Conservative global gyrokinetic toroidal full-f five-dimensional Vlasov simulation

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 391-403

  Idomura, Yasuhiro ^a   Ida, Masato ^a   Kano, Takuma ^a   Aiba, Nobuyuki ^a   Tokuda, Shinji ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

f Particle In Cell simulation; Gyrokinetic simulation; Non dissipative finite difference; Vlasov simulation

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUSION REACTIONS; FUSION REACTORS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA SIMULATION; SEDIMENTATION;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; GYROKINETIC; GYROKINETIC CODES; GYROKINETIC SIMULATION; GYROKINETIC THEORY; ION-TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; LINEAR ANALYSES; NON-DISSIPATIVE FINITE DIFFERENCE; NUMERICAL STABILITIES; PARTICLE CODE; TURBULENCE SIMULATIONS; VLASOV SIMULATION; VLASOV SIMULATIONS; ZONAL FLOWS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 49649102875     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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