Global gyrokinetic simulations of reversed shear Alfven eigenmodes (RSAE) excited by
energetic particles (EP) in the DIII-D discharge# 159,243 find that self-generated zonal flows …

The accurate identification and control of plasma instabilities is important for successful
fusion experiments. First-principle simulations that can provide physics-based instability …

Developments in gyrokinetic particle simulation enable the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC)
to simulate turbulent transport in tokamaks with realistic equilibrium profiles and plasma …

This paper reviews the recent advancements of the algorithm and application to fusion
plasma instability study of the fully kinetic Particle-in-Cell (PIC) method. The strengths and …

Global gyrokinetic simulations find that a beta-induced Alfvén eigenmode (BAE) and a low-
frequency mode (LFM) co-exist in the DIII-D tokamak experiments. The simulated LFM mode …

This paper reports global nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations that couple meso-scale reversed
shear Alfvén eigenmodes (RSAEs) driven by energetic particles (EPs) and ion temperature …

It is well known that parallel magnetic field fluctuations are connected with finite plasma beta
effects. It can therefore be expected that Reduced Models that simplify or neglect the parallel …

Verification and linear validation of the internal kink instability in tokamak have been
performed for both gyrokinetic (GTC) and kinetic-MHD codes (GAM-solver, M3D-C1-K …

The compressional component of magnetic perturbation δ B∥ can play an important role in
drift-Alfvenic instabilities in tokamaks, especially as the plasma β increases (β is the ratio of …

Global gyrokinetic particle simulation of resistive tearing modes has been developed and
verified in the gyrokinetic toroidal code (GTC). GTC linear simulations in the fluid limit of the …