PhD and MSc theses, TPIV projects

PhD Theses

A Gyrokinetic Moment Model of the Plasma Boundary in Fusion Devices

B. J. Frei / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Turbulent transport regimes in the tokamak boundary

M. Giacomin / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Self-consistent simulation of multi-component plasma turbulence and neutral dynamics in the tokamak boundary

A. Calado Coroado / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Turbulence in the scrape-off layer of double-null tokamak configurations

C. F. Beadle / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

A moment-based model for plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality

R. M. Cabete De Jesus Jorge / P. Ricci; N. F. Gomes Loureiro (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. 

Simulation of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamaks

P. Paruta / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Verification and validation procedures with applications to plasma-edge turbulence simulations

F. Riva / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Neutral atom dynamics and plasma turbulence in the tokamak periphery

C. Wersal / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Turbulent regimes in the tokamak scrape-off layer

A. Mosetto / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. 

The role of the sheath in magnetized plasma turbulence and flows

J. Loizu / P. Ricci (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

MSc Theses

Characterization of the current sheet during driven magnetic reconnection on VINETA II

G. Wuilloud 

2015.

The impact of the Boussinesq approximation on the simulation of scrape-off layer plasma turbulence

F. Musil 

2015.

Simulation of Plasma Blobs in Realistic Tokamak Geometry

R. Jorge 

2014.

Shaping effects on tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence

E. Lanti 

2014.

Characterization of a fast ion beam transport in the basic plasma physics experiment TORPEX

M. Gamarino 

2013.

Three-dimensional simulations of plasma blob dynamics in a simple magnetized torus

A. Cardellini 

2013.

Ion diffusion in scrape-off layer turbulent flows

N. Hamel 

2013.

Simulation of the dynamics and transport of fast ions in the TORPEX turbulent plasma

A. Burckel 

2009.

TPIV projects

Rigorous verification techniques for PIC codes

C. Beadle 

2015.

Development of a fully-spectral Global Braginskii Solver

L. M. Milanese 

2015.

Blob detection diagnostics for Scrape-off layer turbulence simulations II

F. Musil 

2014.

Simulation of linear turbulences adding an equilibrium electric field with poloidal profile

G. Wuilloud 

2014.

A study of parallel gradient operators in plasma turbulence code

A. Joëssel 

2014.

Addition of an equilibrium electric field in the linear GBS equations

G. Wuilloud 

2014.

Blob detection diagnostics for scrape-off layer turbulence

F. Musil 

2014.

Implicit time advance of shear Alfven waves in magnetic plasmas

E. Lanti 

2014.

An alternative to Boussinesq approximation

C. Gut 

2014.

Effect of magnetic shear and Shafranov shift on scrape-off layer linear instabilities using a straight-field-line representation

E. Lanti 

2013.

Effect of the Shafranov shift on scrape-off layer linear instabilities

E. Lanti 

2013.

Simulation of TORPEX plasma turbulence in the presence of biased electrodes

D. Malinverni 

2012.

Charged particle behavior in the scrape-off layer of magnetic plasma devices through numerical simulation

N. Hamel 

2012.

Global Braginskii Solver Code Optimization

N. Hamel 

2012.

Phase transition of a 1D plasma with an electron sheath

J. S. P. Dominski 

2011.

Electron sheath of a 1D plasma: Numerical simulation based on kinetic theory

J. S. P. Dominski 

2011.

Simulation of fast ions in a toroidal plasma device

A. Burckel 

2008.