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<b>Gyrokinetic Simulations of Microinstabilities in Stellarator Geometry</b>
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<b>Author:</b> J.L.V. Lewandowski
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> August 2003
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<b>Published in:</b> Phys. Plasmas <b>10</b> (October 2003) 4053-4063.</p>


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A computational study of microinstabilities in general geometry is presented. The ion gyrokinetic is solved as an initial value problem. The advantage of this approach is the accurate treatment of some important kinetic effects. The magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium is obtained from a three-dimensional local equilibrium model. The use of a local magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium model allows for a computationally-efficient systematic study of the impact of the magnetic structure on microinstabilities.


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