Toward the Development of a New MHD Code for Fusion Plasma

Development of a new code for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) phenomena in fusion plasma is under progress through a collaboration between plasma physicists, mathematicians, and astrophysicists. The code employs approaches different from those of existing codes. For instance, it is based on a finite difference scheme of high-order and high accuracy, complying conservation laws. The new code will have characteristics distinguished from those of commonly used code such as M3D and NIMROD. Here we will report the progress of the code development.