Global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of internal kink instabilities

被引:20
作者
Mishchenko, Alexey [1 ]
Zocco, Alessandro [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] EURATOM, Max Planck Inst Plasmaphys, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany
[2] Euratom CCFE Fus Assoc, Culham Sci Ctr, Abingdon OX14 3DB, Oxon, England
[3] Rudolf Peierls Ctr Theoret Phys, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
关键词
SHEAR-ALFVEN EIGENMODES; MODES; STABILITY;
D O I
10.1063/1.4769379
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Internal kink instabilities have been studied in straight tokamak geometry employing an electromagnetic gyrokinetic particle-in-cell (PIC) code. The ideal-MHD internal kink mode and the collisionless m = 1 tearing mode have been successfully simulated with the PIC code. Diamagnetic effects on the internal kink modes have also been investigated. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4769379]
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