Special Topic Article : Present Status and Prospects of Research on Zonal Flow
Present Status and Prospects of Research on Zonal Flow 4.Kinetic Analysis of Zonal Flows 4.1 Theory and Simulation of Zonal Flows Based on Gyrokinetics
The collisionless time evolution of zonal flows is described based on gyrokinetic theory. The validity of theoretical predictions regarding geodesic acoustic modes and residual zonal flows is verified by gyrokinetic Vlasov simulation.