Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Complex Eigenfrequency Identification and Mode Structure Reconstruction of the Ground-State ITG Branch

2026/08/03 by Dengdi Sun, Bingbing Zhang, Xiao Wang +5
Computer Science · #cs.AI

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arxiv created 2026/08/03 · arxiv updated 2026/08/04

Abstract

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) combine sparse observations with physical equations, providing an important approach for modeling complex plasma processes and inferring unknown physical quantities. The steep-gradient pedestal of high-confinement-mode tokamaks is closely linked to plasma confinement and edge transport. Analyzing ion-temperature-gradient (ITG) drift waves in this region requires jointly identifying complex eigenfrequencies and reconstructing two-dimensional complex-valued mode fields. Localized high-frequency oscillations, strong real-imaginary coupling, and nonlinear coupling between the mode field and eigenfrequency challenge PINN representation and joint optimization. To address these challenges, we propose a physics-informed neural framework combining Fourier feature encoding, complex-valued feature propagation, and three-stage training. Under sparse observations and physical constraints, it jointly solves for the complex eigenfrequency and mode field of a representative ground-state ITG branch. Experiments show that the framework accurately recovers the target complex eigenfrequency and two-dimensional complex-valued mode field and outperforms representative PINN baselines. It also provides a basis for analyzing higher-order and multiple-branch drift-wave modes.

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