Verification of gyrokinetic particle simulation of current-driven instability in fusion plasmas. II. Resistive tearing mode

Liu, Dongjian; Zhang, Wenlu; McClenaghan, Joseph; Wang, Jiaqi; Lin, Zhihong

doi:10.1063/1.4905074

Verification of gyrokinetic particle simulation of current-driven instability in fusion plasmas. II. Resistive tearing mode

Journal Article · Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4905074· OSTI ID:1565336

Liu, Dongjian ^[1]; Zhang, Wenlu ^[2]; McClenaghan, Joseph ^[3]; Wang, Jiaqi ^[4]; ^[5]

Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Southwestern Inst. of Physics, Chengdu (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Peking Univ., Beijing (China)

In this work, global gyrokinetic particle simulation of resistive tearing modes has been developed and verified in the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC). GTC linear simulations in the fluid limit of the kink-tearing and resistive tearing modes in the cylindrical geometry agree well with the resistive magnetohydrodynamic eigenvalue and initial value codes. Ion kinetic effects are discovered to reduce the radial width of the tearing modes. GTC simulations of the resistive tearing modes in the toroidal geometry find that the toroidicity reduces the growth rates.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (SC-21). Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; FG02-07ER54916

OSTI ID:: 1565336

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1226654
OSTI ID: 22403365

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 21; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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