Stuttgart 2012 – scientific programme

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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik

P 15: Poster: Theorie/Modellierung

P 15.24: Poster

Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 16:30–19:00, Poster.III

Gyrokinetic simulations of collisionless tearing modes — •Oliver Zacharias — Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM-Association, D-17491 Greifswald, Germany

Using the delta-f PIC code EUTERPE the collisionless tearing mode instability has been studied in slab geometry employing standard gyrokinetic description. The linear growthrate has been benchmarked with a shooting method. Nonlinear one-mode simulations allow to investigate the saturation phase and the dynamics of the magnetic islands. Further extensions of the slab model including temperature gradients are presented.