Gyrokinetic analysis and simulation of pedestals to identify the culprits for energy losses using ‘fingerprints’

2019/05/07 by M. Kotschenreuther, X. Liu, D.R. Hatch +14 · 19 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Materials Science · #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Fusion materials and technologies #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

paper · doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ab1fa2

Abstract

Gyrokinetic analysis and simulation of pedestals to identify the culprits for energy losses using ‘fingerprints’, Kotschenreuther, M., Liu, X., Hatch, D.R., Mahajan, S., Zheng, L., Diallo, A., Groebner, R., the DIII-D TEAM, Hillesheim, J.C., Maggi, C.F., Giroud, C., Koechl, F., Parail, V., Saarelma, S., Solano, E.R., Chankin, A., JET Contributors

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