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Document 'recycling fraction' for neutral wall boundary condition
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Expand Up @@ -163,15 +163,27 @@ f_n(r,z=-\frac{L_z}{2},v_\zeta,v_r,v_z>0) = \Gamma_\mathrm{lower}(r) f_{Kw}(v_\z
```
and at the upper target
```math
f_n(r,z=\frac{L_z}{2},v_\zeta,v_r,v_z<0) = \Gamma_\mathrm{upper}(r) f_{Kw}(v_\zeta,v_r,|v_z|)
f_n(r,z=\frac{L_z}{2},v_\zeta,v_r,v_z<0) = \Gamma_\mathrm{upper}(r) f_{Kw}(v_\zeta,v_r,|v_z|).
```
A 'recycling fraction' is included, defined so that a fraction $0 \leq
R_\mathrm{recycle} \leq 1$ of the ions hitting the wall are recycled as
neutrals, while the whole flux of neutrals hitting the wall is always recycled.
(Recycling the 100% of the neutral flux means that the net flux of neutrals -
hitting the wall plus recycled - is $R_\mathrm{recycle}$ times the ion flux,
which makes applying boundary conditions in the moment-kinetic approach
simpler, see the next section.) This results in
```math
\begin{align}
\Gamma_\mathrm{lower}(r) &= R_\mathrm{recycle} \frac{B_{z}}{B} 2\pi \int_{0}^{\infty} dv_{\perp} \int_{-\infty}^{0} dv_{\parallel}\, |v_{\parallel}| f_{i}(r,-L/2,v_{\perp},v_{\parallel}) \\
&\quad + \int dv_{\zeta}\,dv_{r} \int_{-\infty}^{0} dv_{z}\, |v_{z}| f_{n}(r,-L/2,v_{\zeta},v_{r},v_{z}) \\
\Gamma_\mathrm{upper}(r) &= R_\mathrm{recycle} \frac{B_{z}}{B} 2\pi \int_{0}^{\infty} dv_{\perp} \int_{0}^{\infty} dv_{\parallel}\, |v_{\parallel}| f_{i}(r,L/2,v_{\perp},v_{\parallel}) \\
&\quad + \int dv_{\zeta}\,dv_{r} \int_{0}^{\infty} dv_{z}\, |v_{z}| f_{n}(r,L/2,v_{\zeta},v_{r},v_{z})
\end{align}
```
where $\Gamma_\mathrm{lower}(r)$ is the total flux (the flux of ions plus the
flux of neutrals that hit the wall) to the lower target, and
$\Gamma_\mathrm{upper}(r)$ is the total flux to the upper target.

For 1D1V, we 'marginalise' -- i.e. integrate over $v_\perp$, assuming that
$v_\parallel=v_z$ (i.e. the magnetic field is perpendicular to the wall) --
(see Excalibur report TN-08) which gives
$v_\parallel=v_z$ (i.e. the magnetic field is perpendicular to the wall so
$B_{z}/B = 1$) -- (see Excalibur report TN-08) which gives
```math
\begin{align}
f_{Kw,1V}(v_\parallel) &= \int dv_\zeta dv_r f_{Kw}(v_\zeta,v_r,v_\parallel) = 2\pi \int dv_\perp\,v_\perp f_{Kw}(v_\perp,v_\parallel) \\
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When using the moment kinetic approach, we first need to apply a boundary
condition to the moments so that the net flux of neutrals leaving the wall
matches the flux of ions reaching the wall
matches the recycling fraction $R_\mathrm{recycle}$ times the flux of ions reaching the wall
```math
\begin{align}
u_{\parallel,n}(z=\pm L/2) = -\frac{n_{i}(z=\pm L/2) u_{\parallel,i}(z=\pm L/2)}{n_{n}(z=\pm L/2)}.
u_{\parallel,n}(z=\pm L/2) = -R_\mathrm{recycle} \frac{n_{i}(z=\pm L/2) u_{\parallel,i}(z=\pm L/2)}{n_{n}(z=\pm L/2)}.
\end{align}
```
Having enforced the boundary condition on the flux, we need to impose that the
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