Verification of continuum drift kinetic equation solvers in NIMROD

Held, E. D.; Kruger, S. E.; Ji, J. -Y.; Belli, E. A.; Lyons, B. C.

doi:10.1063/1.4914165

Title: Verification of continuum drift kinetic equation solvers in NIMROD

Journal Article · Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4914165· OSTI ID:1228588

Held, E. D. ^[1];

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Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4415, USA
Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
General Atomics, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-0451, USA

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