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Simulation Plasma Physics Lab
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The lab uses computer simulation to explore the mechanisms of plasma turbulence.
AboutAbout the lab
Using e-science to explore how plasma turbulence works
The Simulation Plasma Physics Lab studies plasma turbulence, which is important in fusion plasmas, through computer simulation.
Its specialty is simulation of fusion plasmas, but the lab aims to pioneer new research methods spanning science to engineering, including space plasmas.
In the same field of fusion simulation, the Fujisawa Lab does experimental research and the Kasuya Lab does numerical computation.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Kasuya Lab."
Key terms
- Plasma turbulence
- A phenomenon in which density, electric field, and other quantities in a plasma fluctuate irregularly and form vortices
- Zonal flow
- A band-like plasma flow that runs all the way around in the circumferential direction
- Streamer
- A vortex structure localized in the circumferential direction
- Tokamak
- A type of fusion research device that confines plasma with a doughnut-shaped magnetic field
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uses simulation to explore how turbulence in magnetically confined fusion plasmas creates "structures." It also aims to pioneer new research methods, such as creating turbulence inside a computer and analyzing it in combination with a simulation that "measures" that turbulence.
*Illustrative imageResponse Simulation of Torus Plasmas
The lab studies the nonlinear behavior that turbulence brings to torus plasmas. By simulating how pressure changes in the core propagate, and using statistical analysis methods, it clarified the mechanisms of turbulence-driven acceleration and of the time delay in the response.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping a Plasma Turbulence Measurement Simulator
The lab explores how turbulence in magnetically confined fusion plasmas forms "structures." It is developing a "turbulence measurement simulator" that combines turbulence simulation with a module that "measures" the resulting turbulent field.
*Illustrative imageBifurcation of Turbulent Structures in Linear Plasmas
Using the simple magnetic geometry of a cylindrical linear device, the lab explores the basic processes by which turbulence creates structures. It developed the Numerical Linear Device to simulate resistive drift wave turbulence, and clarified how zonal flows and streamers are selectively formed.
*Illustrative imageTransport Simulation with Integrated Codes
Using integrated codes, the lab simulates transport in tokamaks. Its research theme is transport in burning plasmas, with impurities also listed as a keyword.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kasuya Lab consist of faculty members and doctoral and master's students.
- ProfessorNaohiro Kasuya
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Nuclear Physicists Wield HPC to Uncover Magic Isotopes” OLCF / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Response Simulation of Torus Plasmas: “BUMPY TORUS SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET PLASMA RESEARCH FACILITY - SUMMA FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RESEARCH - NARA - 17427498” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Developing a Plasma Turbulence Measurement Simulator: “Born of turbulence” Giannandrea Inchingolo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Bifurcation of Turbulent Structures in Linear Plasmas: “Large Plasma Device Interior 2020” AquaDTRS / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Transport Simulation with Integrated Codes: “Virtual Universes” OLCF / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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