Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems

Pan, Q.; Told, D.; Shi, E. L.; Hammett, G. W.; Jenko, F.

doi:10.1063/1.5008895

Title: Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems

Journal Article · Thu May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5008895· OSTI ID:1543849

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Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Max Planck Inst. for Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Max Planck Inst. for Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)

Exclusive properties of plasmas in the tokamak edge, such as large amplitude fluctuations and plasma–wall interactions in the open-field-line regions, require major modifications of existing gyrokinetic codes originally designed for simulating core turbulence. Thus, the global version of the 3D2V gyrokinetic code GENE, so far employing a δf-splitting technique, is extended to simulate electrostatic turbulence in straight open-field-line systems. The significant extensions are the inclusion of the velocity-space nonlinearity, the development of a conducting-sheath boundary, and the implementation of the Lenard–Bernstein collision operator. With these developments, the code can be run as a full-f code and can handle particle loss to and reflection from the wall. The extended code is applied to modeling turbulence in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), with a reduced mass ratio and a much lower collisionality. Similar to turbulence in a tokamak scrape-off layer, LAPD turbulence involves collisions, parallel streaming, cross-field turbulent transport with steep profiles, and particle loss at the parallel boundary.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-09CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1543849

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1439757

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 6; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

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