Numerical approach to the parallel gradient operator in tokamak scrape-off layer turbulence simulations and application to the GBS code

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2014.10.020MaRDI QIDQ310812zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. Jolliet, F. D. Halpern, J. Loizu, A. Mosetto, F. Riva, P. Ricci

Publication date 8 September 2016

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

Full work available at URL http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/207684

zbMATH Keywords

plasma turbulencescrape-off layerShear-Alfvén waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

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