Plasma equilibrium reconstruction of jet discharges using the imas modelling infrastructure

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The reconstruction of Tokamak plasma equilibrium is a fundamental step in the understanding of fusion plasma physics since it sets the starting point for all subsequent plasma modelling applications and experimental data interpretation. The verification and validation of the numerical codes used to reconstruct plasma equilibrium, using as many available input experimental data e.g. magnetic field or flux measurements, density and temperature diagnostics and polarimetry diagnostics, is essential both for physics model interpretation and when qualifying and extrapolating for ITER. In the framework of the EUROfusion Work Package on Code Development for Integrated Modelling, a scientific Kepler workflow for the reconstruction of Tokamak plasma equilibrium was prototyped, using the ITER Integrated Modelling and Analysis Suite (IMAS). The workflow can seamlessly use any sort of data from Tokamak experiments and call equilibrium reconstruction codes such as EQUAL, EQUINOX, NICE, EFIT++ and SDSS, all using the same physics and engineering data ontology and methods for accessing the data. In the paper, plasma equilibrium reconstructions on dedicated JET plasma dischargesare shownusing at first magnetic data only and subsequently considering also other constrains suchas Motional Stark Effect(MSE). Results with magneticsonly give a good qualitative and quantitative agreement between the codes while including MSE, as anticipated, a substantial improvementofthe core plasma profilesis achieved.

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