Using the local gyrokinetic code, GS2, to investigate global ITG modes in tokamaks. (I) s-$\alpha$ model with profile and flow shear effects

P. A. Abdoul, D. Dickinson, C. M. Roach +1

This paper combines results from a local gyrokinetic code with analytical theory to reconstruct the global eigenmode structure of the linearly unstable ion-temperature-gradient (IT…