Selected Publications

2009

Particle-in-Cell simulation with Vlasov ions and drift-kinetic electrons, Y. Chen & S. E. Parker, Phys. Plasmas 16, 052305 (2009) ()

Role of zonal flows in TEM turbulence through nonlinear gyrokinetic particle and continuum simulation, D.R. Ernst, J. Lang, W. Nevins, M. Hoffman, Y. Chen, W. Dorland and S. Parker,  Phys. Plasmas 16, 055906 (2009) ()

2008

Nonlinear saturation of  collisionless trapped electron mode turbulence: zonal flows and zonal  density, J. Lang, Y. Chen and S. E. Parker, Phys. Plasmas 15, 055907 (2008) ()

Coarse-graining the electron distribution in turbulence simulations of tokamak plasmas, Y. Chen, S. E. Parker, G. Rewoldt, S. Ku, G. Y. Park & C-S. Chang, Phys. Plasmas 15, 055905 (2008) ()

2007

Verification of gyrokinetic delta-f simulations of electron temperature gradient turbulence, B. Nevins, Y. Chen and S. E. Parker, Physics of Plasmas 14, 084501 (2007) ()

2005

Gyrokinetic delta-f simulation of the collisionless and semicollisonal tearing mode instability, W. Wan, Y. Chen and S. Parker, Phys. Plasmas 12 012311-1 (2005).

2004

Electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations, S. Parker, Y. Chen and W. Wan, Phys. Plasmas 11 2494 (2004).

The particle-continuum method: an algorithmic unification of particle-in-cell and continuum methods, S. Vadlamani, S. Parker, Y. Chen and C. Kim, Comp. Phys. Comm., Article in press, (2004).

2003

A delta-f method for gyrokinetic simulations with kinetic electrons and electromagnetic perturbuations, Y. Chen and S. Parker, J. Comput. Phys. 189 463 (2003).

Simulations of turbulent transport with kinetic electrons and electromagnetic effects, Y. Chen, S. Parker, B. Cohen, A. Dimits, W. Nevins, D. Shumaker, V. Decyk and J. Leboeuf, Nucl. Fusion 43 1121 (2003).

2001

Gyrokinetic simulations with kinetic electrons, Y. Chen and S. Parker, Phys. Plasmas 8 2095 (2001).

A gyrokinetic ion zero electron inertia fluid electron model for turbulence simulations, Y. Chen and S. Parker, Phys. Plasmas 8 441 (2001).

2000

Electromagnetic gyrokinetic ion drift-fluid-electron hybrid simulation, S. Parker, Y. Chen and C. Kim, Comp. Phys. Comm. Phs127 59 (2000).

1999

Large-scale gyrokinetic turbulence simulations: Effects of profile variation, S. Parker, C. Kim and Y. Chen, Phys. Plasmas 6 1709 (1999).