Status and verification of edge plasma turbulence code BOUT

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 887-903

  Umansky, M V ^a   Xu, X Q ^a   Dudson, B ^b   LoDestro, L L ^a   Myra, J R ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c LODESTAR RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge plasma turbulence

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; CURRENT STATUS; DIVERTORS; EDGE PLASMA TURBULENCE; ION TEMPERATURES; ION VELOCITIES; MATRIXES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARALLEL CURRENTS; PARALLEL VECTORS; PLASMA FLUIDS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TOKAMAK EDGE TURBULENCES; TOKAMAK GEOMETRIES; VERIFICATION TESTING;

CODES (SYMBOLS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUSION REACTORS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PLASMA TURBULENCE;

EID: 67349201205     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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