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The gyrokinetic formalism <ref>[http://pof.aip.org/pfldas/v31/i9/p2670_s1?isAuthorized=no T.S. Hahm, ''Nonlinear gyrokinetic equations for tokamak microturbulence'', Phys. Fluids '''31''', 2670 (1988)]</ref><ref>[http://rmp.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v79/i2/p421_1 A.J. Brizard and T.S. Hahm, ''Foundations of nonlinear gyrokinetic theory'', Rev. Mod. Phys. '''2''', 421 (2007)]</ref> is based on first principles and provides a valuable tool for investigating low frequency turbulence in fusion plasmas.
The gyrokinetic formalism <ref>[http://pof.aip.org/pfldas/v31/i9/p2670_s1?isAuthorized=no T.S. Hahm, ''Nonlinear gyrokinetic equations for tokamak microturbulence'', Phys. Fluids '''31''', 2670 (1988)]</ref>
<ref>[http://rmp.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v79/i2/p421_1 A.J. Brizard and T.S. Hahm, ''Foundations of nonlinear gyrokinetic theory'', Rev. Mod. Phys. '''2''', 421 (2007)]</ref>
<ref>[http://iopscience.iop.org/0741-3335/53/4/045001 Felix I. Parra and Iván Calvo, ''Phase-space Lagrangian derivation of electrostatic gyrokinetics in general geometry'', Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion '''53''' (2011) 045001]</ref> is based on first principles and provides a valuable tool for investigating low frequency turbulence in fusion plasmas.
The Theory Group at the [[Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión]] collaborates with the [http://www.bsc.es/ Barcelona Supercomputing Center] and the [http://www.ipp.mpg.de/ippcms/eng/index.html Max Planck IPP at Greifswald] for the development and exploitation of the [[EUTERPE]]  global gyrokinetic code.
The Theory Group at the [[Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión]] collaborates with the [http://www.bsc.es/ Barcelona Supercomputing Center] and the [http://www.ipp.mpg.de/ippcms/eng/index.html Max Planck IPP at Greifswald] for the development and exploitation of the [[EUTERPE]]  global gyrokinetic code.


The code [[EUTERPE]] has recently been benchmarked against the TORB code <ref>[http://pop.aip.org/phpaen/v9/i3/p898_s1 R. Hatzky, T.M. Tran, A. Konies, R. Kleiber, S.J. Allfrey, ''Energy conservation in a nonlinear gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code for ion-temperature-gradient-driven modes in theta-pinch geometry'', Phys. Plasmas, '''9'''-3, 912 (2002)]</ref><ref>[ftp://ftp.iaea.org/pub/Physics%20Section/Stellarator/presentations/c_nuehrenberg_tm5.pdf C. Nührenberg, R. Hatzky, S. Sorge, et al., ''Global ITG Turbulence in Screw-Pinch Geometry'', IAEA TM on Innovative Concepts and Theory of Stellarators, Madrid (2005)]</ref> in both linear and non-linear simulations <ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5491114 Edilberto Sánchez , Ralf Kleiber, Roman Hatzky, Alejandro Soba, Xavier Sáez, Francisco Castejón and Jose M. Cela, ''Linear and non-linear simulations using the EUTERPE gyrokinetic code'', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 38-1, 2119 (2010)]</ref>.
The code [[EUTERPE]] has recently been benchmarked against the TORB code <ref>[http://pop.aip.org/phpaen/v9/i3/p898_s1 R. Hatzky, T.M. Tran, A. Konies, R. Kleiber, S.J. Allfrey, ''Energy conservation in a nonlinear gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code for ion-temperature-gradient-driven modes in theta-pinch geometry'', Phys. Plasmas, '''9'''-3, 912 (2002)]</ref><ref>[ftp://ftp.iaea.org/pub/Physics%20Section/Stellarator/presentations/c_nuehrenberg_tm5.pdf C. Nührenberg, R. Hatzky, S. Sorge, et al., ''Global ITG Turbulence in Screw-Pinch Geometry'', IAEA TM on Innovative Concepts and Theory of Stellarators, Madrid (2005)]</ref> in both linear and non-linear simulations <ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5491114 Edilberto Sánchez , Ralf Kleiber, Roman Hatzky, Alejandro Soba, Xavier Sáez, Francisco Castejón and Jose M. Cela, ''Linear and non-linear simulations using the EUTERPE gyrokinetic code'', IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 38-1, 2119 (2010)]</ref>.


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