Current status of the development of the problem-oriented software package GYREOSS

Abstract

A great number of problem-oriented software packages (e.g., DAPHNE, ESRAY, GYROSIM, just to name a few) are used for computer-aided design (CAD) and optimization of high-power gyrotrons for fusion research (most notably for ECRH and ECCD). In them, adequate self-consistent physical models formulated in a two-dimensional space (2D) are implemented. Most of the problems encountered in recent years in the development of megawatt-class gyrotrons, however, can be attributed to physical factors and phenomena that are both non-stationary (for instance various electron beam instabilities, dynamics of the trapped particles) and inherently three-dimensional by nature (e.g., non-uniformity of the emission, misalignment of the electrodes and magnetic coils, etc.). In order to address these problems and to take into account most of the physical factors that have so far been neglected, a work on the development of a novel problem-oriented software package called GYREOSS (which stands for Gyrotron Electron-Optical System Simulation) was initiated recently. Since then, GYREOSS has evolved into a test bed for experimenting with different numerical methods, algorithms, and programming techniques for ray tracing (trajectory analysis) and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. In this paper, we outline the current status of GYREOSS and present both its physical model formulated in 2D and 3D and its program realization. We illustrate the capabilities of the latest version of the code, which includes a novel 3D field solver and an efficient relativistic particle pusher. Finally, we present an outlook for a further development of GYREOSS.