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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
This work investigates the nonlinear transition to large heat fluxes observed in local gyrokinetic simulations of electromagnetic turbulence in STEP. Using the stress-balance frame…
Zonal-flow generation and saturation of electromagnetic ion-scale turbulence in tokamaks
Y. Zhang, T. Adkins, M. Barnes +5
Local flux-tube gyrokinetic simulations of ion-scale turbulence in tokamak plasmas at finite plasma beta are conducted to investigate the generation of zonal flows via turbulent st…
Scaling laws for the cutoff wavenumber of the short-wavelength ion-temperature-gradient mode in a Z-pinch
O. Gupta, M. Barnes, F. I. Parra +4
We use a heuristic fluid model to predict the dependence of the cutoff wave number for the short-wavelength ion temperature gradient (SWITG) mode on ion density gradient, ion tempe…
Asymptotic scaling theory of electrostatic turbulent transport in magnetised fusion plasmas
T. Adkins, I. G. Abel, M. Barnes +8
Turbulent transport remains one of the principal obstacles to achieving efficient magnetic confinement in fusion devices. Two of the dominant drivers of the turbulence are microsca…
The effects of finite electron inertia on helicity-barrier-mediated turbulence
T. Adkins, R. Meyrand, J. Squire
Understanding the partitioning of turbulent energy between ions and electrons in weakly collisional plasmas is crucial for the accurate interpretation of observations and modelling…
Suppression of temperature-gradient-driven turbulence by sheared flows in fusion plasmas
P. G. Ivanov, T. Adkins, D. Kennedy +3
Starting from the assumption that saturation of plasma turbulence driven by temperature-gradient instabilities in fusion plasmas is achieved by a local energy cascade between a lon…