First Research Coordination Meeting of the Edge Plasmas CRP

Meeting Report

The First Research Coordination Meeting of the Molecules in Edge Plasmas CRP was held from 6 – 8 December 2023 in Room C0440 at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna. The Scientific Secretary is Christian HILL.

Edge Plasmas CRP: RCM1 group photo

Agenda

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

10:00 – 10:30Arjan KONING, Kalle HEINOLA, Christian HILL (IAEA): Meeting Opening and Welcome
10:30 – 11:00Dmitry FURSA (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Australia)
An update on MCC calculations: molecular hydrogen, its isotopologues and beyond
[abstract (pdf)] online
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00Kalyan Kumar CHAKRABARTI (Scottish Church College, India)
Electron collision studies on some molecular species in edge plasmas
[abstract (pdf)]
12:00 – 12:30Jonathan TENNYSON (University College London, United Kingdom)
Molecule physics at the edge of fusion plasmas: BH and WH
[abstract (pdf)]
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 14:30Åsa LARSON (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Theoretical studies of scattering processes involving H2 and BH reaction complexes
[abstract (pdf)]
14:30 – 15:00Ioan F. SCHNEIDER (Université le Havre Normandie, France)
Electron-induced recombination, excitation and dissociation of molecular cations in edge plasmas
[abstract (pdf)]
15:00 – 15:30Nicolina POP (Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania)
Modeling of the kinetics of H2+, BeH+, NH+ and isotopologues at high energy of the incident electron in fusion plasmas
[abstract (pdf)]
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00All: Discussion and planning
19:00 – 21:00Social Dinner: L'Asino Che Ride, Augustinerstrasse 12, 1010 Wien.

Thursday, 7 December 2023

10:00 – 10:30Ghassan ANTAR (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
Spectroscopic measurements and analyses of water and air molecules in glow plasma discharges for fusion applications
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 8.3 MB)]
10:30 – 11:00Kevin VERHAEGH (Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom)
Study of molecular hydrogen data and their impact on CRMs and exhaust simulations for detached plasmas
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 5.0 MB)]
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00KAWATE Tomoko (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Calculation and experimental studies on the formation and emission processes of boron hydride molecules
[abstract (pdf)]
12:00 – 12:30Dmitriy BORODIN (Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany)
Providing the flexible CRM usable standalone and inside edge transport codes including EIRENE
[abstract (pdf)]
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 14:30Christian HILL (IAEA)
Atomic and Molecular Databases and Data Services at the IAEA
14:30 – 16:00All: Discussion

Friday, 8 December 2023

10:00 – 13:00Discussion: Workplan Summaries, potential Code Comparison and Benchmarking Activities; Meeting Close

Presentations

Ghassan ANTAR (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
Spectroscopic measurements and analyses of water and air molecules in glow plasma discharges for fusion applications
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 8.3 MB)]

Dmitriy BORODIN (Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany)
Providing the flexible CRM usable standalone and inside edge transport codes including EIRENE
[abstract (pdf)]

Kalyan Kumar CHAKRABARTI (Scottish Church College, India)
Electron collision studies on some molecular species in edge plasmas
[abstract (pdf)]

Dmitry FURSA (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Australia)
An update on MCC calculations: molecular hydrogen, its isotopologues and beyond
[abstract (pdf)]

Christian HILL (IAEA)
Atomic and Molecular Databases and Data Services at the IAEA

KAWATE Tomoko (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Calculation and experimental studies on the formation and emission processes of boron hydride molecules
[abstract (pdf)]

Åsa LARSON (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Theoretical studies of scattering processes involving H2 and BH reaction complexes
[abstract (pdf)]

Nicolina POP (Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania)
Modeling of the kinetics of H2+, BeH+, NH+ and isotopologues at high energy of the incident electron in fusion plasmas
[abstract (pdf)]

Ioan F. SCHNEIDER (Université le Havre Normandie, France)
Electron-induced recombination, excitation and dissociation of molecular cations in edge plasmas
[abstract (pdf)]

Jonathan TENNYSON (University College London, United Kingdom)
Molecule physics at the edge of fusion plasmas: BH and WH
[abstract (pdf)]

Kevin VERHAEGH (Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom)
Study of molecular hydrogen data and their impact on CRMs and exhaust simulations for detached plasmas
[abstract (pdf)] [presentation (pdf: 5.0 MB)]