Development Roadmap

Short term development plans include:

  • Neoclassical transport with simple parameterized models

  • Coupling to parameterized boundary models

  • Implementation of forward sensitivity calculations w.r.t. control inputs and parameters

Longer term plans include:

  • Rotation profile and ExB shearing impact in turbulent transport

  • Multi-ion transport, with a focus on heavy impurities and neoclassical transport

  • IMAS coupling

  • Stationary-state solver

  • Momentum transport

  • Neoclassical tearing modes (modified Rutherford equation)

Contributions in line with the roadmap are welcome. In particular, TORAX is envisaged as a natural framework for coupling of various ML-surrogates of physics models. These could include surrogates for turbulent transport, neoclassical transport, heat and particle sources, line radiation, pedestal physics, and core-edge integration, MHD, among others.

See Contributing to TORAX and Contribution tips for more information.

A list of ongoing issues, including physics features, performance, and UX improvements, is available here: https://github.com/google-deepmind/torax/issues