Nonlinear frequency chirping and radial restructure of the ion-temperature-gradient-driven turbulence

摘要

Abstract Global nonlinear gyrokinetic simulation of the ion-temperature-gradient (ITG) modes clearly demonstrates the nonlinear phase-space resonance, which can be well understood by the nonlinear frequency chirping due to the nonlinear poloidal acceleration of resonant particles by the large-scale structure of radial electric field rather than the widely discussed local shearing effects of the zonal flows. The nonlinear radial restructure of a single-n ITG mode generates multiple daughter-ballooning-modes.