Multiscale investigations of drift-wave turbulence and plasma flows: Measurements and total-distribution-function gyrokinetic simulations

S. Leerink; V.V. Bulanin; A.D. Gurchenko; E.Z. Gusakov; Jukka Heikkinen; S.J. Janhunen; S.I. Lashkul; A.B. Altukhov; L.A. Esipov; M.Y. Kantor; T.P. Kiviniemi; T. Korpilo; D.V. Kuprienko; A.V. Petrov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.165001

Multiscale investigations of drift-wave turbulence and plasma flows: Measurements and total-distribution-function gyrokinetic simulations

S. Leerink, V.V. Bulanin, A.D. Gurchenko, E.Z. Gusakov, Jukka Heikkinen, S.J. Janhunen, S.I. Lashkul, A.B. Altukhov, L.A. Esipov, M.Y. Kantor, T.P. Kiviniemi, T. Korpilo, D.V. Kuprienko, A.V. Petrov

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Direct measurements of micro-, meso-, and macroscale transport phenomena in the FT-2 tokamak are shown to be quantitatively reproduced by global full f nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation predictions. A detailed agreement with mean equilibrium E × B flows, oscillating fine-scale zonal flows, and turbulence spectra observed by a set of sophisticated microwave backscattering techniques as well as a good fit of the thermal diffusivity data are demonstrated. A clear influence of the impurity ions on the fluctuating radial electric field is observed.

Original language	English
Article number	165001
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	109
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.165001
Publication status	Published - 2012
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Leerink, S., Bulanin, V. V., Gurchenko, A. D., Gusakov, E. Z., Heikkinen, J., Janhunen, S. J., Lashkul, S. I., Altukhov, A. B., Esipov, L. A., Kantor, M. Y., Kiviniemi, T. P., Korpilo, T., Kuprienko, D. V., & Petrov, A. V. (2012). Multiscale investigations of drift-wave turbulence and plasma flows: Measurements and total-distribution-function gyrokinetic simulations. Physical Review Letters, 109(16), [165001]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.165001

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Multiscale investigations of drift-wave turbulence and plasma flows: Measurements and total-distribution-function gyrokinetic simulations

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