Orbit-based representation of equilibrium distribution functions for low-noise initialization of kinetic simulations of toroidal plasmas

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2012.01.013MaRDI QIDQ1948874zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Bierwage, C. Di Troia, S. Briguglio, G. Vlad

Publication date 25 April 2013

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2012.01.013

zbMATH Keywords

tokamakmagnetic confinementenergetic particlesparticle-in-cell simulationcharged particle motionequilibrium distribution function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

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Cites work

• AWECS: A linear gyrokinetic delta-\(f\) particle-in-cell simulation code for the study of Alfvénic instabilities in high-beta tokamak plasmas
• Choice of constants of motion coordinates in numerical solving of the three-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation for tokamaks
• Foundations of nonlinear gyrokinetic theory
• Particle simulation of the neoclassical plasmas
• The theory of toroidally confined plasmas.

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• Representation and modeling of charged particle distributions in tokamaks

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• AWECS

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