Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems
Abstract
Exclusive properties of plasmas in the tokamak edge, such as large amplitude fluctuations and plasma–wall interactions in the open-field-line regions, require major modifications of existing gyrokinetic codes originally designed for simulating core turbulence. Thus, the global version of the 3D2V gyrokinetic code GENE, so far employing a δf-splitting technique, is extended to simulate electrostatic turbulence in straight open-field-line systems. The significant extensions are the inclusion of the velocity-space nonlinearity, the development of a conducting-sheath boundary, and the implementation of the Lenard–Bernstein collision operator. With these developments, the code can be run as a full-f code and can handle particle loss to and reflection from the wall. The extended code is applied to modeling turbulence in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), with a reduced mass ratio and a much lower collisionality. Similar to turbulence in a tokamak scrape-off layer, LAPD turbulence involves collisions, parallel streaming, cross-field turbulent transport with steep profiles, and particle loss at the parallel boundary.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Max Planck Inst. for Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Max Planck Inst. for Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1543849
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1439757
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC02-09CH11466
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 6; 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
Citation Formats
Pan, Q., Told, D., Shi, E. L., Hammett, G. W., and Jenko, F. Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5008895.
Pan, Q., Told, D., Shi, E. L., Hammett, G. W., & Jenko, F. Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems. United States. doi:10.1063/1.5008895.
Pan, Q., Told, D., Shi, E. L., Hammett, G. W., and Jenko, F. Thu .
"Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems". United States. doi:10.1063/1.5008895. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1543849.
@article{osti_1543849,
title = {Full- f version of GENE for turbulence in open-field-line systems},
author = {Pan, Q. and Told, D. and Shi, E. L. and Hammett, G. W. and Jenko, F.},
abstractNote = {Exclusive properties of plasmas in the tokamak edge, such as large amplitude fluctuations and plasma–wall interactions in the open-field-line regions, require major modifications of existing gyrokinetic codes originally designed for simulating core turbulence. Thus, the global version of the 3D2V gyrokinetic code GENE, so far employing a δf-splitting technique, is extended to simulate electrostatic turbulence in straight open-field-line systems. The significant extensions are the inclusion of the velocity-space nonlinearity, the development of a conducting-sheath boundary, and the implementation of the Lenard–Bernstein collision operator. With these developments, the code can be run as a full-f code and can handle particle loss to and reflection from the wall. The extended code is applied to modeling turbulence in the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), with a reduced mass ratio and a much lower collisionality. Similar to turbulence in a tokamak scrape-off layer, LAPD turbulence involves collisions, parallel streaming, cross-field turbulent transport with steep profiles, and particle loss at the parallel boundary.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5008895},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 6,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {5}
}
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