Gyrokinetic theory and simulation of turbulent energy exchange

Journal Article · Tue Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 2008 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2830823· OSTI ID:21069995

Waltz, R E; Staebler, G M ^[1]

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1. General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608 (United States)

A previous gyrokinetic theory of turbulent heating [F. L. Hinton and R. E. Waltz, Phys. Plasma 13, 102301 (2006)] is simplified and extended to show that the local radial average of terms in the gyrokinetic turbulent heating (which survive in the drift kinetic limit) are actually closer to a turbulent energy exchange between electrons and ions. The integrated flow for the local exchange is simulated with the GYRO [J. Candy and R. E. Waltz, J. Comput. Phys. 186, 545 (2003)] delta-f gyrokinetic code and found to be small in a well studied DIII-D [M. A. Mahdavi and J. L. Luxon, ''DIII-D Tokamak Special Issue'' Fusion Sci. Technol. 48, 2 (2005)] L-mode discharge.

• OSTI ID: 21069995
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DOUBLET-3 DEVICE
ELECTRONS
ENERGY TRANSFER
IONS
L-MODE PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA
PLASMA SIMULATION
TURBULENCE
TURBULENT HEATING