A gyrokinetic continuum code based on the numerical Lie transform (NLT) method

L Ye, Y Xu, X Xiao, Z Dai, S Wang - Journal of Computational Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, we report a novel gyrokinetic simulation method named numerical Lie transform
(NLT), which depends on a new physical model derived from the I-transform theory. In this …

Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation of ion temperature gradient turbulence based on a numerical Lie-transform perturbation method

Y Xu, L Ye, Z Dai, X Xiao, S Wang - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The electrostatic gyrokinetic nonlinear turbulence code NLT, which is based on a numerical
Lie-transform perturbation method, is developed. For improving the computational efficiency …

Nonlinear frequency chirping and radial restructure of the ion-temperature-gradient-driven turbulence

S Sun, Z Wang, S Wang, Z Dai - Nuclear Fusion, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Global nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation of the ion-temperature-gradient (ITG) modes clearly
demonstrates the nonlinear phase-space resonance, which can be well understood by the …

Gyrokinetic simulation of ITG turbulence with toroidal geometry including the magnetic axis by using field-aligned coordinates

Z Dai, Y Xu, L Ye, X Xiao, S Wang - Computer Physics Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
Simulation domain in field-aligned coordinates of the electrostatic gyrokinetic nonlinear
turbulence global code, NLT, is extended to include the magnetic axis. The artificial …

Plasma kinetic simulation in Eulerian approach fully respecting f≥ 0 requirement and total particle number conservation

H Lin, CP Liu - Physica Scripta, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma kinetic simulation in Eulerian approach (PKSiEA) can yield a dynamic description on
plasmas and hence is a popular method in theoretical plasmas physics. Its mathematical …

6D phase space collective modes in Vlasov-Maxwell system

H Lin, CP Liu - Plasma Research Express, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma electromagnetic (EM) kinetic simulation faces two unavoidable difficulties. One
arises from the fact that Maxwell equations determine a simultaneity relation between …

Simulation study of entropy production in the one-dimensional Vlasov system

Z Dai, S Wang - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The coarse-grain averaged distribution function of the one-dimensional Vlasov system is
obtained by numerical simulation. The entropy productions in cases of the random field, the …

Nonlinear gyrokinetic theory and its application to computation of the gyrocenter motion in ripple field

S Zhu, Y Xu, S Wang - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear gyrokinetic equation with full electromagnetic potential perturbations is
derived by using the two-step transform procedure. The second-order transformed …

Gyrokinetic simulation of ITG turbulence with toroidal geometry including the magnetic axis by using field-aligned coordinates

D Zongliang, X Yingfeng, Y Lei, X Xiaotao… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Simulation domain in field-aligned coordinates of the electrostatic gyrokinetic nonlinear
turbulence global code, NLT, is extended to include the magnetic axis. The artificial …