3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2020
Investigating shear flow through continuum gyrokinetic simulations of limiter biasing in the Texas Helimak
Tess N. Bernard, Timothy Stoltzfus-Dueck, Kenneth W. Gentle +3
Previous limiter-biasing experiments on the Texas Helimak, a simple magnetized torus, have been inconclusive on the effect of flow shear on turbulence levels. To investigate this,…
physics.plasm-ph2020
Fluid & Gyrokinetic turbulence in open field-line, helical plasmas
Manaure Francisquez, Tess N. Bernard, Ben Zhu +3
Two-fluid Braginskii codes have simulated open-field line turbulence for over a decade, and only recently has it become possible to study these systems with continuum gyrokinetic c…
physics.plasm-ph2018
Gyrokinetic continuum simulations of plasma turbulence in the Texas Helimak
Tess N. Bernard, Eric L. Shi, Kenneth Gentle +4
The first gyrokinetic simulations of plasma turbulence in the Texas Helimak device, a simple magnetized torus, are presented. The device has features similar to the scrape-off laye…