Validation of gyrokinetic simulations in NSTX and projections for high-k turbulence measurements in NSTX-U

An extensive validation effort performed for a modest-beta NSTX NBI-heated H-mode discharge predicts that electron thermal transport can be entirely explained by electron-scale turbulence fluctuations driven by the electron temperature gradient mode (ETG), both in conditions of strong and weak ETG t...

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Main Authors: Ruiz Ruiz, J, Guttenfelder, W, White, AE, Howard, NT, Candy, J, Ren, Y, Smith, DR, Loureiro, NF, Holland, C, Domier, CW
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2020