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Finite ballooning angle effects on ion temperature gradient driven mode in gyrokinetic flux tube simulations

Stephan Brunner
2014
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This paper presents effects of finite ballooning angles on linear ion temperature gradient (ITG) driven mode and associated heat and momentum flux in Gyrokinetic flux tube simulation GENE. It is found that zero ballooning angle is not always the one at which the linear growth rate is maximum. The ITG mode acquires a short wavelength (SW) branch (k(perpendicular to)rho(i) > 1) when growth rates maximized over all ballooning angles are considered. However, the SW branch disappears on reducing temperature gradient showing characteristics of zero ballooning angle SWITG in case of extremely high temperature gradient. Associated heat flux is even with respect to ballooning angle and maximizes at nonzero ballooning angle while the parallel momentum flux is odd with respect to the ballooning angle. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Stephan Brunner
2014
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/2135a271-ee69-4a04-8351-8a8da6d6ca25

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