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Title: Explicit Runge-Kutta integrator with Hamiltonian correction for long-time simulations of guiding-center orbit in tokamak configurations

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2999538· OSTI ID:21259725
 [1];  [2]
  1. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031 (China)
  2. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026 (China)

Hamiltonian correction method is proposed to improve the variable time-step fourth-order Runge-Kutta methods in computing guiding-center orbits in a tokamak. It is found that the new method can significantly improve the computation efficiency of the conventional Runge-Kutta method in simulation of the long-time behavior of the guiding-center orbits.

OSTI ID:
21259725
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2999538; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English