This paper reviews Vlasov-based numerical methods used to model plasma in space
physics and astrophysics. Plasma consists of collectively behaving charged particles that …

An overview of the physics of intrinsic torque is presented, with special emphasis on the
phenomenology of intrinsic toroidal rotation in tokamaks, its theoretical understanding, and …

This paper addresses non-linear gyrokinetic simulations of ion temperature gradient (ITG)
turbulence in tokamak plasmas. The electrostatic GYSELA code is one of the few …

Nonlinear gyrokinetics is the major formalism used for both the analytical and numerical
descriptions of low-frequency microturbulence in magnetized plasmas. Its derivation from …

Gyrokinetic tokamak plasmas can exhibit intrinsic toroidal rotation driven by the residual
stress. While most studies have attributed the residual stress to the parallel-momentum flux …

The main idea of the gyrokinetic dynamical reduction consists in a systematical removal of
the fast scale motion (the gyromotion) from the dynamics of the plasma, resulting in a …

A gyrokinetic model is presented that can properly describe large and small amplitude
electromagnetic fluctuations occurring on scale lengths ranging from the electron Larmor …

Toroidal rotation is critical for fusion in tokamaks, since it stabilizes instabilities that can
otherwise cause disruptions or degrade confinement. Unlike present-day devices, ITER …

Using the assumption of a weak normalized turbulent viscosity, usually valid in practice, the
modulated-transport model (Stoltzfus-Dueck 2012 Phys. Plasmas19 055908) is generalized …

A mechanism for turbulent acceleration of parallel rotation is discovered using gyrokinetic
theory. This new turbulent acceleration term cannot be written as a divergence of parallel …