Global nonlinear electromagnetic simulations of tokamak turbulence

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2129-2135

  Bottino, Alberto ^a   Scott, Bruce ^a   Brunner, Stephan ^b   McMillan, Ben F ^b   Tran, Trach Minh ^b   Vernay, Thibaut ^b   Villard, Laurent ^b   Jolliet, Sebastien ^c   Hatzky, Roman ^d   Peeters, Arthur G ^e,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Atomic Energy Agency   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Particle in cell methods; plasma confinement; plasma stability; tokamaks

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FILTERING PROCEDURES; GERMANY; GYROKINETIC EQUATIONS; GYROKINETIC TURBULENCE; MAGNETIC AXIS; MAGNETIC PERTURBATION; MICROINSTABILITIES; NONLINEAR CODES; PARTICLE IN CELL CODES; PARTICLE IN CELL METHOD; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA CORE; SWITZERLAND; TOKAMAK GEOMETRY; TOKAMAK TURBULENCE; TOKAMAKS;

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); ELECTROMAGNETISM; FUSION REACTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA STABILITY; TURBULENCE; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 77956614441     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2055583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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