A fast low-to-high confinement mode bifurcation dynamics in the boundary-plasma gyrokinetic code XGC1

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Article:Ku, S., Chang, C. S., Hager, R. et al. (9 more authors) (2018) A fast low-to-high confinement mode bifurcation dynamics in the boundary-plasma gyrokinetic code XGC1. Physics of Plasmas. 056107. ISSN 1089-7674 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5020792 eprints@whiterose.ac.uk https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request.A fast low-to-high confinement mode bifurcation dynamics in the boundary-plasma gyrokinetic code XGC1 A fast low-to-high confinement mode bifurcation dynamics in the boundary-plasma gyrokinetic code XGC1 A fast edge turbulence suppression event has been simulated in the electrostatic version of the gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code XGC1 in a realistic diverted tokamak edge geometry under neutral particle recycling. The results show that the sequence of turbulent Reynolds stress followed by neoclassical ion orbit-loss driven together conspire to form the sustaining radial electric field shear and to quench turbulent transport just inside the last closed magnetic flux surface. The main suppression action is located in a thin radial layer around w N ' 0:96-0:98, where w N is the normalized poloidal flux, with the time scale $0:1ms.Published by AIP Publishing. https://doi

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