Modeling and simulations for magnetic fusion

Organisateurs : N. Crouseilles, E. Sonnendrücker.

Magnetic fusion is nowadays an important topic of research with the construction of ITER in Cadarache (France). The succes of ITER will depend on many scientific and technological breakthroughs which rely heavily on numerical simulations requiring to solve extremely complex numerical problems. The aim of the summer school of the INRIA large scale initiative "Fusion" will be to bring together physicists, applied mathematicians and computer scientists to underly the main physical problems which remain complex or source of many open problems.

The following main topics are included:

• mathematical study of approximate models for magnetized plasma
• gyrokinetic simulation of turbulence in the plasma core
• development of a fluid code for the simulation of edge plasma electrostatic turbulence
• development of novel numerical techniques for large scale simulation of plasma turbulence
• identification and control of plasma equilibria
• materials and plasma-wall interaction
• development of visualization tools and steering of ITER simulations

Cours:

• L Villard (EPFL, Suisse) : PIC gyrocinétique (à confirmer)
• P Bertrand (Nancy) : Ondes et chauffage du plasma
• H Guillard (Sophia-Antipolis) : Modelisation des plasmas de bord et MHD

Conferences : voir programme ci-dessous.

L'inscription est obligatoire et gratuite pour les membres de l'Action Envergure, et de 100€ pour les autres participants. Veuillez compléter le formulaire d'inscription en ligne svp.

Comité scientifique : J. Blum, P. Degond, T. Goudon, H. Guillard, Y. Maday, E. Sonnendrücker

Schedule is available here