STORM

STORM plasma simulation model, built using BOUT++ framework.

This is the public release version of STORM. The model assumes cold ions, but includes electron temperature evolution. The current development version, used at UKAEA/CCFE may have significant features added that are not yet included in this public release. If you are interested in using features that have not been released yet, please contact us to set up a collaboration.

This version of STORM has been tested with BOUT++ v4.4.2.

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License

If you use STORM, please cite the relevant papers (see References) in any publication. We also request that you contact us (email:[email protected]) if you want to use or modify STORM.

Full text of the license is in the file COPYING.

Copyright L. Easy, F. Militello, T. Nicholas, J. Omotani, F. Riva, N. Walkden, UKAEA, 2017, 2018 email: [email protected]

This file is part of the STORM module of BOUT++.

STORM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

STORM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with STORM. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Quickstart

To compile STORM:

1. download and compile BOUT++.
2. Configure STORM to link to your copy of BOUT++. In this directory, run

   cmake . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../build_bout

   This command assumes that you followed the BOUT++ instructions to build BOUT++ in a directory called build_bout, which is located one level up from this STORM directory. Otherwise modify the path passed to -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.
3. Compile STORM

   cmake --build build

Test

To test STORM is working correctly, you can use an example 3d filament simulation.

1. Install the boutdata Python package (used to load output from the simulation)

   pip install --user boutdata

   You can also install boutdata using conda.
2. Run the test. For example on a machine with 8 cores

   cd tests3d
   ./test_filament_3d.py 8

   The terminal output should report

   8/8 tests passed in test-3d
   

   The test should take ~1 hour in serial (on a 3Ghz Intel Core i7 CPU), but also should scale well at least up to 48 cores.

References

[1] L. Easy, F. Militello, J. Omotani, B. Dudson, E. Havlíčková, P. Tamain, V. Naulin, and A. H. Nielsen, Physics of Plasmas 21, 122515 (2014), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904207

[2] L. Easy, F. Militello, J. Omotani, N.R. Walkden, and B. Dudson, Physics of Plasmas 23, 012512 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940330

[3] N.R. Walkden, L. Easy, F. Militello and J.T. Omotani, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 58, 115010 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/11/115010

[4] F. Militello, B. Dudson, L. Easy, A. Kirk and P. Naylor, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 59, 125013 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa9252

[5] D. Hoare, F. Militello, J.T. Omotani, F. Riva, S. Newton, T. Nicholas, D. Ryan and N.R. Walkden, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 61, 105013 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab34f8