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An electrostatic model has been formulated and implemented in the gyrokinetic toroidal code to study the nonlinear ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence in the presence of an n = 1, m = 2 magnetic… Click to show full abstract

An electrostatic model has been formulated and implemented in the gyrokinetic toroidal code to study the nonlinear ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence in the presence of an n = 1, m = 2 magnetic island. The ions are described by the gyrokinetic equation while the electrons are treated with the drift-kinetic equation. In our simulation, an n = 1, m = 2 electrostatic mode is formed with the same vortex structure of the magnetic island. When the magnetic island flattening effect is turned on, the island vortex mode is well preserved and couples to the n = 0, m = 0 geodesic acoustic mode. Simulation shows that the magnetic island can suppress the ITG turbulence at the island O-point and strengthen it near the X-point. We show that the vortex mode can generate a substantial helical shear flow around the island. We also find that the turbulence and transport are suppressed inside the island and enhanced at the island X-point.An electrostatic model has been formulated and implemented in the gyrokinetic toroidal code to study the nonlinear ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence in the presence of an n = 1, m = 2 magnetic island. The ions are described by the gyrokinetic equation while the electrons are treated with the drift-kinetic equation. In our simulation, an n = 1, m = 2 electrostatic mode is formed with the same vortex structure of the magnetic island. When the magnetic island flattening effect is turned on, the island vortex mode is well preserved and couples to the n = 0, m = 0 geodesic acoustic mode. Simulation shows that the magnetic island can suppress the ITG turbulence at the island O-point and strengthen it near the X-point. We show that the vortex mode can generate a substantial helical shear flow around the island. We also find that the turbulence and transport are suppressed inside the island and enhanced at the island X-point.

Keywords: mode; presence magnetic; magnetic island; point; island; simulation

Journal Title: Physics of Plasmas
Year Published: 2019

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