Neoclassical equilibria as starting point for global gyrokinetic microturbulence simulations
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microturbulence simulations T. Vernay, S. Brunner, L. Villard, B. F. McMillan, S. Jolliet, T. M. Tran, A. Bottino, and J. P. Graves Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Association EURATOM–Confédération Suisse, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Higashi-Ueno 6-9-3, Taitou, Tokyo 110-0015, Japan Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, Boltzmannstrasse 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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