Linearized model Fokker-Planck collision operators for gyrokinetic simulations. I. Theory

A new analytically and numerically manageable model collision operator is developed specifically for turbulence simulations. The like-particle collision operator includes both pitch-angle scattering and energy diffusion and satisfies the physical constraints required for collision operators: it cons...

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Autores principales: Abel, I, Barnes, M, Cowley, S, Dorland, W, Schekochihin, A
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2008