Paolo Ricci
Associate Professor
EPFL SB SPC-TH
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Station 13
CH-1015 Lausanne
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Biography
Paolo Ricci earned his masters degree in nuclear engineering at the Politecnico di Torino, Turin (Italy) in 2000. His doctoral studies were conducted at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, with focus on kinetic simulation of magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail. He spent two-and-a-half years as a postdoctoral researcher at Dartmouth College's Department of Physics and Astronomy, where he worked on gyrokinetic simulations of the Z pinch. He joined the EPFL's Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), as a EURATOM fellow in 2006, was named Tenure Track Assistant Professor in June 2010, and Associate Professor in August 2016. He is at the head of the SPC theory group. Paolo Ricci is the recipient of the 2016 Section de Physique Teaching Prize, of the 2021 Craie d'Or award from the EPFL physics bachelor students, and of the 2021 Polysphère d'Or award from AGEPoly.Research interests
Numerical simulation of laboratory plasmas and plasmas for fusion, plasma turbulence and instabilities, basic plasma physics, large-scale numerical simulations, numerical methods for plasma physics.Ph.D. Theses
Here you can find the list of Ph.D. theses.Publications
Infoscience publications
Selected publications
2022
Global fluid simulation of plasma turbulence in a stellarator with an island divertor
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-05-17. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac6ad2.Validation of edge turbulence codes in a magnetic X-point scenario in TORPEX
Physics of Plasmas. 2022. DOI : 10.1063/5.0064522.2021
Theory-based scaling laws of near and far scrape-off layer widths in single-null L-mode discharges
Nuclear Fusion. 2021-04-16. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/abf8f6.2020
Persistent random walks of charged particles across magnetic field lines
Physical Review E. 2020-11-04. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.053206.Four-dimensional drift-kinetic model for scrape-off layer plasmas
Physics Of Plasmas. 2020-11-01. DOI : 10.1063/5.0024968.Investigation of turbulent transport regimes in the tokamak edge by using two-fluid simulations
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2020-09-15. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377820000914.Cathodoluminescent screen imaging system for seeded blob detection in toroidal plasma experiment
Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2020-05-01. DOI : 10.1063/1.5123038.Turbulence and flows in the plasma boundary of snowflake magnetic configurations
Nuclear Fusion. 2020-01-16. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab6435.Characterizing time intermittency in non-diffusive fast ion transport through plasma turbulence
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2020-01-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ab433b.Shaping effects on scrape-off layer plasma turbulence: A rigorous validation of three-dimensional simulations against TCV measurements
Physics of Plasmas. 2020. DOI : 10.1063/1.5123451.2019
Particle transport at arbitrary timescales with Poisson-distributed collisions
Physical Review E. 2019-11-22. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052134.Truncated Levy motion through path integrals and applications to nondiffusive suprathermal ion transport
Physical Review E. 2019-11-18. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052122.Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Coulomb Collision Operator
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2019-11-08. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377819000734.Time intermittency in nondiffusive transport regimes of suprathermal ions in turbulent plasmas
Physical Review E. 2019-05-29. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.053208.Linear theory of electron-plasma waves at arbitrary collisionality
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2019-04-08. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377819000266.Blob velocity scaling in diverted tokamaks: A comparison between theory and simulation
Physics of Plasmas. 2019-03-01. DOI : 10.1063/1.5080675.The role of basic plasmas studies in the quest for fusion power
Nature Physics. 2019. DOI : 10.1038/s41567-019-0622-5.Millimeter-wave beam scattering by edge-plasma density fluctuations in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aae7bf.2018
Simulation of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamak by using the GBS code
Physics Of Plasmas. 2018-11-01. DOI : 10.1063/1.5047741.Theory of the Drift-Wave Instability at Arbitrary Collisionality
Physical Review Letters. 2018-10-19. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.165001.Meandering particle bunches and a link between averages of time series of particle counts and higher-order moments
Physical Review E. 2018-09-07. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.032111.Three-dimensional simulations of plasma turbulence in the RFX-mod scrape-off layer and comparison with experimental measurements
Physics of Plasmas. 2018. DOI : 10.1063/1.5008803.2017
Scrape-off-layer current loops and floating potential in limited tokamak plasmas
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2017. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377817000927.A drift-kinetic analytical model for scrape-off layer plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2017. DOI : 10.1017/S002237781700085X.Uncertainty propagation by using spectral methods: A practical application to a two-dimensional turbulence fluid model
Physics of Plasmas. 2017. DOI : 10.1063/1.4996445.Understanding and suppressing the near Scrape-Off Layer heat flux feature in inboard-limited plasmas in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa84e0.Impact of neutral density fluctuations on gas puff imaging diagnostics
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa7db0.Poloidal asymmetry in the narrow heat flux feature in the TCV scrape-off layer
Physics of Plasmas. 2017. DOI : 10.1063/1.4985075.Blob properties in full-turbulence simulations of the TCV scrape-off layer
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aa6276.A methodology for the rigorous verification of Particle-in-Cell simulations
Physics of Plasmas. 2017. DOI : 10.1063/1.4977917.A comparison between a refined two-point model for the limited tokamak SOL and self-consistent plasma turbulence simulations
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aa5cf9.Plasma shaping effects on tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aa5322.Velocity shear, turbulent saturation, and steep plasma gradients in the scrape-off layer of inner-wall limited tokamaks
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa4eb6.2016
Plasma turbulence in the scrape-off layer of the ISTTOK tokamak
Physics of Plasmas. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4964783.Multi-code analysis of scrape-off layer filament dynamics in MAST
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/58/10/105002.A theoretical interpretation of the main scrape-off layer heat-flux width scaling for tokamak inner-wall limited plasmas
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/58/8/084003.Computational challenges in magnetic-confinement fusion physics
Nature Physics. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/nphys3744.The GBS code for tokamak scrape-off layer simulations
Journal of Computational Physics. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcp.2016.03.040.X-Point Effect on Plasma Blob Dynamics
Physical Review Letters. 2016. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.105001.Non-diffusive transport of suprathermal ions by intermittent turbulent structures
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/58/1/014023.Blob dynamics in the TORPEX experiment: a multi-code validation
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/58/4/044005.2015
Superdiffusive transport in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377815001117.A first-principles self-consistent model of plasma turbulence and kinetic neutral dynamics in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Nuclear Fusion. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/55/12/123014.Plasma turbulence, suprathermal ion dynamics and code validation on the basic plasma physics device TORPEX
Journal Of Plasma Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377815000161.Approaching the investigation of plasma turbulence through a rigorous verification and validation procedure: A practical examplea)
Physics of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4919276.Comparison of 3D flux-driven scrape-off layer turbulence simulations with gas-puff imaging of Alcator C-Mod inner-wall limited discharges
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/57/5/054005.Simulation of the scrape-off layer region of tokamak devices
Journal of Plasma Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377814001202.Numerical approach to the parallel gradient operator in tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence simulations and application to the GBS code
Computer Physics Communications. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.cpc.2014.10.020.Nondiffusive transport regimes for suprathermal ions in turbulent plasmas
Physical Review E. 2015. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.041101.Finite ion temperature effects on scrape-off layer turbulence
Physics of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4904300.2014
Basic characterization of TORPEX electrostatic modes in closed field line configurations
Physics Of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4904808.Statistical analysis and modeling of intermittent transport events in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Physics of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4904202.Transport equation describing fractional Lévy motion of suprathermal ions in TORPEX
Nuclear Fusion. 2014. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/54/10/104009.Effect of the limiter position on the scrape-off layer width, radial electric field and intrinsic flows
Nuclear Fusion. 2014. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/54/8/083033.Intrinsic toroidal rotation in the scrape-off layer of tokamaks
Physics of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4883498.Verification methodology for plasma simulations and application to a scrape-off layer turbulence code
Physics of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4879778.Theory of the scrape-off layer width in inner-wall limited tokamak plasmas
Nuclear Fusion -Original Edition-. 2014. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/54/4/043003.Three-dimensional simulations of blob dynamics in a simple magnetized torus
Physics of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4864324.Aspect ratio effects on limited scrape-off layer plasma turbulence
Physics of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4863956.2013
Theory-based scaling of the SOL width in circular limited tokamak plasmas
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/12/122001.On the electrostatic potential in the scrape-off layer of magnetic confinement devices
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/55/12/124019.Turbulent regimes in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Physics of Plasmas. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4821597.Basic investigations of electrostatic turbulence and its interaction with plasma and suprathermal ions in a simple magnetized toroidal plasma
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/6/063013.Ideal ballooning modes in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Physics of Plasmas. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4807333.Nonclassical Transport and Particle-Field Coupling: from Laboratory Plasmas to the Solar Wind
Space Science Reviews. 2013. DOI : 10.1007/s11214-013-9966-9.Plasma turbulence in the scrape-off layer of tokamak devices
Physics of Plasmas. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4789551.2012
Boundary conditions for plasma fluid models at the magnetic presheath entrance
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4771573.Measurements of interactions between waves and energetic ions in basic plasma experiments
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/54/12/124007.Simulation of plasma turbulence in scrape-off layer conditions: the GBS code, simulation results and code validation
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/54/12/124047.Low-frequency linear-mode regimes in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4758809.Potential of a plasma bound between two biased walls
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4745863.Properties of convective cells generated in magnetized toroidal plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4740056.Suprathermal ion transport in simple magnetized torus configurations
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4725420.Lévy walk description of suprathermal ion transport
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.3690097.Nondiffusive Suprathermal Ion Transport in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas
Physical Review Letters. 2012. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.035006.2011
Blob current structures in TORPEX plasmas: experimental measurements and numerical simulations
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2011. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124016.Turbulence and bias-induced flows in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas
Physical Review E. 2011. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.056406.Blob motion and control in simple magnetized plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3562944.Methodology for turbulence code validation: Quantification of simulation-experiment agreement and application to the TORPEX experiment
Physics of Plasmas. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3559436.Blob-induced toroidal momentum transport in simple magnetized plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3559462.Existence of subsonic plasma sheaths
Physical Review E. 2011. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.016406.2010
Collisional damping of zonal flows due to finite Larmor radius effects
Physics of Plasmas. 2010. DOI : 10.1063/1.3447875.Low-Frequency Turbulence in a Linear Magnetized Plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2010. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.225002.Turbulence Phase Space in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas
Physical Review Letters. 2010. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.145001.Electrostatic instabilities, turbulence and fast ion interactions in the TORPEX device
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2010. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/52/12/124020.2009
Linearized model Fokker-Planck collision operators for gyrokinetic simulations. II. Numerical implementation and tests
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3155085.Plasma transport and turbulence in the Helimak: Simulation and experiment
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3212591.Observation of a critical pressure gradient for the stabilization of interchange modes in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3204704.Cross-field plasma blob motion in an open magnetic field line configuration
Physical Review Letters. 2009. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.065001.Three-dimensional fluid simulations of a simple magnetized plasma
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3230119.Transport scaling in interchange-driven toroidal plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3139261.Langmuir probe-based observables for plasma-turbulence code validation and application to the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3082698.2008
High- and Low-Confinement Modes in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas
Physical Review Letters. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.225002.Cross-field transport by instabilities and blobs in a magnetized toroidal plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.045001.Transition from drift to interchange instabilities in an open magnetic field line configuration
Physics of Plasmas. 2008. DOI : 10.1063/1.2899303.The role of the density gradient on intermittent cross-field transport events in a simple magnetized toroidal plasma
Physics of Plasmas. 2008. DOI : 10.1063/1.2901188.Experimental Observation of the Blob-Generation Mechanism from InterchangeWaves in a Plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.055004.2007
Gyrokinetic simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection
Physics of Plasmas. 2007. DOI : 10.1063/1.2774003.Antenna excitation of drift wave in a toroidal plasma
Physics of Plasmas. 2007. DOI : 10.1063/1.2784464.Statistical properties of electrostatic turbulence in toroidal magnetized plasmas
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2007. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S26.Ph.D. Theses
Turbulent transport regimes in the tokamak boundary
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9306.Self-consistent simulation of multi-component plasma turbulence and neutral dynamics in the tokamak boundary
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8642.Turbulence in the scrape-off layer of double-null tokamak configurations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8279.A moment-based model for plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9100.Simulation of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamaks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8944.Verification and validation procedures with applications to plasma-edge turbulence simulations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7789.Neutral atom dynamics and plasma turbulence in the tokamak periphery
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7722.Turbulent regimes in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6197.The role of the sheath in magnetized plasma turbulence and flows
Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5985.Conference presentation
2021
Global simulations of plasma turbulence in diverted stellarators
30th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research (ITC30), Online, November 16-19, 2021.Theoretical interpretation of the density limit and comparison to experimental data
63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, November 8-12, 2021 .First global simulations of plasma turbulence in a stellarator with an island divertor
19th European Fusion Theory Conference (EFTC 2021), Padua, Italy, October 11-15, 2021.A Gyrokinetic Moment-Based Approach for the Simulation of the Boundary Plasmas in Fusion Devices
PET, Lausanne, SPC, 14-15/09/21.Theory-based scaling laws of the near scrape-off layer width in L-mode discharges and density limit crossing, including comparison with experiments
18th International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2021.A Gyrokinetic Moment-Based Approach for the Simulation of the Boundary Plasmas in Fusion Devices
PASC, Geneva, 07/07/2021.Theory based scaling laws of the near and far scrape off layer widths in L mode discharges
ITPA Scrape-Off-Layer and Divertor Topical Group, virtual conference, 28 June - 9 July 2021.2020
Turbulence and flows in the plasma boundary of snowflake magnetic configurations
Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop 2020, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 12-16, 2020.2019
Properties of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamaks
European Fusion Theory Conference (EFTC 2019), Ghent, Belgium, 7-10 October 2019.Disentangling turbulence in the plasma boundary of diverted tokamaks
61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US, October 21-25, 2019.A gyrokinetic model for the plasma periphery of fusion devices
18th European Fusion Theory Conference - EFTC 2019, Ghent, Belgium, October 7-10, 2019.A Moment‐Based Kinetic Model for Efficient Numerical Implementation
PASC19 - The 6th Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 12-14 2019.Theory of the Drift-Wave Instability at Arbitrary Collisionality
Sherwood Fusion Theory Meeting, Princeton, USA, April 15-17, 2019.An efficient treatment of the full Coulomb collision operator with applications
61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, October 21-25, 2019.2018
A Gyrokinetic Model for the Tokamak Periphery
60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland OR, United States of America, November 5-9, 2018.Numerical simulations of plasma fuelling in tokamaks using the GBS code
Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop 2018, Varenna, Italy, August 27 - 31, 2018.A Gyrokinetic Model for the Tokamak Periphery
Sherwood Meeting, Auburn AL, USA, April 23 - 25 2018.Scrape-off layer simulations in a Double Null magnetic configuration
Turbulence simulations in diverted geometry
Joint Annual Meeting of SPS and ÖPG, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 28-31, 2018.New Insights on scrape-off-layer plasma turbulence
The Sherwood fusion theory conference, Auburn, AL, USA, April 23-25, 2018.2017
Implementation of Diverted Equilibria in the GBS simulation code
pet16: 16th International Workshop in Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices, Marseille, France, September 27-29, 2017.Scrape-off layer simulations in a Double Null magnetic configuration
European Fusion Theory Conference, Athens, Greece, October 9-12 2017.An analytical model for scrape-off layer plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality
17th European Fusion Theory Conference, Athens, Greece, October 9-12, 2017.A methodology for the rigorous verification of plasma simulation codes
25th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas, Leuven, Belgium, September 18-20, 2017.Plasma refuelling at the SOL simulated with the GBS code
Joint Annual Meeting of SPS and ÖPG, Genève, Switzerland, August 21-25, 2017.Fundamental aspects of edge physics – an overview of our Enabling Research achievements
EUROfusion edge modelling meeting, Tervaniemi, Finland, January 31-February 3, 2017.2016
Progress in first-principles simulations of SOL plasma turbulence and neutral atom dynamics with the GBS code
26th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2016), Kyoto, Japan, October 17-22, 2016.Progress in the understanding of tokamak scrape-off layer plasma turbulence
9th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, Wolfgang Pauli Institute, Vienna, Austria, July 25-Aug 5, 2016.Interaction of neutral atoms and plasma turbulence in the tokamak edge region
58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, San Jose, CA, USA, October 31-November 4, 2016.A methodology for the rigorous verification of plasma simulation codes
58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, San Jose, California, USA, October 31 - November 4, 2016.Impact of neutral atoms on plasma turbulence in the tokamak edge region
Theory of Fusion Plasma Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, August 29 - September 2, 2016.A flexible numerical scheme for simulating plasma turbulence in the tokamak scrape off layer
THEORY OF FUSION PLASMAS JOINT VARENNA - LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, August 29 - September 2, 2016.Progress in simulating SOL plasma turbulence\\with the GBS code
21st Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Leysin, Switzerland, September 5-8, 2016.A Drift-Kinetic Model for Tokamak SOL Plasmas
21st Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Leysin, Switzerland, September 5-8, 2016.A Drift-Kinetic Model for Tokamak SOL Plasmas
Swiss Physics Society Annual Meeting, Lugano, Switzerland, August 23-25, 2016.The impact of the Boussinesq approximation on plasma turbulence in the scrape-off layer
43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics.Progress in simulating SOL plasma turbulence with the GBS code
43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Leuven, Belgium, July 4-8, 2016.Parallelization on a Hybrid Architecture of GBS, a Simulation Code for Plasma Turbulence at the Edge of Fusion Devices
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8-10, 2016.2015
Advancing plasma turbulence understanding through a rigorous Verification and Validation procedure: a practical example
Nordita Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, August 10-14, 2015.Turbulence simulations of the narrow heat-flux feature in inner-wall limited tokamaks
57th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Savannah, Georgia, USA, November 19th, 2015.A flexible numerical scheme for simulating plasma turbulence in the tokamak scrape-off layer
SPS joint annual meeting, Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2015.Effects of plasma shaping on tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
16th edition of the European Fusion Theory Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, October 05-08, 2015.A new generation plasma turbulence fluid code for tokamak scrape-off layer dynamics
24th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas, Golden, CO, August 12-15th, 2015.Scrape-off-layer turbulence and flows in different limiter configurations
42nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 22 - 26, 2015.Verification and validation of plasma turbulence codes in scrape-off layer conditions
1st TM IAEA on Fusion Data Processing, Validation and Analysis, Nice, France, June 1-3, 2015.The interaction between neutral particles and turbulent plasma in the tokamak SOL
42nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 22-26, 2015.Electromagnetic turbulence simulations of the tokamak scrape-off layer
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1-3, 2015.2014
Advancing plasma turbulence understanding through a rigorous Verification and Validation procedure: a practical example
56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 27-31, 2014.Simulation of SOL turbulence in the ISTTOK tokamak
17th International Conference on Plasma Physics, ICPP 2014, Lisbon, Portugal, September 15-19, 2014.First-principles theory-based scaling of the SOL width in limited tokamak plasmas, experimental validation, and implications for the ITER start-up
25th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13-18, 2014.Verification methodology for plasma simulations and application to a scrape-off layer turbulence code
19th Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Culham, UK, September 8-11, 2014.A kinetic neutral atom model for tokamak SOL turbulence simulations
Theory of fusion plasmas, joint Varenna - Lausanne international workshop, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, September 1-5, 2014.Plasma turbulence in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Theory of Fusion Plasmas Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshiop, Varenna, Italy, September 1-5, 2014.Plasma simulations in the tokamak scrape-off layer
7th ITER International School, Aix-en-Provence, France, August, 25-29, 2014.Plasma turbulence simulations of the tokamak scrape-off layer
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2-3, 2014.Theory framework for scrape-off layer turbulence in limited tokamaks
41st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Berlin, Germany, June 23-27th, 2014.A kinetic neutral atom model for tokamak scrape-off layer tubulence simulations
SPS Annual Meeting 2014, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 30 - July 2, 2014.First-principle theory based scaling of the SOL width in limited tokamak plasmas and comparison with experiments
21st International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, May 26-30, 2014.2013
Global electromagnetic simulations of tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 11-15, 2013.Recent numerical developments in scrape-off-layer global fluid simulations using the GBS code
23rd International conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasma, Beijing, China, September 14-16, 2013.Verification & Validation: application to the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
15th European Fusion Theory Conference, Oxford, UK, September 23-26, 2013.Simulation of SOL turbulence
7th Festival de Theorie, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 8-26, 2013.Turbulent regimes in the tokamak scrape-off layer
European Physical Society conference on plasma physics, Espoo, Finland, July 1-5, 2013.The role of the sheath in magnetized plasma fluid turbulence
40th EPS conference in plasma physics, Espoo, Finland, July 1-5, 2013.Global electromagnetic simulations of tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
6th IAEA Technical Meeting on the Theory of Plasma Instabilities, Vienna, Austria, May 26-29, 2013.Intrinsic toroidal plasma rotation in the scrape-off-layer
Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Workshop TTF, Santa Rosa, California, USA, April 2013.The validation project on the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
Workshop on Exploratory Topics in Plasma and Fusion Research (EPR2013), Forth Worth, Texas, USA, February 12-15, 2013.2012
Suprathermal ion transport theory and experiments in the SMT
54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, October 29–November 2, 2012.Progressive steps towards global validated simulation of edge plasma turbulence
24th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, San Diego, California, USA, October 8-12, 2012.Global three-dimensional Fluid SOL simulations with aspect ratio effects
Theory of Fusion Plasmas, Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, August 27-31, 2012.Global scrape-off layer electromagnetic fluid turbulence simulations
17th Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Meeting, Padova, Italy, September 3-6, 2012.Global simulations of plasma turbulence in laboratory plasmas
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.Simulation of plasma edge turbulence
39th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics & 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2-6, 2012.Global two-fluid simulations of tokamak Scape-Off-Layer turbulence
Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 31-April 3 2012.2011
Fast ion transport in TORPEX: framework for comparison between theory and experiment
37th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, France, June 27 - July 1 2011.Global two-fluid simulations of tokamak SOL turbulence
European Fusion Theory Conference, Frascati, Italy, September 26-29, 2011.Simulation of tokamak SOL turbulence
Swiss Physical Society, Joint Annual Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 15-17, 2011.The validation project on the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Workshop TTF, San Diego, USA, April 2011.Boundary conditions for plasma fluid models at the magnetic presheath entrance
Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Workshop TTF, San Diego, USA, April 2011.2010
Fast ion dynamics in the basic plasma physics experiment TORPEX
52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics , Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 8-12, 2010.Dispersion of fast ions in models of anisotropic plasma turbulence
Kinetic-Scale Turbulence in Laboratory and Space Plasmas: Empirical Constraints, Fundamental Concepts and Unsolved Problems, Cambridge, England, July 19 - 23, 2010.Dispersion of fast ions in models of anisotropic plasma turbulence
Self-Organization in Turbulent Plasmas and Fluids , Dresden, Germany, May 10 - 14, 2010.Sheath boundary conditions for plasma fluid models
Theory of Fusion Plasmas, Varenna, Italy, September 2010.Conference presentation
2021
Global simulations of plasma turbulence in diverted stellarators
30th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research (ITC30), Online, November 16-19, 2021.Theoretical interpretation of the density limit and comparison to experimental data
63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, November 8-12, 2021 .First global simulations of plasma turbulence in a stellarator with an island divertor
19th European Fusion Theory Conference (EFTC 2021), Padua, Italy, October 11-15, 2021.A Gyrokinetic Moment-Based Approach for the Simulation of the Boundary Plasmas in Fusion Devices
PET, Lausanne, SPC, 14-15/09/21.Theory-based scaling laws of the near scrape-off layer width in L-mode discharges and density limit crossing, including comparison with experiments
18th International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 13-15, 2021.A Gyrokinetic Moment-Based Approach for the Simulation of the Boundary Plasmas in Fusion Devices
PASC, Geneva, 07/07/2021.Theory based scaling laws of the near and far scrape off layer widths in L mode discharges
ITPA Scrape-Off-Layer and Divertor Topical Group, virtual conference, 28 June - 9 July 2021.2020
Turbulence and flows in the plasma boundary of snowflake magnetic configurations
Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop 2020, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 12-16, 2020.2019
Properties of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamaks
European Fusion Theory Conference (EFTC 2019), Ghent, Belgium, 7-10 October 2019.Disentangling turbulence in the plasma boundary of diverted tokamaks
61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US, October 21-25, 2019.A gyrokinetic model for the plasma periphery of fusion devices
18th European Fusion Theory Conference - EFTC 2019, Ghent, Belgium, October 7-10, 2019.A Moment‐Based Kinetic Model for Efficient Numerical Implementation
PASC19 - The 6th Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 12-14 2019.Theory of the Drift-Wave Instability at Arbitrary Collisionality
Sherwood Fusion Theory Meeting, Princeton, USA, April 15-17, 2019.An efficient treatment of the full Coulomb collision operator with applications
61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, October 21-25, 2019.2018
A Gyrokinetic Model for the Tokamak Periphery
60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland OR, United States of America, November 5-9, 2018.Numerical simulations of plasma fuelling in tokamaks using the GBS code
Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop 2018, Varenna, Italy, August 27 - 31, 2018.A Gyrokinetic Model for the Tokamak Periphery
Sherwood Meeting, Auburn AL, USA, April 23 - 25 2018.Scrape-off layer simulations in a Double Null magnetic configuration
Turbulence simulations in diverted geometry
Joint Annual Meeting of SPS and ÖPG, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 28-31, 2018.New Insights on scrape-off-layer plasma turbulence
The Sherwood fusion theory conference, Auburn, AL, USA, April 23-25, 2018.2017
Implementation of Diverted Equilibria in the GBS simulation code
pet16: 16th International Workshop in Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices, Marseille, France, September 27-29, 2017.Scrape-off layer simulations in a Double Null magnetic configuration
European Fusion Theory Conference, Athens, Greece, October 9-12 2017.An analytical model for scrape-off layer plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality
17th European Fusion Theory Conference, Athens, Greece, October 9-12, 2017.A methodology for the rigorous verification of plasma simulation codes
25th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas, Leuven, Belgium, September 18-20, 2017.Plasma refuelling at the SOL simulated with the GBS code
Joint Annual Meeting of SPS and ÖPG, Genève, Switzerland, August 21-25, 2017.Fundamental aspects of edge physics – an overview of our Enabling Research achievements
EUROfusion edge modelling meeting, Tervaniemi, Finland, January 31-February 3, 2017.2016
Progress in first-principles simulations of SOL plasma turbulence and neutral atom dynamics with the GBS code
26th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2016), Kyoto, Japan, October 17-22, 2016.Progress in the understanding of tokamak scrape-off layer plasma turbulence
9th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, Wolfgang Pauli Institute, Vienna, Austria, July 25-Aug 5, 2016.Interaction of neutral atoms and plasma turbulence in the tokamak edge region
58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, San Jose, CA, USA, October 31-November 4, 2016.A methodology for the rigorous verification of plasma simulation codes
58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, San Jose, California, USA, October 31 - November 4, 2016.Impact of neutral atoms on plasma turbulence in the tokamak edge region
Theory of Fusion Plasma Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, August 29 - September 2, 2016.A flexible numerical scheme for simulating plasma turbulence in the tokamak scrape off layer
THEORY OF FUSION PLASMAS JOINT VARENNA - LAUSANNE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, August 29 - September 2, 2016.Progress in simulating SOL plasma turbulence\\with the GBS code
21st Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Leysin, Switzerland, September 5-8, 2016.A Drift-Kinetic Model for Tokamak SOL Plasmas
21st Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Leysin, Switzerland, September 5-8, 2016.A Drift-Kinetic Model for Tokamak SOL Plasmas
Swiss Physics Society Annual Meeting, Lugano, Switzerland, August 23-25, 2016.The impact of the Boussinesq approximation on plasma turbulence in the scrape-off layer
43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics.Progress in simulating SOL plasma turbulence with the GBS code
43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Leuven, Belgium, July 4-8, 2016.Parallelization on a Hybrid Architecture of GBS, a Simulation Code for Plasma Turbulence at the Edge of Fusion Devices
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8-10, 2016.2015
Advancing plasma turbulence understanding through a rigorous Verification and Validation procedure: a practical example
Nordita Magnetic Reconnection in Plasmas Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, August 10-14, 2015.Turbulence simulations of the narrow heat-flux feature in inner-wall limited tokamaks
57th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Savannah, Georgia, USA, November 19th, 2015.A flexible numerical scheme for simulating plasma turbulence in the tokamak scrape-off layer
SPS joint annual meeting, Vienna, Austria, September 1-4, 2015.Effects of plasma shaping on tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
16th edition of the European Fusion Theory Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, October 05-08, 2015.A new generation plasma turbulence fluid code for tokamak scrape-off layer dynamics
24th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas, Golden, CO, August 12-15th, 2015.Scrape-off-layer turbulence and flows in different limiter configurations
42nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 22 - 26, 2015.Verification and validation of plasma turbulence codes in scrape-off layer conditions
1st TM IAEA on Fusion Data Processing, Validation and Analysis, Nice, France, June 1-3, 2015.The interaction between neutral particles and turbulent plasma in the tokamak SOL
42nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Lisbon, Portugal, June 22-26, 2015.Electromagnetic turbulence simulations of the tokamak scrape-off layer
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1-3, 2015.2014
Advancing plasma turbulence understanding through a rigorous Verification and Validation procedure: a practical example
56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 27-31, 2014.Simulation of SOL turbulence in the ISTTOK tokamak
17th International Conference on Plasma Physics, ICPP 2014, Lisbon, Portugal, September 15-19, 2014.First-principles theory-based scaling of the SOL width in limited tokamak plasmas, experimental validation, and implications for the ITER start-up
25th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13-18, 2014.Verification methodology for plasma simulations and application to a scrape-off layer turbulence code
19th Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Culham, UK, September 8-11, 2014.A kinetic neutral atom model for tokamak SOL turbulence simulations
Theory of fusion plasmas, joint Varenna - Lausanne international workshop, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, September 1-5, 2014.Plasma turbulence in the tokamak scrape-off layer
Theory of Fusion Plasmas Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshiop, Varenna, Italy, September 1-5, 2014.Plasma simulations in the tokamak scrape-off layer
7th ITER International School, Aix-en-Provence, France, August, 25-29, 2014.Plasma turbulence simulations of the tokamak scrape-off layer
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, June 2-3, 2014.Theory framework for scrape-off layer turbulence in limited tokamaks
41st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Berlin, Germany, June 23-27th, 2014.A kinetic neutral atom model for tokamak scrape-off layer tubulence simulations
SPS Annual Meeting 2014, Fribourg, Switzerland, June 30 - July 2, 2014.First-principle theory based scaling of the SOL width in limited tokamak plasmas and comparison with experiments
21st International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, May 26-30, 2014.2013
Global electromagnetic simulations of tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
55th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, Colorado, USA, November 11-15, 2013.Recent numerical developments in scrape-off-layer global fluid simulations using the GBS code
23rd International conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasma, Beijing, China, September 14-16, 2013.Verification & Validation: application to the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
15th European Fusion Theory Conference, Oxford, UK, September 23-26, 2013.Simulation of SOL turbulence
7th Festival de Theorie, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 8-26, 2013.Turbulent regimes in the tokamak scrape-off layer
European Physical Society conference on plasma physics, Espoo, Finland, July 1-5, 2013.The role of the sheath in magnetized plasma fluid turbulence
40th EPS conference in plasma physics, Espoo, Finland, July 1-5, 2013.Global electromagnetic simulations of tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence
6th IAEA Technical Meeting on the Theory of Plasma Instabilities, Vienna, Austria, May 26-29, 2013.Intrinsic toroidal plasma rotation in the scrape-off-layer
Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Workshop TTF, Santa Rosa, California, USA, April 2013.The validation project on the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
Workshop on Exploratory Topics in Plasma and Fusion Research (EPR2013), Forth Worth, Texas, USA, February 12-15, 2013.2012
Suprathermal ion transport theory and experiments in the SMT
54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, October 29–November 2, 2012.Progressive steps towards global validated simulation of edge plasma turbulence
24th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, San Diego, California, USA, October 8-12, 2012.Global three-dimensional Fluid SOL simulations with aspect ratio effects
Theory of Fusion Plasmas, Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy, August 27-31, 2012.Global scrape-off layer electromagnetic fluid turbulence simulations
17th Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Meeting, Padova, Italy, September 3-6, 2012.Global simulations of plasma turbulence in laboratory plasmas
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.Simulation of plasma edge turbulence
39th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics & 16th International Congress on Plasma Physics, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2-6, 2012.Global two-fluid simulations of tokamak Scape-Off-Layer turbulence
Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 31-April 3 2012.2011
Fast ion transport in TORPEX: framework for comparison between theory and experiment
37th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, France, June 27 - July 1 2011.Global two-fluid simulations of tokamak SOL turbulence
European Fusion Theory Conference, Frascati, Italy, September 26-29, 2011.Simulation of tokamak SOL turbulence
Swiss Physical Society, Joint Annual Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 15-17, 2011.The validation project on the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Workshop TTF, San Diego, USA, April 2011.Boundary conditions for plasma fluid models at the magnetic presheath entrance
Joint US-EU Transport Task Force Workshop TTF, San Diego, USA, April 2011.2010
Fast ion dynamics in the basic plasma physics experiment TORPEX
52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics , Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 8-12, 2010.Dispersion of fast ions in models of anisotropic plasma turbulence
Kinetic-Scale Turbulence in Laboratory and Space Plasmas: Empirical Constraints, Fundamental Concepts and Unsolved Problems, Cambridge, England, July 19 - 23, 2010.Dispersion of fast ions in models of anisotropic plasma turbulence
Self-Organization in Turbulent Plasmas and Fluids , Dresden, Germany, May 10 - 14, 2010.Sheath boundary conditions for plasma fluid models
Theory of Fusion Plasmas, Varenna, Italy, September 2010.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Physics
PhD Programs
Doctoral Program in Physics
Doctoral Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Doctoral Program in Mathematics
PhD Students
Caeiro Heitor Coelho António João, De Lucca Brenno Jason Sanzio Peter, Ernst Samuel, Fedrigucci Andrea, Frei Baptiste Jimmy, Guido Margherita, Hoffmann Antoine Cyril David, Mencke Jacob Emil, Stenger Louis Nicolas,Past EPFL PhD Students
Beadle Carrie Fiona , Cabete De Jesus Jorge Rogério Manuel , Calado Coroado André , Giacomin Maurizio , Loizu Cisquella Joaquim , Mosetto Annamaria , Paruta Paola , Riva Fabio , Wersal Christoph ,Ph.D. theses, M.Sc. theses, and semester projects
The lists of past Ph.D. theses, M.Sc. theses , and semester projects are available.Courses
Advanced physics I (mechanics)
Introductory Physics I (advanced) covers the mechanics of point particles and solids. The purpose of the course is to develop the ability to describe physics phenomena by using mathematical tools.
Nonlinear dynamics, chaos and complex systems
The course provides students with the tools to approach the study of nonlinear systems and chaotic dynamics. Emphasis is given to concrete examples and numerical applications are carried out during the exercise sessions.
Magnetic confinement
To provide an overview of the fundamentals of magnetic confinement (MC) of plasmas for fusion.The different MC configurations are presented, with a description of their operating regimes.The basic elements of particle & energy transport, of plasma-wall interaction & of burning plasma are introduced.