Electromagnetic total-f algorithm for gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of boundary plasma in XGC

Hager, Robert; Ku, Seung-Hoe; Sharma, Amil Y.; Churchill, Randy Michael; Chang, C.S.; Scheinberg, Aaron

doi:10.34770/t2y6-af55

Title: Electromagnetic total-f algorithm for gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of boundary plasma in XGC

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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Publication Date:: Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2021

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-09CH11466; AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Subject:: Magnetic confinement fusion; Tokamak; XGC; gyrokinetic

OSTI Identifier:: 2001085

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.34770/t2y6-af55

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                    Hager, Robert, Ku, Seung-Hoe, Sharma, Amil Y., Churchill, Randy Michael, Chang, C.S., and Scheinberg, Aaron. Electromagnetic total-f algorithm for gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of boundary plasma in XGC.  United States: N. p., 2021. 
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                    Hager, Robert, Ku, Seung-Hoe, Sharma, Amil Y., Churchill, Randy Michael, Chang, C.S., & Scheinberg, Aaron. Electromagnetic total-f algorithm for gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of boundary plasma in XGC.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.34770/t2y6-af55

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                    Hager, Robert, Ku, Seung-Hoe, Sharma, Amil Y., Churchill, Randy Michael, Chang, C.S., and Scheinberg, Aaron. 2021.  
"Electromagnetic total-f algorithm for gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of boundary plasma in XGC".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.34770/t2y6-af55.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2001085. Pub date:Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2021

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