Automatic classification of magnetic field lines by persistent homology

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Hauptverfasser: Bohlsen, Nicholas, Robins, Vanessa, Hole, Matthew
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author Bohlsen, Nicholas
Robins, Vanessa
Hole, Matthew
author_facet Bohlsen, Nicholas
Robins, Vanessa
Hole, Matthew
contents A method for the automatic classification of the orbits of magnetic field lines into topologically distinct classes using the Vietoris-Rips persistent homology is presented. The input to the method is the Poincare map orbits of field lines and the output is a separation into three classes: islands, chaotic layers, and invariant tori. The classification is tested numerically for the case of a toy model of a perturbed tokamak represented initially in its geometric coordinates. The persistent $H_1$ data is demonstrated to be sufficient to distinguish magnetic islands from the other orbits. When combined with persistent $H_0$ information, describing the average spacing between points on the Poincare section, the larger chaotic orbits can then be separated from very thin chaotic layers and invariant tori. It is then shown that if straight field line coordinates exist for a nearby integrable field configuration, the performance of the classification can be improved by transforming into this natural coordinate system. The focus is the application to toroidal magnetic confinement but the method is sufficiently general to apply to generic $1\frac{1}{2}$d Hamiltonian systems.
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spellingShingle Automatic classification of magnetic field lines by persistent homology
Bohlsen, Nicholas
Robins, Vanessa
Hole, Matthew
Plasma Physics
Chaotic Dynamics
55N31 (Primary) 70H07 (Secondary)
A method for the automatic classification of the orbits of magnetic field lines into topologically distinct classes using the Vietoris-Rips persistent homology is presented. The input to the method is the Poincare map orbits of field lines and the output is a separation into three classes: islands, chaotic layers, and invariant tori. The classification is tested numerically for the case of a toy model of a perturbed tokamak represented initially in its geometric coordinates. The persistent $H_1$ data is demonstrated to be sufficient to distinguish magnetic islands from the other orbits. When combined with persistent $H_0$ information, describing the average spacing between points on the Poincare section, the larger chaotic orbits can then be separated from very thin chaotic layers and invariant tori. It is then shown that if straight field line coordinates exist for a nearby integrable field configuration, the performance of the classification can be improved by transforming into this natural coordinate system. The focus is the application to toroidal magnetic confinement but the method is sufficiently general to apply to generic $1\frac{1}{2}$d Hamiltonian systems.
title Automatic classification of magnetic field lines by persistent homology
topic Plasma Physics
Chaotic Dynamics
55N31 (Primary) 70H07 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09298