Global Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak Edge Pedestal Instabilities

Wan, Weigang; Parker, Scott E.; Chen, Yang; Yan, Zheng; Groebner, Richard J.; Snyder, Philip B.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.185004

Title: Global Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak Edge Pedestal Instabilities

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Authors:: Wan, Weigang; Parker, Scott E.; Chen, Yang; Yan, Zheng; Groebner, Richard J.; Snyder, Philip B.

Publication Date:: Fri Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1101705

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Wan, Weigang, Parker, Scott E., Chen, Yang, Yan, Zheng, Groebner, Richard J., and Snyder, Philip B. Global Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak Edge Pedestal Instabilities.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Wan, Weigang, Parker, Scott E., Chen, Yang, Yan, Zheng, Groebner, Richard J., & Snyder, Philip B. Global Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak Edge Pedestal Instabilities.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.185004

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                    Wan, Weigang, Parker, Scott E., Chen, Yang, Yan, Zheng, Groebner, Richard J., and Snyder, Philip B. Fri .  
"Global Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak Edge Pedestal Instabilities".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.185004.

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  title        = {Global Gyrokinetic Simulation of Tokamak Edge Pedestal Instabilities},

  author       = {Wan, Weigang and Parker, Scott E. and Chen, Yang and Yan, Zheng and Groebner, Richard J. and Snyder, Philip B.},

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