Kinetic simulations of scrape-off layer physics in the DIII-D tokamak

Simulations using the fully kinetic code XGCa were undertaken to explore the impact of kinetic effects on scrape-off layer (SOL) physics in DIII-D H-mode plasmas. XGCa is a total-f, gyrokinetic code which self-consistently calculates the axisymmetric electrostatic potential and plasma dynamics, and...

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Main Authors: R.M. Churchill, J.M. Canik, C.S. Chang, R. Hager, A.W. Leonard, R. Maingi, R. Nazikian, D.P. Stotler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Nuclear Materials and Energy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179116302101