NICE
The code NICE (Newton direct and Inverse Computation for Equilibrium) is a Tokamak
plasma equilibrium computation code.
It enables to solve numerically several problems of plasma free-boundary equilibrium
computations in a tokamak:
- plasma free-boundary only reconstruction and magnetic measurements interpolation,
- full free-boundary equilibrium reconstruction
from magnetic measurements and possibly internal measurements (interferometry,
classical linear approximation polarimetry or Stokes model polarimety,
Motional Stark Effect and pressure),
- direct and inverse, static and quasi-static evolutive free-boundary equilibrium computations.
The strength of NICE is to gather in a single finite element framework different equilibrium computation modes.
It makes intensive use of Newton method and Sequential Quadratic Programming method to solve non linear problems.
The code is hosted on GitLab at INRIA. Contact: blaise.faugeras@univ-cotedazur.fr