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Gyrokinetic global simulation of Alfvenic ion temperature gradient mode in reversed magnetic shear
arXiv:2605.31313v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this work, a systematic study of electromagnetic instabilities driven by the temperature gradient in magnetically confined fusion plasmas with reversed magnetic shear is conducted using gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations. An electromagnetic instability arising in the low-beta regime is investigated, where beta=8*pi*nT/B^2 denotes the ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure. Within a reversed shear safety factor (q) profile, when...
High-beta runaway transitions in a fluid model of electromagnetic ion-temperature-gradient turbulence
arXiv:2606.04616v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Gyrokinetic simulations of tokamak turbulence indicate that fluctuation levels increase abruptly and dramatically when the plasma beta exceeds a certain critical value. This increase in fluctuation levels coincides with a transition from a state dominated by zonal flow to one in which turbulent eddies form radially-elongated `streamers'.
Nonlinear oscillations of the amplitude of energetic-particle induced geodesic acoustic modes
arXiv:2606.09561v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Energetic particle induced geodesic acoustic modes (EGAMs) are axisymmetric perturbations of the radial electric field in tokamak plasmas. They are driven unstable by the phase space nonuniformity of a population of energetic particles (EP). In this paper, the nonlinear oscillation in the amplitude of the energetic-particle induced geodesic acoustic modes is studied by means of the gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code ORB5.
How nonlinear spectral back transfer limits the temporal coherency of zonal modes?
arXiv:2604.03421v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Zonal modes are central to magnetic confinement because their radial shears regulate turbulence and transport. While the generation of these flows is well understood, the mechanisms limiting their persistence in collisionless regimes remain unresolved. In this paper, we demonstrate that nonlinear spectral back-transfer of free energy from zonal modes to turbulence sets the fundamental limit on the temporal coherency of the shearing field.