CGYRO output files

It is not not recommended to read these files directly. Rather, we encourage the use of the CGYRO python data interface.

Time-independent output

Filename	Short description
out.cgyro.egrid	Energy mesh and various weights
out.cgyro.equilibrium	Physics input data
out.cgyro.grids	Mesh dimensions and coordinates
out.cgyro.hosts	MPI ranks and hostnames
out.cgyro.info	Human-readable description of simulation
out.cgyro.memory	Memory usage statistics
out.cgyro.mpi	Recommendations for choosing MPI tasks and OMP threads
out.cgyro.version	Version information and timestamp for simulation
bin.cgyro.geo	GK equation coefficients versus \(\theta\)

Common time-dependent output

Filename	Short description	Switch
out.cgyro.time	Time and error vector
out.cgyro.timing	Kernel timer data
bin.cgyro.freq	Mode frequency vector
bin.cgyro.kxky_phi	\(\delta\phi(k_x^0,k_y,t)\)
bin.cgyro.kxky_apar	\(\delta A_\parallel(k_x^0,k_y,t)\)	FIELD_PRINT_FLAG = 1
bin.cgyro.kxky_bpar	\(\delta B_\parallel(k_x^0,k_y,t)\)	FIELD_PRINT_FLAG = 1
bin.cgyro.kxky_n	\(\delta n_a(k_x^0,k_y,t)\)	MOMENT_PRINT_FLAG = 1
bin.cgyro.kxky_e	\(\delta E_a(k_x^0,k_y,t)\)	MOMENT_PRINT_FLAG = 1
bin.cgyro.kxky_v	\(\delta v_a(k_x^0,k_y,t)\)	MOMENT_PRINT_FLAG = 1
bin.cgyro.ky_flux	\(\Gamma_a, \Pi_a, Q_a\) versus \((k_y,t)\)
bin.cgyro.ky_cflux	\(\Gamma_a, \Pi_a, Q_a\) (half domain) versus \((k_y,t)\)

Restart data

Filename	Short description
out.cgyro.tag	Restart tag file (contains time index and value)
bin.cgyro.restart	Binary restart file

Output Normalization

Ion sound gyroradius

\[\rho_{s,{\rm unit}} = \frac{c_s}{e B_{\rm unit}/(m_D c)}\]

Ion sound speed

\[c_s=\sqrt{T_e/m_D}\]

gyroBohm particle flux

\[\Gamma_{\rm GB} = n_e c_s (\rho_{s,{\rm unit}}/a)^2\]

gyroBohm momentum flux

\[\Pi_{\rm GB} = n_e a T_e (\rho_{s,{\rm unit}}/a)^2\]

gyroBohm energy flux

\[Q_{\rm GB} = n_e c_s T_e (\rho_{s,{\rm unit}}/a)^2\]