Abstract
As an alternative option to kinetic electrons, the gyrokinetic total-f particle-in-cell (PIC) code XGC1 has been extended to the MHD/fluid type electromagnetic regime by combining gyrokinetic PIC ions with massless drift-fluid electrons analogous to Chen and Parker [Phys. Plasmas 8, 441 (2001)]. Two representative long wavelength modes, shear Alfvén waves and resistive tearing modes, are verified in cylindrical and toroidal magnetic field geometries.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 054508 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - May 1 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics