian interactions is investigated by Monte Carlo simulations. Below the freezing temperatureT _f , this distribution has a sharp peak at the saturated moment. The spins can clearly be characterized by a fractionq of frozen spins and 1-q of fast spins which are in thermal equilibrium. Just belowT _f the frozen spins appear in small clusters; the spin glass transition isnot a percolation process. Our results support the local and nonequilibrium character of the spin glass transition.q is related to the remanent magnetization (TRM), the linear response and the field cooled susceptibility. As a consequence magnetic resonance experiments should see, in addition to a broad background, a sharp line splitting whose position does not shift with temperature.     

利用Grad-Shafranov重构方法研究磁尾通量绳的特征参量和内部结构

2009年2月21日THEMIS-C卫星在磁尾X=-15.7R_E(R_E为地球半径,1R_E=6371 km)观测到典型的磁通量绳事件.采用Grad-Shafranov 重构技术研究该磁通量绳的特性、内部磁场和电流结构.研究表明,磁通量绳不变轴位于GSM(geocentric solar magnetospheric coordinates)坐标为(-0.3975,0.8905,0.221 关键词： 磁尾 磁通量绳 Grad-Shafranov重构 多X线重联     

态|Ψ(3)>q中广义电场分量的偶数次N次方Y压缩

构造了由多模复共轭虚相干态、多模复共轭虚相干态的相反态和多模复共轭相干态的线性叠加所组成的一种新型的三态叠加多模叠加态光场|Ψ⁽³⁾>_q.利用多模压缩态理论,研究了态|Ψ⁽³⁾>_q中广义电场分量的偶数次等幂次N次方Y压缩特性.结果发现:态|Ψ⁽³⁾>_q是一种典型的三态叠加多模非经典光场;当压缩次数N等于2P且P为2m’+1(m’=0,1,2,…,…)时,如果各模的初始相位φ_j(j=1,2,3,…,…,q)、态间的初始相位差(θ₁-θ₂)、(θ₁-θ₃)和(θ₂-θ₃),以及各单模相干态光场的总的平均光子数等分别满足各自的取值条件,则在这种情况下态|Ψ⁽³⁾>_q的广义电场分量可呈现出偶数次的广义非线性等幂次2(2m’+1)次方Y压缩效应.     

HT-7超导托卡马克边界等离子体参量及其涨落的实验研究

利用径向可移动朗缪尔三探针和马赫探针对HT-7超导托卡马克边界等离子体参量及其涨落进行了空时空分辨测量.给出了欧姆放电及其与低杂波电流驱动共同作用下边界等离子体电位φ_p、电子温度T_e和电子密度n_e及其涨落的径向分布.实验表明,在限制器附近,存在一由E_r×B确定的极向旋转速度剪切层.在剪切层内,T_e和n_e分布较陡,且φ_p,T_e和n_e的相对涨落水平下降明显.这说明剪切层对边界区的等离子体涨落具有抑制作用.低杂波驱动使径向电场梯度变陡,从而使剪切程度加深但对剪切层宽度无影响.此外,测量表明等离子体环向速度马赫数M_φ存在径向梯度.环向流的这种径向梯度可能是形成径向电场所需的平均极向流的一种重要驱动源 关键词： 托卡马克 边界涨落 低杂波驱动     

Proton Fluxes in the Neutral Sheet: A Case Study by the DOK2 on Interball-1

On December 3, 1996, in the time interval with low geomagnetic activity, the Interball-1 satellite crossed the neutral sheet of geomagnetic tail from north to south at the radial distance 25R _E. Characteristics of proton and electron fluxes 20 keV measured by DOK2 spectrometer are presented. High anisotropy of proton fluxes was observed. Fluxes of protons and their anisotropy are modulated by magnetic field. In a region where the total magnetic field is low and proton fluxes are high the anisotropy is lower and energy spectra of protons are harder than in another region. In the latter one (after 20:17 UT) when the total magnetic field is higher mainly due to an increase of |B _x | (B _x <0), DOK2 observes the increase of proton flux anisotropy. These fluxes have character of spikes. The detailed proton energy spectra shows that the spikes with duration of few seconds are characterised by very quick change of spectral slope. Proton spikes are accompanied by the increases of electron fluxes in the earthward direction. When B _x >0, the proton fluxes in earthward direction predominate. In the time with B _x <0 we observe the proton fluxes in the tail direction. This is in a good agreement with the measurements of bipolar fluxes on Geotail reported by Petrukovich et al. [J. Geophys. Res. 26 (1999) 2909]. We suppose that the cause of these bipolar proton fluxes is the reconnection of geomagnetic field lines during the growth phase of geomagnetic substorm.     

High frequency sound and the boson peak in amorphous silica

We present the results of extensive molecular dynamics computer simulations in which the high frequency dynamics of silica, i.e. for frequencies ν > 0.5 THz, is investigated in the viscous liquid state as well as in the glass state. We characterize the properties of high frequency sound modes by analyzing J _l(q,ν) and J _t(q,ν), the longitudinal and transverse current correlation function, respectively. For wave-vectors q > 0.4 ?^-1 the spectra are sitting on top of a flat background. The dynamic structure factor S(q,ν) exhibits for q > 0.23 ?^-1 a boson peak which is located nearly independent of q around 1.7 THz and for which the intensity scales approximately linearly with temperature. We show that the low frequency part of the boson peak is mainly due to the elastic scattering of transverse acoustic modes with frequencies around 1 THz. The strength of this scattering depends on q and is largest around q = 1.7 ?^-1, the location of the first sharp diffraction peak in the static structure factor. By studying S(q,ν) for different system sizes we show that strong finite size effects are present in the low frequency part of the boson peak in that for small systems part of its intensity is missing. We discuss the consequences of these finite size effects for the structural relaxation. Received 27 June 2000 and Received in final form 9 January 2001     

第Ⅰ类两态叠加多模叠加态光场的非线性高阶压缩特性研究

本文在文献20的基础上进一步提出了多模辐射场的N-Y最小测不准态、N-H最小测不准态、N-Y压缩最小测不准态以及N-H压缩最小测不准态等的定义.构造了由多模(q模)相干态|{Z_j}>_q及其相反态|{-Z_j}>_q的线性叠加所组成的第Ⅰ类两态叠加多模叠加态光场|ψ₁⁽²⁾>_q,利用文献20新近提出的有关多模辐射场的两种非线性高阶压缩的定义,首次对态|ψ₁⁽²⁾>_q的N次方Y压缩及N次方H压缩效应进行了详细研究.结果表明,1)当N为偶数时,态|ψ₁⁽²⁾>_q恒处于N-Y最小测不准态;当N为奇数时,态|ψ₁⁽²⁾>_q在一定条件下可呈现出周期性变化的、任意阶的N次方Y压缩效应.2)当q·N为偶数时,态|ψ₁⁽²⁾>_q恒处于N-H最小测不准态;当q·N为奇数时,在另外的条件下,态|ψ₁⁽²⁾>_q则可呈现出周期性变化的、任意阶的N次方H压缩效应.3)N次方Y压缩及N次方H压缩效应的压缩深度与腔模总数q、压缩参数R_j以及压缩阶数N等非线性相关,后者与上述参量的非线性关联程度要比前者的更强.     

Generalized susceptibilities and phonon anomalies in Pd and Pt metals

The generalized susceptibility, χ(q), in Pd and Pt for q along the [100], [110], [111], and [120] directions was determined from their APW and RAPW energy band structures, respectively, using the analytic tetrahedron linear energy scheme of Rath and Freeman. The band structures were previously found to yield Fermi surface radii, temperature dependencies of the static magnetic susceptibility, χ(T), resistivity, and a spin lattice relaxation, T₁T, in very good agreement with experiment. In the χ(q) calculations, we used 2048 tetrahedra in 1/48th irreducible BZ and the energy eigenvalues for bands 4, 5, and 6 which cross the Fermi energy as fitted to a Fourier series representation. The intraband parts of χ(q) at q = 0 for both metals are found to agree with the density of states at the Fermi energy to without 0.5%. Our results show that the dominant contribution to χ_intra arises from the dominant band 5 whose “jungle-gym” FS has strong nesting features; the main peak for Pd occurs at the same q value (= 0.65π/a) for q along the [0q0], [q, q, 0], and [q, q, q] directions. The locus of this main peak is a square in the (0, 0, 1) plane. The maximum of χ_intra for q along the [110] and [111] directions are 23% and 13%, respectively, higher than the value of χ(q) at q = 0. For q along the [010] and [120] directions, the peak is, however, lower than the value of χ_intra at q = 0. Hence, while phonon anomalies are predicted for the [110] and [111] directions, no anomaly is predicted for either the [100] or [120] direction. The predicted q value for the [110] anomaly, $\text{q}\text{= 0.65π/a}$ is close to the experimental value of ～0.7 π/a. Although there may be a hint of an anomaly at 0.56 [111] in the measurements, a more detailed investigation of this region is called for. For platinum, χ_intra for q along the [010], [110] and [111] directions has main peaks which occur at q = 0.68 π/a, 0.75 π/a, and 0.85 π/a, respectively. Here too, this main peak comes from the nesting of the jungle-gym Fermi surface which is not, however, as flat as that of palladium. Anomalies are predicted (although weaker in Pt than in Pd) along [110] and [111] but not along [100] and [120]. The [110] anomaly is close to the measured q value (～0.7–0.8 π/a). Also in agreement with experiment, we predict a weaker [110] anomaly for Pt than for Pd. In both Pd and Pt, weaker anomalies are predicted for the [111] direction than for the [110] direction.     

态|ψ5(3)〉q中广义电场的2(2m+1)次方Y压缩特性

利用多模压缩态理论,研究了由多模复共轭相干态|{Z_j^*}〉_q(j =1,2,3,…,…,q)、多模复共轭相干态的相反态|{-Z_j^*}〉_q和多模虚相干态|{iZ_{j}〉q的线性叠加所组成的第Ⅴ类三态叠加多模叠加态光场|ψ5⁽³⁾〉q中广义电场分量的等幂次N次方Y压缩特性 .结果发现 :当压缩次数N=2 p且p=2m+1(m=0,1,2,…,…)时,在一定的条件下,态|ψ5⁽³⁾〉q的广义电场分量(即第二正交相位分量)可呈现出周期性变化的、偶数次的等幂次2(2m+1)次方Y压缩效应 .}     

多模奇相干态光场中的N-Y最小测不准态与N-H最小测不准态

本文根据新近建立的多模辐射场的广义非线性等阶高阶压缩理论,对多模奇相干态光场|Ψ,o〉_q中的N次方Y压缩、N次方H压缩、N-Y最小测不准态以及N-H最小测不准态等进行了详细研究.结果表明:1)当压缩阶数N为偶数时,多模奇相干态|Ψ,o〉_q总是恒处于N-Y最小测不准态;当N为奇数时,态|Ψ,o〉_q既不处于N-Y最小测不准态,也不呈现N次方Y压缩效应.2)当q & #183;N为偶数时,多模奇相干态|Ψ,o〉_q总是恒处于N-H最小测不准态;当q & #183;N为奇数时,态|Ψ,o〉_q既不处于N-H最小测不准态,也不呈现N次方H压缩效应.3)多模奇相干态|Ψ,o〉_q恒处于N-Y最小测不准态与恒处于N-H最小测不准态的条件明显不同,两者存在着严格的区别.     

第V类两态叠加多模叠加态光场的广义非线性等阶N次方Y压缩

本文构造了由多模真空态|{0_j}>_q和多模虚相干态的相反态|{-iZ_j}>_q这两者的线性叠加所组成的第V类两态叠加多模叠加态光场|ψ₅⁽²⁾>_q.利用多模压缩态理论,研究了态|ψ₅⁽²⁾>_q的广义非线性等阶N次方Y压缩特性.结果发现:1)态|ψ₅⁽²⁾>_q是一种典型的多模非经典光场;无论压缩阶数N取奇还是取偶,只要各模的初始相位φ_j(j=1,2,3,…,…,q)和态间的初始相位差(θ_nq^(I)-θ_oq^(o))等满足一定的取值条件,态|ψ₅⁽²⁾>_q总可呈现出周期性变化的、任意奇数阶和任意偶数阶的广义非线性等阶N次方Y压缩效应.2)态|ψ₅⁽²⁾>_q所分别呈现的任意奇数阶和任意偶数阶的等阶N次方Y压缩效应,其压缩条件、压缩特征以及压缩程度和压缩深度等各不相同.3)无论压缩阶数N取奇还是取偶,态|ψ₅⁽²⁾>_q的第一和第二这两个正交分量的等阶N次方Y压缩效应总是呈现出周期性的互补关系.     

态|ψ3(3)〉q中广义磁场分量的N次方Y压缩效应

构造了由多模复共轭相干态|{Z_j^*}〉_q、多模复共轭虚相干态|{iZ_j^*}〉_q和多模真空态|{Q_j} 〉_q这三态的线性叠加所组成的第Ⅲ类三态叠加多模叠加态光场|ψ₃⁽³⁾〉_q.利用多模压缩态理论研究了态|ψ₃⁽³⁾〉_q中广义磁场分量的任意偶数次广义非线性等幂次N次方Y压缩特性.结果发现:在压缩次数N取偶数,只要各模的初始相位φ_j(j=1,2,3,…,…,q),态间的初始相位差(θ_i-θ₂)(i=1,3)和各单模相干态光场平均光子数R_j²之和 分别满足各自的取值条件,态|ψ₃⁽³⁾〉_q的广义磁场分量(即第一正交相位分量)就可呈现出周期性变化的、任意偶数次的广义非线性等幂次N次方Y压缩效应.     

Scattering of keV H+ from Au(110)—comparison between experiment and simulation

Abstract

Angle resolved energy spectra for H⁺ ₂ scattering from Au(110) have been compared to simulations using MARLOWE and SABRE binary collision codes. The results of both simulations agree with each other but only qualitatively with the experiment. The simulations indicate that (i) contributions to the surface peak in the energy spectra come from both single and double scattering at the surface (ii) the amount of inelastic loss suffered by the scattered ion is sensitive to the loss model and (iii) azimuthal scans around the double alignment direction can be simulated quite well if an increased experimental background is included.     

一种强度不等的新型两态叠加多模叠加态光场的等阶N次方Y压缩效应

本文构造了由多模虚共轭相干态{iZ_j^(a)*}>_q与多模虚共轭相干态的相反态|{-iZ_j^(b)*}>_q这两者的线性叠加所组成的一种强度不等的新型两态叠加多模叠加态光场 |Ψ^(ab)>_q.利用多模压缩态理论,对态|Ψ^(ab)>_q的等阶N次方Y压缩特性进行了详细研究.结果发现:该态在一定条件下可呈现出周期性变化的任意奇数阶和任意偶数阶的等阶N次方Y压缩效应,而在特殊条件下,则呈现出等阶N次方Y压缩简并现象.