Anomalous Transport Scaling in the DIII-D Tokamak Matched by Supercomputer Simulation
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- 23 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 91 (4), 045001
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.91.045001
Abstract
Gyrokinetic simulation of tokamak transport has evolved sufficiently to allow direct comparison of numerical results with experimental data. It is to be emphasized that only with the simultaneous inclusion of many distinct and complex effects can this comparison realistically be made. Until now, numerical studies of tokamak microturbulence have been restricted to either (a) flux tubes or (b) electrostatic fluctuations. Using a newly developed global electromagnetic solver, we have been able to recover via direct simulation the Bohm-like scaling observed in DIII-D L-mode discharges. We also match, well within experimental uncertainty, the measured energy diffusivities.Keywords
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