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Monte Carlo collision operator for δF gyrokinetic particle simulation codes

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10189088
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Trieste Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Scienze Matematiche
  2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab.

A δF-weighting scheme is proposed for investigating the gyrokinetic Fokker Planck equation describing the dynamics of e.m. perturbations in a multi-species toroidal magnetoplasma. It is shown that Monte Carlo collision operators can be consistently defined to describe Coulomb binary collisions in such a way to assure conservation of collisional invariants as well as to take into account the full nonlinear particle characteristics.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Plasma Physics Lab.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome (Italy)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
10189088
Report Number(s):
PPPL-CFP--3161; CONF-940933--8; ON: DE95001288
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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