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most citedViriato: a Fourier-Hermite spectral code for strongly magnetised fluid-kinetic plasma dynamics

44 citations · 248 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 17 cited

Comprehensive evaluation of the linear stability of Alfvén eigenmodes driven by alpha particles in an ITER baseline scenario

A. C. A. Figueiredo, P. Rodrigues, D. Borba +8

The linear stability of Alfvén eigenmodes in the presence of fusion-born alpha particles is thoroughly assessed for two variants of an ITER baseline scenario, which differ signific…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 42 cited

The generation of magnetic fields by the Biermann battery and the interplay with the Weibel instability

K. M. Schoeffler, N. F. Loureiro, R. A. Fonseca +1

An investigation of magnetic fields generated in an expanding bubble of plasma with misaligned temperature and density gradients (driving the Biermann battery mechanism) is perform…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 44 cited

Viriato: a Fourier-Hermite spectral code for strongly magnetised fluid-kinetic plasma dynamics

N. F. Loureiro, W. Dorland, L. Fazendeiro +4

We report on the algorithms and numerical methods used in Viriato, a novel fluid-kinetic code that solves two distinct sets of equations: (i) the Kinetic Reduced Electron Heating M…

physics.plasm-ph2014★ 44 cited

Kinetic microtearing modes and reconnecting modes in strongly magnetised slab plasmas

A Zocco, N F Loureiro, D Dickinson +2

The problem of the linear microtearing mode in a slab magnetised plasma, and its connection to kinetic reconnecting modes, is addressed. Electrons are described using a novel hybri…

physics.plasm-ph2014

A systematic approach to the linear-stability assessment of Alfvén eigenmodes in the presence of fusion-born alpha particles for ITER-like equilibria

P. Rodrigues, A. Figueiredo, J. Ferreira +6

A systematic approach to assess the linear stability of Alfvén eigenmodes in the presence of fusion-born alpha particles is described. Because experimental results for ITER are not…

physics.plasm-ph2014★ 39 cited

Fluctuation-dissipation relations for a plasma-kinetic Langevin equation

A. Kanekar, A. A. Schekochihin, W. Dorland +1

A linearised kinetic equation describing electrostatic perturbations of a Maxwellian equilibrium in a weakly collisional plasma forced by a random source is considered. The problem…

physics.plasm-ph2014★ 31 cited

Intrinsic momentum transport in up-down asymmetric tokamaks

Justin Ball, Felix I. Parra, Michael Barnes +4

Recent work demonstrated that breaking the up-down symmetry of tokamak flux surfaces removes a constraint that limits intrinsic momentum transport, and hence toroidal rotation, to…

physics.plasm-ph2013★ 1 cited

Electromagnetic effects in the stabilization of turbulence by sheared flow

M. D. J. Cole, S. L. Newton, S. C. Cowley +4

We have extended our study of the competition between the drive and stabilization of plasma microinstabilities by sheared flow to include electromagnetic effects at low plasma …

physics.plasm-ph2011★ 30 cited

Gyrokinetic simulations of the tearing instability

R. Numata, W. Dorland, G. G. Howes +3

Linear gyrokinetic simulations covering the collisional -- collisionless transitional regime of the tearing instability are performed. It is shown that the growth rate scaling with…