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A toroidally spectral field solver in the X-point Gyrokinetic Code for accurate simulation of reduced magneto-hydrodynamic modes
Robert Hager, C. S. Chang, Thomas Gade +5
A new field solver has been implemented in the global electromagnetic total- gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code XGC to extend the code's capability to large-scale reduced MHD-typ…
On nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmode due to thermal plasma nonlinearities
Ningfei Chen, Thomas Hayward-Schneider, Fulvio Zonca +7
The nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) due to thermal plasma nonlinearities is investigated using gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations and theoretical anal…
Role of Shafranov shift, zonal structures on the behavior of TAEs, AAEs and microinstabilities in the presence of energetic particles
B. Rofman, G. Di Giannatale, A. Mishchenko +8
In future nuclear fusion reactors, even a small fraction of fusion-born energetic particles (EP) about 100 times hotter than the thermal bulk species, contributes substantially to…
Dynamics of ion temperature gradient modes in burning plasma conditions in the presence of energetic particles
Roman Ivanov, Alessandro Biancalani, Alberto Bottino +4
The interaction between energetic particles (EPs) and ion temperature gradient (ITG) modes is studied using the global particle in cell ORB5 code. In this work, we extend previous…
Study of the impact of fast ions on core turbulence at rational surfaces via global gyrokinetic simulations
D. Brioschi, A. Di Siena, R. Bilato +6
In this work, the interplay between fast ions and safety factor rational surfaces is studied in a turbulent plasma via global nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations. Initially, the fast…
Comparison of MHD and gyrokinetic simulations of linear instabilities at the q = 1 surface
F. N. Antlitz, X. Wang, M. Hoelzl +10
Accurate modeling of core instabilities in tokamak plasmas is essential to understand the underlying physical mechanisms and their impact on plasma confinement. The ideal stability…
Is Turbulence able to Generate Magnetic Islands in Tokamaks? Gyrokinetic Simulations of Turbulence-Driven Magnetic Islands in Toroidal Geometry
Fabien Widmer, Emanuele Poli, Alexey Mishchenko +3
We report a universal mechanism for turbulence-driven magnetic islands in fusion plasmas. Using gyrokinetic simulations of a linearly stable tearing mode in a large-aspect-ratio to…
Piecewise Field-Aligned Finite Element Method for Multi-Mode Nonlinear Particle Simulations in tokamak plasmas
Zhixin Lu, Guo Meng, Eric Sonnendrücker +5
This paper presents a novel approach for simulating plasma instabilities in tokamak plasmas using the piecewise field-aligned finite element method in combination with the particle…
Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics of Self-Consistent Collisionless Tearing Modes in Toroidal Gyrokinetic Simulations
Fabien Widmer, Emanuele Poli, Alexey Mishchenko +3
We investigate tearing modes (TM) driven by current density gradient in collisionless tokamak plasmas by using the electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulation code ORB5. We elucidate th…
Ion temperature gradient mode mitigation by energetic particles, mediated by forced-driven zonal flows
Juvert Njeck Sama, Alessandro Biancalani, Alberto Bottino +14
In this work, we use the global electromagnetic and electrostatic gyro kinetic approaches to investigate the effects of zonal flows forced-driven by Alfvén modes due to their excit…
Ion temperature and density gradient driven instabilities and turbulence in Wendelstein 7-X close to the stability threshold
L. Podavini, A. Zocco, J. M. García-Regaña +4
Electrostatic gyrokinetic instabilities and turbulence in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator are studied. Particular attention is paid to the ion-temperature-gradient (ITG) instabilit…