Nonlinear electromagnetic formulation for particle-in-cell simulation of lower hybrid waves in toroidal geometry

Bao, J.; Lin, Z.; Kuley, A.; Wang, Z. X.

doi:10.1063/1.4952773

Title: Nonlinear electromagnetic formulation for particle-in-cell simulation of lower hybrid waves in toroidal geometry

Journal Article · Fri Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4952773· OSTI ID:1565477

Bao, J. ^[1];

^[2]; Kuley, A. ^[2];

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Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)

An electromagnetic particle simulation model has been formulated and verified for nonlinear processes of lower hybrid (LH) waves in fusion plasmas. Electron dynamics are described by the drift kinetic equation using either kinetic momentum or canonical momentum. Ion dynamics are treated as the fluid system or by the Vlasov equation. Compressible magnetic perturbation is retained to simulate both the fast and slow LH waves. Numerical properties are greatly improved by using the electron continuity equation to enforce the consistency between electrostatic potential and vector potential, and by using the importance sampling scheme. Here, the simulation model has been implemented in the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC), and verified for the dispersion relation and nonlinear particle trapping of the electromagnetic LH waves.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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

OSTI ID:: 1565477

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1255627

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 6; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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