Linear signatures in nonlinear gyrokinetics: interpreting turbulence with pseudospectra
Abstract
A notable feature of plasma turbulence is its propensity to retain features of the underlying linear eigenmodes in a strongly turbulent state—a property that can be exploited to predict various aspects of the turbulence using only linear information. In this context, this work examines gradient-driven gyrokinetic plasma turbulence through three lenses—linear eigenvalue spectra, pseudospectra, and singular value decomposition (SVD). We study a reduced gyrokinetic model whose linear eigenvalue spectra include ion temperature gradient driven modes, stable drift waves, and kinetic modes representing Landau damping. The goal is to characterize in which ways, if any, these familiar ingredients are manifest in the nonlinear turbulent state. This pursuit is aided by the use of pseudospectra, which provide a more nuanced view of the linear operator by characterizing its response to perturbations. We introduce a new technique whereby the nonlinearly evolved phase space structures extracted with SVD are linked to the linear operator using concepts motivated by pseudospectra. Using this technique, we identify nonlinear structures that have connections to not only the most unstable eigenmode but also subdominant modes that are nonlinearly excited. The general picture that emerges is a system in which signatures of the linear physics persist in the turbulence, albeitmore »
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1272650
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- OSTI ID: 1272651; OSTI ID: 1326679
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- New Journal of Physics
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- Journal Name: New Journal of Physics Journal Volume: 18 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1367-2630
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- IOP Publishing
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- United Kingdom
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- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; gyrokinetics; pseudospectra; non-modal; plasma turbulence; Landau damping; Hermite polynomials
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Hatch, D. R., Jenko, F., Navarro, A. Bañón, Bratanov, V., Terry, P. W., and Pueschel, M. J.. Linear signatures in nonlinear gyrokinetics: interpreting turbulence with pseudospectra. United Kingdom: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/075018.
Hatch, D. R., Jenko, F., Navarro, A. Bañón, Bratanov, V., Terry, P. W., & Pueschel, M. J.. Linear signatures in nonlinear gyrokinetics: interpreting turbulence with pseudospectra. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/075018
Hatch, D. R., Jenko, F., Navarro, A. Bañón, Bratanov, V., Terry, P. W., and Pueschel, M. J.. Fri .
"Linear signatures in nonlinear gyrokinetics: interpreting turbulence with pseudospectra". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/075018.
@article{osti_1272650,
title = {Linear signatures in nonlinear gyrokinetics: interpreting turbulence with pseudospectra},
author = {Hatch, D. R. and Jenko, F. and Navarro, A. Bañón and Bratanov, V. and Terry, P. W. and Pueschel, M. J.},
abstractNote = {A notable feature of plasma turbulence is its propensity to retain features of the underlying linear eigenmodes in a strongly turbulent state—a property that can be exploited to predict various aspects of the turbulence using only linear information. In this context, this work examines gradient-driven gyrokinetic plasma turbulence through three lenses—linear eigenvalue spectra, pseudospectra, and singular value decomposition (SVD). We study a reduced gyrokinetic model whose linear eigenvalue spectra include ion temperature gradient driven modes, stable drift waves, and kinetic modes representing Landau damping. The goal is to characterize in which ways, if any, these familiar ingredients are manifest in the nonlinear turbulent state. This pursuit is aided by the use of pseudospectra, which provide a more nuanced view of the linear operator by characterizing its response to perturbations. We introduce a new technique whereby the nonlinearly evolved phase space structures extracted with SVD are linked to the linear operator using concepts motivated by pseudospectra. Using this technique, we identify nonlinear structures that have connections to not only the most unstable eigenmode but also subdominant modes that are nonlinearly excited. The general picture that emerges is a system in which signatures of the linear physics persist in the turbulence, albeit in ways that cannot be fully explained by the linear eigenvalue approach; a non-modal treatment is necessary to understand key features of the turbulence.},
doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/075018},
journal = {New Journal of Physics},
number = 7,
volume = 18,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2016},
month = {7}
}
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