Geodesic acoustic modes in magnetic confinement devices
GD Conway, AI Smolyakov, T Ido - Nuclear Fusion, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) are ubiquitous oscillatory flow phenomena observed in
toroidal magnetic confinement fusion plasmas, such as tokamaks and stellarators. They are …
toroidal magnetic confinement fusion plasmas, such as tokamaks and stellarators. They are …
L-mode-edge negative triangularity tokamak reactor
M Kikuchi, T Takizuka, S Medvedev, T Ando… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The negative triangularity tokamak (NTT) is a unique reactor concept based on'power-
handling-first'philosophy with the heat exhaust problem as the leading concern. The present …
handling-first'philosophy with the heat exhaust problem as the leading concern. The present …
Three-dimensional inhomogeneity of electron-temperature-gradient turbulence in the edge of tokamak plasmas
Nonlinear multiscale gyrokinetic simulations of a Joint European Torus edge pedestal are
used to show that electron-temperature-gradient (ETG) turbulence has a rich three …
used to show that electron-temperature-gradient (ETG) turbulence has a rich three …
Nonlinear gyrokinetic PIC simulations in stellarators with the code EUTERPE
E Sánchez, A Mishchenko… - Journal of Plasma …, 2020 - cambridge.org
In this work, the first nonlinear particle-in-cell simulations carried out in a stellarator with the
global gyrokinetic code EUTERPE using adiabatic electrons and realistic plasma …
global gyrokinetic code EUTERPE using adiabatic electrons and realistic plasma …
Magnetic sha** effects on turbulence in ADITYA-U tokamak
The work reported in this paper addresses two aspects. In the first part, numerical
simulations are conducted to examine the impact of magnetic equilibrium sha** …
simulations are conducted to examine the impact of magnetic equilibrium sha** …
[HTML][HTML] Gyrokinetic simulations of turbulence and zonal flows driven by steep profile gradients using a delta-f approach with an evolving background Maxwellian
Long global gyrokinetic turbulence simulations are particularly challenging in situations
where the system deviates strongly from its initial state and when fluctuation levels are high …
where the system deviates strongly from its initial state and when fluctuation levels are high …
Investigation of tokamak turbulent avalanches using wave-kinetic formulation in toroidal geometry
The interplay between toroidal drift-wave turbulence and tokamak profiles is investigated
using a wave-kinetic description. The coupled system is used to investigate the interplay …
using a wave-kinetic description. The coupled system is used to investigate the interplay …
[HTML][HTML] Gyrokinetic flux-driven simulations in mixed TEM/ITG regime using a delta-f PIC scheme with evolving background
In the context of global gyrokinetic simulations of turbulence using a particle-in-cell
framework, verifying the delta-f assumption with a fixed background distribution becomes …
framework, verifying the delta-f assumption with a fixed background distribution becomes …
Triangularity effects on global flux-driven gyrokinetic simulations
On the road to fusion energy production, many alternative scenarios have been investigated
in order to address certain well-known problems of tokamak devices; among which …
in order to address certain well-known problems of tokamak devices; among which …
[HTML][HTML] Complex-Hamiltonian paraxial description of damped geodesic acoustic modes
Geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) are a fundamental part of turbulence and zonal-flow
dynamics in tokamaks. They exhibit simple yet non-trivial dispersive and dissipative …
dynamics in tokamaks. They exhibit simple yet non-trivial dispersive and dissipative …