Name	:	Naoaki MIYATO
Title	:	Concurrent Staff, Senior Principal Researcher / BA Project Coordination Deputy Group Leader
Address	:	2-116 Omotedate, Obuchi, Rokkasho-mura, Kamikita-gun, Aomori 039-3212, JAPAN

Research Title

• Extension of gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality condition
  
• Fluid moments in modified guiding-centre coordinates
  
• A modification of the guiding-centre fundamental 1-form with strong ExB flow
  
• Simulation study for turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas
  
• Interaction between zonal flows and ITG turbulence in tokamaks
  
• Nonlocal behaviour of zonal flows in tokamaks

  Extension of gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality condition

Abstract

The standard gyrokinetic model is formulated for perturbations with short wavelength and small amplitude (gyrokinetic ordering). Therefore, there is no reason that the standard model is valid in regimes beyond the gyrokinetic ordering. We consider two regimes beyond the gyrokinetic ordering: 1) Strong flow regime 2) Long wavelength (but weak flow) regime It is found that the standard model is not always valid in regimes beyond the gyrokinetic ordering and modifications to the standard model are needed. The key of modifications is a higher order term in the guiding-centre transformation which is not considered in the standard model. Considering the higher order term gives additional terms in the gyrokinetic Hamiltonian and in the gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality condition.

	Reference
	[1] "Fluid moments in the reduced model for plasmas with large flow velocity," N. Miyato and B. D. Scott, Plasma and Fusion Research 6, 1403147 (2011). [2] "Higher order terms of the guiding-center transformation and the gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality," N. Miyato, B. D. Scott and M. Yagi, 23P134-B, Plasma Conference 2011 (Kanazawa, Japan).

  Fluid moments in modified guiding-centre coordinates

Abstract

A general fluid moment in the particle coordinates is represented in terms of fluid moments in modified guiding-centre coordinates with strong ExB flow derived by the phase space Lagrangian Lie-transform method. It is called the push-forward representation of the particle fluid moment associated with the guiding-centre transformation. The representation derived is similar to that in terms of gyro-fluid moments in the standard gyrokinetic theory in the long wavelength limit. Since the particle coordinates are transformed to gyro-centre coordinates by the two-step transformation in the standard gyrokinetic formulation, two exact push-forward representations are possible. Although the exact representation usually used in the standard gyrokinetic theory has a different form from that in the modified guiding-centre case, the correspondence between the two cases is shown more clearly by considering the alternative form of the push-forward representation for the standard gyrokinetic case.

	Reference
	[1] "Fluid moments in modified guiding-centre coordinates," N. Miyato, B. D. Scott and S. Tokuda, J. Plasma Fusion Res. SERIES 9, 546 (2010).

  A modification of the guiding-centre fundamental 1-form with strong ExB flow

Abstract

A modified guiding-centre fundamental 1-form with strong ExB flow is derived by the phase space Lagrangian Lie perturbation method. Since the symplectic part of the derived 1-form is the same as the standard one without the strong ExB flow, it yields the standard Lagrange and Poisson brackets. Therefore the guiding-centre Hamilton equations keep their general form even when temporal evolution of the ExB flow is allowed. Compensation of keeping the standard symplectic structure is paid by complication of the guiding-centre Hamiltonian. However it is possible to simplify the Hamiltonian in well localised transport barrier regions like a tokamak H-mode edge and an internal transport barrier in a reversed shear tokamak. The guiding-centre Vlasov and Poisson equations are derived from the variational principle. The conserved energy of the system is obtained from the Noether's theorem. A modified guiding-centre 1-form with ExB flow, with a guiding-centre Hamiltonian, where D is the ExB drift velocity.

	Reference
	[1] "A Modification of the Guiding-Centre Fundamental 1-form with Strong ExB Flow," N. Miyato, B. D. Scott, D. Strintzi, and S. Tokuda, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 78, 104501 (2009).

  Simulation study for turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas

	Abstract
	The main topic of the research is to clarify the nonlinear interaction between zonal flows and drift wave turbulence including ion temperature gradient (ITG) driven turbulence. It is investigated by global Landau-fluid simulations.

	Reference
	[1] N. Miyato et al., Journal of Plasma Physics 72, 821-824 (2006). [2] N. Miyato et al., Nuclear Fusion 47, 929-935 (2007).

  Interaction between zonal flows and ITG turbulence in tokamaks

Interaction between zonal flows and ITG turbulence in tokamaks

	Abstract
	Two kinds of zonal flows (ZFs) are possible in tokamak plasmas. One is almost stationary ZF and the other is oscillatory ZF called geodesic acoustic mode (GAM). The diagrams below show energy loop between ITG turbulence and ZFs in a quasi steady state.

	Reference
	[1] N. Miyato et al., Physics of Plasmas 11, 5557-5564 (2004). [2] N. Miyato et al., Nuclear Fusion 45, 425-430 (2005).

  Nonlocal behaviour of zonal flows in tokamaks

	Abstract
	Oscillatory ZFs called geodesic acoustic modes (GAMs) show nonlocal behaviour in their frequency. The radial width in which the GAMs have the same frequency is almost proportional to the geometric mean of an ion Larmor radius and a plasma minor radius.

	Reference
	[1] N. Miyato et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 48, A335-A340 (2006).