Kinetic ballooning modes (KBMs) are investigated by means of linear electromagnetic
gyrokinetic (GK) simulations in the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X), for high-. The results …

A gyrokinetic model is presented that can properly describe large and small amplitude
electromagnetic fluctuations occurring on scale lengths ranging from the electron Larmor …

Electromagnetic (EM) instabilities and turbulence driven by the electron-temperature
gradient (ETG) are considered in a local slab model of a tokamak-like plasma. Derived in a …

The stability properties of kinetic ballooning modes are investigated for a number of
magnetic configurations of the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X. In particular, we consider the …

Kinetic ballooning mode (KBM) instability in tokamak plasmas is studied with gyrokinetic
theory. It extends and improves on the theory of higher order KBM which is not subject to …

The compressional magnetic component δ B|| has been implemented in the gyrokinetic
Particle-in-Cell (PIC) code GEM for the fully electromagnetic simulation of microscopic …

A generalized linear dispersion relation of electromagnetic slab universal modes is derived,
taking into account arbitrary ion charge state, electron finite Larmor radius (FLR) effects, and …

The goal of this project is to better understand magnetized plasma dynamics at the edge
region of the tokamak, including both closed-flux-surface region and the scrape-off-layer …

Pair plasmas, collections of both matter and antimatter particles of equal mass, represent a
paradigm for the study of basic plasma science, and many open questions exist regarding …

Abstract Experiments using the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), part of the Basic Plasma
Science Facility (BAPSF) at UCLA, have resulted in direct contributions to fusion-relevant …