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Practical Gyrokinetics

Thousands of gyrokinetic papers have been published since the introduction of the gyrokinetic change of variables. The intent here is not to review the field, but rather the goal is to present a tutorial providing insight into why gyrokinetics is an ...
Peter J. Catto
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Testing the high turbulence level breakdown of low-frequency gyrokinetics against high-frequency cyclokinetic simulations

, 2015
This paper presents numerical simulations of the nonlinear cyclokinetic equations in the cyclotron harmonic representation [R. E. Waltz and Zhao Deng, Phys. Plasmas 20, 012507 (2013)].
Waltz, R.E., Waltz, R. E., Deng, Zhao
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Edge Fluid Turbulence Simulations of Stellarators With GRILLIX

Contributions to Plasma Physics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The edge fluid turbulence code GRILLIX has recently been extended from axisymmetric tokamak geometries to support 3D stellarator configurations. Following successful proof‐of‐principle simulations published in Stegmeir et al., we present here a comprehensive simulation of the Wendelstein 7‐AS stellarator.
Andreas Stegmeir, Christoph Pitzal, Barnabas Csillag, Miguel Madeira, Marion Finkbeiner   +4 more
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Experimental study and gyrokinetic simulations of isotope effects on core heat transport in JET tokamak deuterium and tritium plasmas

Nuclear Fusion
This paper presents a study on the dependence of the ion temperature stiffness on the plasma main ion isotope mass in JET ITER-like wall and C wall discharges.
D. Brioschi, P. Mantica, A. Mariani, N. Bonanomi, E. Delabie, J. Garcia, N. Hawkes, I. Jepu, D. Keeling, E. Lerche, E. Litherland-Smith, C.F. Maggi, S. Menmuir, G. Szepesi, D. Taylor, D. Van Eester, JET Contributors   +16 more
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Effect of Magnetic Islands on Neoclassical Heat Diffusivity in a Global Tokamak Simulation

Contributions to Plasma Physics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) alter magnetic field topology via island formation and can modify core transport in toroidal fusion devices. Using the global gyrokinetic particle‐in‐cell code XGC‐S, originally developed for stellarator geometries, we quantify how island topology affects neoclassical heat transport in a circular tokamak ...
Joseph X. Li, Toseo Moritaka, Ryutaro Kanno, Gakushi Kawamura, Robert Hager, C.‐S. Chang   +5 more
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Special issue: Machine learning methods in plasma physics

, 2023
Contributions to Plasma Physics, Volume 63, Issue 5-6, June-July 2023.
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Reconstruction and interpretation of ionization asymmetry in magnetic confinement via synthetic diagnostics

Nuclear Fusion
Strong poloidal refueling asymmetry in the DIII-D tokamak is inferred from line radiation measurements. Synthetic diagnostics in neutral transport modeling coupled to gyrokinetic simulations illuminate implications for the plasma flow profile in the ...
G.J. Wilkie, F. Laggner, R. Hager, A. Rosenthal, S.-H. Ku, R.M. Churchill, L. Horvath, C.S. Chang, A. Bortolon   +8 more
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Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Simulation of the Magnetosphere‐Ionosphere Feedback Coupling

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 8, 28 April 2026.
Abstract A nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation is applied to the magnetosphere‐ionosphere (M‐I) coupling system to investigate spontaneous growth of auroral structures and electron acceleration self‐consistently. Perturbations of electron density, potential and field‐aligned current in the auroral ionosphere develop through the feedback instability ...
T.‐H. Watanabe, K. Fujita, S. Maeyama
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Growth of Auroral Structures, Vortex Formation, Turbulence Transition, and Energy Cascade in Alfvénic Magnetosphere‐Ionosphere Coupling

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 20, 28 October 2025.
Abstract Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Alfvénic magnetosphere‐ionosphere (M‐I) coupling reveal a comprehensive picture of nonlinear development of the feedback instability, demonstrating spontaneous growth of auroral structures of density and current enhancements, vortex formation, turbulence transition, and energy cascade.
T.‐H. Watanabe, K. Fujita, S. Maeyama
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Searching for Universality of Turbulence in the Earth's Magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 130, Issue 10, October 2025.
Abstract Turbulence in space plasmas remains a fundamental challenge, and Earth's magnetosphere (MSP) offers a natural laboratory for its study. Using high‐resolution magnetic field data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, we extend a stochastic Markovian framework to analyze turbulence across 10 diverse magnetospheric regions, including ...
Dariusz Wójcik, Wiesław M. Macek
wiley   +1 more source