@article{8692,
  author = {M. Wensing and H. Reimerdes and O. Février and C. Colandrea and L. Martinelli and K. Verhaegh and F. Bagnato and P. Blanchard and B. Vincent and A. Perek and S. Gorno and H. de Oliveira and C. Theiler and B.P. Duval and C.K. Tsui and M. Baquero-Ruiz and M. Wischmeier and TCV team and MST1 Team},
  title = {SOLPS-ITER validation with TCV L-mode discharges},
  abstract = {This work presents a quantitative test of SOLPS-ITER simulations against tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) L-mode experiments. These simulations account for drifts, currents, kinetic neutrals, and carbon impurities providing the most complete edge transport simulations for TCV to date. The comparison is performed on nominally identical discharges carried out to assess the effectiveness of TCV's divertor baffles in the framework of the European Plasma Exhaust program and employs numerous edge diagnostics providing a detailed code-experiment benchmark for TCV. The simulations show a qualitative consistency, but the quantitative differences remain, which are assessed herein. It is found that, for a given separatrix density, the simulations most notably yield a colder, and denser, divertor state with a higher divertor neutral pressure than measured.
},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {082508},
  url = {https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_3338598_2/component/file_3338902/content},
  doi = {10.1063/5.0056216},
  language = {eng},
}