Gyrokinetic simulation of electron turbulence spectrum

Kawai, Chika; Maeyama, Shinya; Idomura, Yasuhiro; Ogawa, Yuichi*

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Self-organization through inverse cascades of energy in a turbulent spectrum is considered as one of the paths to formation of zonal flow structures in magnetized plasma. Despite the theoretical suggestion, relations between the turbulence energy spectrum and the formation of zonal flow structures have not been rigorously investigated in terms of numerical simulation studies based on a first-principle model. In this study, spectrum structures of electron scale plasma turbulence are obtained from high-resolution Vlasov simulations. The long wave length region of the spectrum is investigated in relation with self-organization.