ORB5: a global electromagnetic gyrokinetic code using the PIC approach in toroidal geometry

E Lanti, N Ohana, N Tronko… - Computer Physics …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents the current state of the global gyrokinetic code Orb 5 as an update of the
previous reference (Jolliet et al., 2007). The Orb 5 code solves the electromagnetic Vlasov …

Nonlinear interaction of Alfvénic instabilities and turbulence via the modification of the equilibrium profiles

A Biancalani, A Bottino, D Del Sarto… - Journal of Plasma …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Nonlinear simulations of Alfvén modes (AMs) driven by energetic particles (EPs) in the
presence of turbulence are performed with the gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code ORB5. The …

On the interplay between MHD instabilities and turbulent transport in magnetically confined plasmas

K Ida - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The interplay between MHD and turbulence is an interesting topic in magnetically confined
plasma and solar plasma. The experimental observations made recently, shown below …

Ion temperature gradient mode mitigation by energetic particles, mediated by forced-driven zonal flows

JN Sama, A Biancalani, A Bottino, D Del Sarto… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this work, we use the global electromagnetic and electrostatic gyro kinetic approaches to
investigate the effects of zonal flows forced-driven by Alfv\'en modes due to their excitation …

[PDF][PDF] Global nonlinear fully gyrokinetic and hybrid treatments of Alfvénic instabilities in ITER

T Hayward-Schneider - 2020 - pure.mpg.de
A large international project, the ITER tokamak [1], currently under construction in France,
aims to demonstrate a significant amount of fusion power, with a goal of achieving …

[PDF][PDF] EFFECT OF ZONAL STRUCTURES EXCITED BY ALFV EN MODES, ON TURBULENCE

A Biancalani, A Bottino, T HAYWARD-SCHNEIDER… - afs.enea.it
Tokamak plasmas often present turbulence due to the spatial gradients of density and
temperature. Alfven modes (AMs) are also present, driven unstable by the energetic particle …