Spatial core-edge coupling of the particle-in-cell gyrokinetic codes GEM and XGC

Cheng, Junyi; Dominski, Julien; Chen, Yang; Chen, Haotian; Merlo, Gabriele; Ku, Seung-Hoe; Hager, Robert; Chang, Choong-Seock; Suchyta, Eric; D'Azevedo, Eduardo; Ethier, Stephane; Sreepathi, Sarat; Klasky, Scott; Jenko, Frank; Bhattacharjee, Amitava; Parker, Scott

doi:10.1063/5.0026043

Title: Spatial core-edge coupling of the particle-in-cell gyrokinetic codes GEM and XGC

Journal Article · Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0026043· OSTI ID:1810011

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Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); Max Planck Inst. for Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)

Two existing particle-in-cell gyrokinetic codes, GEM for the core region and XGC for the edge region, have been successfully coupled with a spatial coupling scheme at the interface in a toroidal geometry. Additionally, a mapping technique is developed for transferring data between GEM's structured and XGC's unstructured meshes. Two examples of coupled simulations are presented to demonstrate the coupling scheme. The optimization of GEM for graphics processing unit is also presented.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02–05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1810011

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1737699

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 27, Issue 12; ISSN 1070-664X

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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