Numerically stable method for kinetic electrons in gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulation of toroidal plasmas

  • T. Korpilo*
  • , Jukka Heikkinen
  • , S.J. Janhunen
  • , T.P. Kiviniemi
  • , S. Leerink
  • , F. Ogando
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The direct implicit method with a second-order implicit integration scheme is formulated for and applied to the electron parallel nonlinearity in global electrostatic gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations of toroidal fusion plasmas. The method shows improved numerical accuracy and stability properties compared to the direct implicit method with a first-order integration scheme. The conservation of total energy and toroidal angular momentum are analyzed by both techniques and the results are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22-29
JournalJournal of Computational Physics
Volume239
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • fusion plasma physics
  • gyrokinetic particle simulation
  • kinetic electrons

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