COMPREHENSIVE GYROKINETIC SIMULATION OF TOKAMAK TURBULENCE AT FINITE RELATIVE GYRORADIUS

Conference · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2002

OSTI ID:813653

WALTZ, RE; CANDY, J; ROSENBLUTH, MN

OAK B202 COMPREHENSIVE GYROKINETIC SIMULATION OF TOKAMAK TURBULENCE AT FINITE RELATIVE GYRORADIUS. A continuum global gyrokinetic code GYRO has been developed to comprehensively simulate turbulent transport in actual experimental profiles and allow direct quantitative comparisons to the experimental transport flows. GYRO not only treats the now standard ion temperature gradient (ITG) mode turbulence, but also treats trapped and passing electrons with collisions and finite beta, and all in real tokamak geometry. Most importantly the code operates at finite relative gyroradius ({rho}*) so as to treat the profile shear stabilization effects which break gyroBohm scaling. The code operates in a cyclic flux tube limit which allows only gyroBohm scaling and a noncyclic radial annulus with physical profile variation. The later requires an adaptive source to maintain equilibrium profiles. Simple ITG simulations demonstrate the broken gyroBohm scaling depends on the actual rotational velocity shear rates competing with mode growth rates, direct comprehensive simulations of the DIII-D {rho}*-scaled L-mode experiments are presented as a quantitative test of gyrokinetics and the paradigm.

• Research Organization: GENERAL ATOMICS (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-95ER54309
• OSTI ID: 813653
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DOUBLET-3 DEVICE
ELECTRONS
GEOMETRY
IAEA
ION TEMPERATURE
SHEAR
SIMULATION
STABILIZATION
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRANSPORT
TURBULENCE
VELOCITY