Article Dans Une Revue Physics of Plasmas Année : 2026

Global gyrokinetic study of lithium core turbulent transport with and without transport barrier

R. Avril
E. Gravier
K. Lim
T. Rouyer
F A Volpe
J. Moritz

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Although the modern fusion devices consider the use of lithium as a plasma facing components, its transport mechanism remain under-investigated, being different from those of heavy impurities such as tungsten. For lithium and other light impurities, turbulent transport dominates over neoclassical contributions, motivating a dedicated study on the determination of turbulent diffusion, thermodiffusion, and convective pinch velocities. In this work, we benchmark a new method to extract these coefficients using the global full-f gyrokinetic GYSELA code. In the absence of a transport barrier, the method reproduces results consistent with helium, showing that thermodiffusion is comparable in magnitude to both diffusion and pure convection. Introducing an E × B shear layer to form a transport barrier modifies the radial structure of the transport coefficients. Transport levels decrease in the inner core, while within the barrier convection becomes dominant and all fluxes undergo sign reversals. Diffusive and thermodiffusive contributions are also found to partially compensate each other depending on local gradients. Finally, an evaluation of the peaking factor further demonstrates that the presence of a transport barrier significantly mitigates core impurity accumulation.

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hal-05411167 , version 1 (11-12-2025)

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R. Avril, E. Gravier, K. Lim, G. Lo-Cascio, Y. Sarazin, et al.. Global gyrokinetic study of lithium core turbulent transport with and without transport barrier. Physics of Plasmas, 2026, 33 (3), ⟨10.1063/5.0316178⟩. ⟨hal-05411167⟩
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