Ing. Kateřina Hromasová [ PhD Student, Tokamak Department ]

Place: NHB, Office: H 312
Tel.: (+420) 266 052416
Email: hromasova@ipp.cas.cz

Research Interests

SOLPS-ITER modelling
Separatrix detection using probes
Edge plasma transport
Analysis and interpretation of probe measurements (especially reciprocating probes)

Education

2004-2012	Grammar school ended with the maturita exam Gymnázium Česká 64, České Budějovice
2012-2015	Bachelor studies in the field Physics and Technology of Thermonuclear Fusion Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague Characterization of edge plasma fluctuations in tokamak COMPASS
2015-2018	Master studies in the field Physics and Technology of Thermonuclear Fusion Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague Study of edge plasma of tokamak COMPASS and its poloidal variations
2018-now	PhD studies in the field Nuclear Engineering Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague SOLPS-ITER simulations of the COMPASS tokamak edge transport

Research experience

January-May 2017	Exchange student at Aalto University Aalto University SOLEDGE2D-EIRENE simulation analysis focusing on the detachment onset
2018-now	Researcher at tokamak COMPASS Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Work on dissertation thesis and the following research.
2018-now	Researcher and teacher at the GOLEM tokamak Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague Supervising of student projects, documentation and development of data processing software
September and November 2019, March 2020	Junior user of SOLPS-ITER Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching Learning the SOLPS-ITER code, simulating the COMPASS tokamak

Academic Awards

2021

Outstanding Reviewer Award
Awarded by : IoP Publishing
Reviewing papers for Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Supervised students

2023 - now	Bc. Daniel Švorc Preparation of Master thesis Validation of tokamak magnetic equilibrium reconstructions using the SOLPS-ITER edge plasma transport code simulations
2018-2019	Daniela Kropáčková Supervisor Measurements of plasma rotation by double tunnel probe at tokamak GOLEM
2019-2020	Matyáš Horák Supervisor Profile measurements of the electron temperature in the tokamak chamber
2020-2021	Martina Lauerová Supervisor Electron temperature measurement at tokamak GOLEM using electric probes
2020-2021	Aleš Socha Supervisor „Blob birth zone“ position in the edge plasma of tokamak GOLEM

Research projects

2022-2024	Research of magnetic field plasma confinement in tokamaks Participant Provider: Czech Technical University in Prague ; Project ID: SGS22/175/OHK4/3T/14
2019-2022	Study of magnetically confined plasmas in the tokamak Participant Provider: Czech Technical University in Prague ; Project ID: SGS19/180/OHK4/3T/14
2019-2022	The impact of error fields on enhanced confinement regimes in tokamaks Participant Provider: Czech Science Foundation; Project ID: GA19-15229S
2020-2022	Determination of the plasma properties in the SOL and in the divertor of the COMPASS tokamak using probe techniques Co-investigator Provider: Czech Academy of Sciences; Project ID: *BAS-20-13
2020-2022	Kinetic study of boundary plasma in COMPASS and COMPAS-U tokamaks Co-investigator Provider: Czech Science Foundation; Project ID: GA20-28161S
2019-2022	The impact of error fields on enhanced confinement regimes in tokamaks Co-investigator Provider: Czech Science Foundation; Project ID: GA19-15229S
2019-2021	Strategy AV21: Systems for Nuclear Power Industry Participant Provider: Czech Academy of Sciences; Project ID:
2017-2019	Study of magnetically confined plasmas Participant Provider: Czech Technical University in Prague ; Project ID: SGS17/138/OHK4/2T/14
2016-2018	Study of Zonal flows and Alfvén eigenmodes in the COMPASS tokamak plasma Co-investigator Provider: Czech Science Foundation; Project ID: GA16-25074S
2015-2017	Research of tokamak plasma confinement with magnetic field Participant Provider: Czech Technical University in Prague ; Project ID: SGS15/164/OHK4/2T/14

List of Publications


2023	K. Hromasová, J. Seidl, D. Tskhakaya, J. Adámek, M. Dimitrova, F. Jaulmes, M. Komm, P. Vondráček, M. Šos and the COMPASS team: Sensitivity of COMPASS tokamak SOLPS-ITER simulations to electron and ion heat flux limiters. 49th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2023, Bordeaux, France
2022	Hron M., Adámek J., Cavalier J., Dejarnac R., Ficker O., Grover O., Horáček J., Komm M., Macúšová E., Matveeva E., Pánek R., Peterka M., Seidl J., Tskhakaya D., Yanovskiy V., Artola F. J., Atikukke S., Bartoň P., Bencze A., Berta M., Bílková P., Bin W., Bogár K., Bogár O., Böhm P., Borodkina I., Brezinsek S., Brochard F., Buratti P., Čaloud J., Casolari A., Castaldo C., Čečrdle J., Čeřovský J., Cipciar A., Devitre A., Dimitrova M., Ďuran I., Entler S., Farník M., Fernandes H., Fridrich D., Fuková Š., Gauthier E., Gerardin J., Gobbin M., Grenfell G., Gribov Y., Grof M., Gunn J., Háček P., Havlíček J., Havránek A., Hidalgo C., Hromasová K., Hronová-Bilyková O., Iafrati M., Imríšek M., Isernia N., Jaulmes F., Jeřáb M., Jirsa M., Junek P., Kallenbach A., Kovanda O., Kovařík K., Krbec J., Kripner L., Krlín L., Kulhánek P., Lehnen M., Lemoine N., Litaudon X., Liu Y.Q., Logan N. C., Loarer T., Loarte A., Lourenco P., Lukeš S., Mácha P., Rabinski M., Marin Roldan A., Markovič T., Matějíček J., Mazzitelli G., Mlynář J., Mysiura I., Napoli F., Naydenkova D., Park J. K., Patel N., Pavlo P., Pitts R., Podolník A., Poradzinski M., Preinhaelter J., Prishvitsin A., Refy D., Roccella R., Šesták D., Shyshkin O., Škvára V., Šos M., Spolaore M., Stöckel J., Svoboda J., Tomeš M., Torres A., Turjanica P., Tynan G., Valovič M., Van Oost G., Varavin M., Varju J., Veis P., Vilémová M., Villone F., Vondráček P., Weinzettl V., Žáček F., Zadvitskiy G., Zajac J., Zaloga D., Zebrowski J., Zoletnik S.: Overview of the COMPASS results. Nuclear Fusion 62 [4] (2022) č. článku 042021. [ Abstract ] [ Link ]
2021	Tskhakaya D., Adámek J., Dimitrova M., Hromasová K., Seidl J., Šos M., Vondráček P.: Kinetic model of the COMPASS tokamak SOL. Nuclear Materials and Energy 26 [March] (2021) č. článku 100893. E. [ Abstract ] [ Link ]
	K. Hromasová, D. Coster, M. Komm, J. Seidl, D. Tskhakaya: SOLPS-ITER simulations of the COMPASS tokamak. 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2021, held virtually [ Abstract ] [ Link ]
	K. Hromasová, D. Tskhakaya, J. Seidl, J. Adámek, M. Dimitrova, A. Järvinen, M. Komm, P. Vondráček: SOLPS-ITER modelling of the COMPASS tokamak SOL and comparison with kinetic simulations. 25th Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting 2021, held virtually [ Abstract ]
2020	K. Jiráková, D. P. Coster, M. Komm, J. Seidl, COMPASS team: Transport conditions in COMPASS SOL modelled by SOLPS-ITER. FuseNet PhD Event 2020, the Virtualternative, held virtually
	J. Horáček, J. Adámek, M. Komm, J. Seidl, P. Vondráček, A. Jardin, Ch. Guillemaut, S. Elmore, A. Thornton, K. Jiráková, F. Jaulmes, G. Deng, X. Gao, L. Wang, R. Ding, D. Brunner, B. LaBombard, J. Olsen, J.J. Rasmussen, A.H. Nielsen, V. Naulin, M. Ezzat, K.M. Camacho, M. Hron, G.F. Matthews, EUROfusion MST1 Team, JET Contributors and MAST-U Team: Scaling of L-mode heat flux for ITER and COMPASS-U divertors, based on five tokamaks. Nuclear Fusion 60 (2020) 066016 [ Abstract ] [ Link ] [ DOI ]
2019	K. Jiráková, J. Seidl, J. Adámek: Upstream and downstream properties of turbulent transport at tokamak COMPASS. 46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2019, Milan, Italy [ Abstract ] [ Link ]
	K. Jiráková, O. Kovanda, J. Adámek, M. Komm, J. Seidl: Systematic errors in tokamak magnetic equilibrium reconstruction: a study of EFIT++ at tokamak COMPASS. Journal of Instrumentation 14 (2019) C11020 [ Abstract ] [ Link ] [ DOI ]
	K. Jiráková, J. Adámek, M. Komm, O. Kovanda, P. Vondráček, J. Seidl: Non-magnetic edge diagnostics for detecting precise separatrix position. 3rd European Conference on Plasma Diagnostics 2019, Lisbon, Portugal [ Abstract ]
2018	Seidl J., Jiráková K., Adámek J., Grover O., Horáček J., Hron M., Vondráček P.: Fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and edge plasma of the COMPASS tokamak. 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics. Vol. 42A. Mulhouse: 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 2018, s. 481-484, č. článku P1.1103. ISBN 9781510868441. [ Abstract ] [ Link ] [45th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics. Praha (CZ), 02.07.2018-06.07.2018]
	Seidl J., Jiráková K., Adámek J., Grover O., Horáček J., Hron M., Vondráček P.: Fluctuations in the scrape-off layer and edge plasma of the COMPASS tokamak. Europhysics Conference Abstracts. Vol. 42A. European Physical Society, 2018 - (Coda, S.; Berndt, J.; Lapenta, G.; Mantsinen, M.; Michaut, C.; Weber, S.). ISBN 979-10-96389-08-7. [ Abstract ] [ Link ] [45th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics. Praha (CZ), 02.07.2018-06.07.2018]
	K. Jiráková, J. Seidl, J. Adámek, R. Dejarnac, M. Dimitrova, P. Vondráček: Separatrix detection in tokamaks using electric probes. FuseNet PhD Event 2018, Cadarache, France
	K. Jiráková, J. Seidl, J. Adámek, P. Bílková, J. Cavalier, M. Dimitrova, J. Horáček, M. Komm: Parallel SOL transport regime in tokamak COMPASS. 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2018, Prague, Czech Republic [ Abstract ] [ Link ]
2016	K. Jiráková, J. Seidl, J. Adámek, R. Dejarnac, J. Horáček, P. Vondráček: Characteristics of plasma fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of tokamak COMPASS. Week of Doctoral Students 2016, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague [ Abstract ]
	R. Duban, O. Ficker, O. Grover, K. Jiráková, B. Leitl, M. Matušů, T. Okonechnikova, J. Stöckel, V. Svoboda, G. Vondrášek: Tokamak GOLEM for fusion education - chapter 7. 43rd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics 2016, Leuven, Belgium [ Abstract ] [ Link ]