A Novel Kinetic Electron Model for Tearing Mode in Magnetic Confined Plasmas

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Abstract

Compared with the fluid simulation, kinetic simulation of the collisionless tearing mode has been performed via a novel kinetic electron model. Based on the Gyrokinetic Toroidal Code simulation, the new electron model can not only recover the linear behavior of collisionless tearing mode, but also show great computational advantages in the kinetic simulation of long wavelength magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and short wavelength drift-Alfvenic instabilities.

Authors

  • Dongjian Liu

    • Sichuan University

  • Jian Bao

    • University of California, Irvine,
    • Univ of California - Irvine

  • Zhihong Lin

    • University of California, Irvine
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
    • Univ of California - Irvine
    • University of California, Irvine,
    • University of Califronia at Irvine
    • UCI

  • Tao Han

    • Sichuan University