Abstract
This paper addresses non-linear global gyrokinetic simulations of ion temperature gradient (ITG) driven turbulence with the Gysela code. The particularity of Gysela code is to use a semi-Lagrangian (SL) scheme for the full distribution function. The 4D non-linear drift-kinetic version of the code already shows the interest in such a SL method which exhibits good properties of energy conservation. The code has been upgrated to run 5D toroidal simulations. Linear benchmarks and non-linear results are presented.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 81-87 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 1 SPEC. ISS. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Gyrokinetic
- Ion-temperature-gradient
- Plasma turbulence
- Semi-Lagrangian