gyrokinetic simulations 2beta limits 1electromagnetic turbulence 1second stability 1sheared flow 1tokamak 1tokamak transport 1turbulence 1zonal flows 1
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physics.plasm-ph2026
On the transition to large fluxes and access to second stability in gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in STEP
Daniel Kennedy, Yujia Zhang, Toby Adkins +6
The paper investigates why large heat fluxes appear in gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in the STEP tokamak, identifying a critical q²βₑ threshold that trigger…
physics.plasm-ph2026
Destabilization of temperature-gradient-driven plasma turbulence by equilibrium flow shear
Haomin Sun, Plamen G. Ivanov, Justin Ball +2
The paper shows that an imposed equilibrium E×B flow shear can destroy self‑generated zonal flows in temperature‑gradient‑driven plasma turbulence, causing a sharp rise in transpor…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Reducing turbulent transport in tokamaks by combining intrinsic rotation and the low momentum diffusivity regime
Haomin Sun, Justin Ball, Stephan Brunner +8
Based on the analysis of a large number of high-fidelity nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations, we propose a novel strategy to improve confinement in spherical tokamak plasmas by combi…