Recent Developments in Monte Carlo Codes for Edge Plasma Studies

In recent years, the rapid evolution of computing power, available computer memory and parallel processing methods have brought the self-consistent modelling of edge plasmas in fusion devices within reach. The use of orbit-following Monte Carlo simulation has been validated in numerous challenging problems of neoclassical physics, and molecular dynamics simulations of plasma-wall interactions can be utilized to obtain impurity yields for use in edge plasma and neutral codes. A combination of such methods may facilitate the self-consistent description of edge plasma transport in fusion devices.