Gyrokinetic Simulations of Tokamak Microturbulence
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University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA (1) Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM, 85748 Garching, Germany (2) Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 78712 (3) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, 08543 (4) Fusion Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 78712 (5) General Atomics, La Jolla, CA (6) Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02139
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