Geometry effects on zonal flow dynamics and turbulent transport in optimized stellarators

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Autori principali: Chen, Haotian, Wei, Xishuo, Zhu, Hongxuan, Lin, Zhihong
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author Chen, Haotian
Wei, Xishuo
Zhu, Hongxuan
Lin, Zhihong
author_facet Chen, Haotian
Wei, Xishuo
Zhu, Hongxuan
Lin, Zhihong
contents Global gyrokinetic simulations find a strong suppression of ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence by zonal flows in stellarators optimized for neoclassical transport. The reduction of the ITG transport by the zonal flows in quasi-helicalsymmetric (QH) and quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators are much larger than a quasi-axisymmetric (QA) stellarator or a tokamak, thanks to higher linear residual levels and lower nonlinear frequencies of the zonal flows in the QH and QI. The transport level and energy confinement time in the QH and QI are similar to the tokamak with the same size and temperature gradient, despite the much larger linear growth rates in the stellarators.
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spellingShingle Geometry effects on zonal flow dynamics and turbulent transport in optimized stellarators
Chen, Haotian
Wei, Xishuo
Zhu, Hongxuan
Lin, Zhihong
Plasma Physics
Global gyrokinetic simulations find a strong suppression of ion temperature gradient (ITG) turbulence by zonal flows in stellarators optimized for neoclassical transport. The reduction of the ITG transport by the zonal flows in quasi-helicalsymmetric (QH) and quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators are much larger than a quasi-axisymmetric (QA) stellarator or a tokamak, thanks to higher linear residual levels and lower nonlinear frequencies of the zonal flows in the QH and QI. The transport level and energy confinement time in the QH and QI are similar to the tokamak with the same size and temperature gradient, despite the much larger linear growth rates in the stellarators.
title Geometry effects on zonal flow dynamics and turbulent transport in optimized stellarators
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21886