Large-scale gyrokinetic particle simulation of microturbulence in magnetically confined fusion plasmas

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Ethier, Stéphane ^a   Tang, William M ^a,b,c   Walkup, Robert ^d   Oliker, Leonid ^e  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Energy ^*

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

GYROKINETIC TOROIDAL CODE; MICROTURBULENCE; NUCLEAR FUSION;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 40749162762     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 00188646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.521.0105     Document Type: Article

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