Verification of linear resistive tearing instability with gyrokinetic particle code VirtEx
Abstract
Current-driven resistive tearing instability is verified using the newly developed global first-principles particle-in-cell code called VirtEx, which was coded from scratch in conformity with the C++'11 specifications. The tearing instability is first verified in the fluid limit in a cylinder geometry by ignoring the gyrokinetic effect of ions, and the numerical results agree well with the analytical predictions of the resistive tearing theory. Furthermore, the effect of toroidicity on resistive tearing instability is investigated.
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- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Anhui (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Anhui (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1497881
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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Feng, Hongying, Zhang, Wenlu, Dong, Chao, Cao, Jintao, and Li, Ding. Verification of linear resistive tearing instability with gyrokinetic particle code VirtEx. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4999166.
Feng, Hongying, Zhang, Wenlu, Dong, Chao, Cao, Jintao, & Li, Ding. Verification of linear resistive tearing instability with gyrokinetic particle code VirtEx. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4999166
Feng, Hongying, Zhang, Wenlu, Dong, Chao, Cao, Jintao, and Li, Ding. Fri .
"Verification of linear resistive tearing instability with gyrokinetic particle code VirtEx". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4999166. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1497881.
@article{osti_1497881,
title = {Verification of linear resistive tearing instability with gyrokinetic particle code VirtEx},
author = {Feng, Hongying and Zhang, Wenlu and Dong, Chao and Cao, Jintao and Li, Ding},
abstractNote = {Current-driven resistive tearing instability is verified using the newly developed global first-principles particle-in-cell code called VirtEx, which was coded from scratch in conformity with the C++'11 specifications. The tearing instability is first verified in the fluid limit in a cylinder geometry by ignoring the gyrokinetic effect of ions, and the numerical results agree well with the analytical predictions of the resistive tearing theory. Furthermore, the effect of toroidicity on resistive tearing instability is investigated.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4999166},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 10,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}
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