Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of Compressional Electromagnetic Modes

Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of Compressional Electromagnetic Modes

Year:    2008

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 4 (2008), Iss. 3 : pp. 519–536

Abstract

A gyrokinetic particle simulation model is developed for simulations of the compressional electromagnetic turbulence driven by the mirror instability. Results of the linear simulations of mirror modes agree well with the analytic dispersion relation. Nonlinear simulations of a single mode find that the mirror instability saturates via a phase-space trapping due to the nonlinear wave-particle interaction when the instability drive is weak.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2008-CiCP-7801

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 4 (2008), Iss. 3 : pp. 519–536

Published online:    2008-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

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