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Astrophysical Gyrokinetics: Basic Equations and Linear Theory

G. G. Howes, S. C. Cowley, W. Dorland, G. W. Hammett, E. Quataert, A. A. Schekochihin

The Astrophysical Journal, 651(1), 590–614 (2006)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/506172


Very nice tutorial paper. Appendix A is particularly useful. Note that the authors are interested in astrophysical applications rather than tokamak physics, so they use derive the gyrokinetic system in periodic-slab geometry with a uniform equilibrium magnetic field and no mean temperature or density gradients.


Contributed by: Bailey Cook

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