Publications by Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann

Investigation of triangularity effects on tokamak edge turbulence through multi-fidelity gyrokinetic simulations

Paolo Ricci, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann

This paper uses the gyro-moment (GM) approach as a multi-fidelity tool to explore the effect of triangularity on tokamak edge turbulence. Considering experimental data from an L-mode DIII-D discharge, we conduct gyrokinetic (GK) simulations with realistic ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2025

Nonlinear simulation of plasma turbulence using a gyrokinetic moment-based approach

Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann

Plasma turbulence plays a fundamental role in determining the performances of magnetic confinement fusion devices, such as tokamaks. Advances in computer science, combined with the development of efficient physical models, have significantly improved our u ...

EPFL2024

Gyrokinetic simulations of plasma turbulence in a Z-pinch using a moment-based approach and advanced collision operators

Paolo Ricci, Baptiste Jimmy Frei, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann

The first nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations obtained using a moment approach based on the Hermite-Laguerre decomposition of the distribution function are presented, implementing advanced models for the collision operator. Turbulence in a two-dimensional Z- ...

Cambridge University Press2023

Gyrokinetic moment-based simulations of the Dimits shift

Paolo Ricci, Baptiste Jimmy Frei, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann

We present a convergence study of the gyromoment (GM) approach, which is based on projecting the gyrokinetic distribution function onto a Hermite–Laguerre polynomial basis, focused on the cyclone base case (CBC) (Lin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 83, no. ...

Cambridge University Press2023

Development of advanced linearized gyrokinetic collision operators using a moment approach

Paolo Ricci, Baptiste Jimmy Frei, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann, Rogério Manuel Cabete De Jesus Jorge, Louis Nicolas Stenger, Justin Richard Ball

The derivation and numerical implementation of a linearized version of the gyrokinetic (GK) Coulomb collision operator (Jorge et al., J. Plasma Phys., vol. 85, 2019, 905850604) and of the widely used linearized GK Sugama collision operator (Sugama et al., ...

Cambridge University Press2021

Suppression of the quantum-confined Stark effect in polar nitride heterostructuresis

Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann, Gordon Jens Callsen

Recently, we suggested an unconventional approach (the so-called Internal-Field-Guarded-Active-Region Design "IFGARD") for the elimination of the quantum-confined Stark effect in polar semiconductor heterostructures. The IFGARD-based suppression of the Sta ...

NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP2018

Recent progress in R&D on tungsten alloys for divertor structural and plasma facing materials

Nadine Baluc, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann, Ho Ling Li

Tungsten materials are candidates for plasma-facing components for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor and the DEMOnstration power plant because of their superior thermophysical properties. Because these materials are not common structural ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Recent progress in research on tungsten materials for nuclear fusion applications in Europe

Nadine Baluc, Lyubomira Veleva, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann, Ho Ling Li

The current magnetic confinement nuclear fusion power reactor concepts going beyond ITER are based on assumptions about the availability of materials with extreme mechanical, heat, and neutron load capacity. In Europe, the development of such structural an ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

A brief summary of the progress on the EFDA tungsten materials program

Nadine Baluc, Lyubomira Veleva, Antoine Cyril David Hoffmann, Ho Ling Li

The long-term objective of the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) fusion materials programme is to develop structural and armor materials in combination with the necessary production and fabrication technologies for reactor concepts beyond the In ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013