Author/Authors :
Grandgirard، نويسنده , , V. and Sarazin، نويسنده , , Y. and Garbet، نويسنده , , X. and Dif-Pradalier، نويسنده , , G. and Ghendrih، نويسنده , , Ph. and Crouseilles، نويسنده , , N. and Latu، نويسنده , , G. and Sonnendrücker، نويسنده , , E. and Besse، نويسنده , , N. and Bertrand، نويسنده , , P.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
This paper addresses non-linear global gyrokinetic simulations of ion temperature gradient (ITG) driven turbulence with the Gysela code. The particularity of Gysela code is to use a semi-Lagrangian (SL) scheme for the full distribution function. The 4D non-linear drift-kinetic version of the code already shows the interest in such a SL method which exhibits good properties of energy conservation. The code has been upgrated to run 5D toroidal simulations. Linear benchmarks and non-linear results are presented.
Keywords :
Gyrokinetic , Semi-Lagrangian , Ion-temperature-gradient , Plasma turbulence
