The linear dynamics of zonal flows is addressed in stellarator geometry in the presence of an ambient (neoclassical) radial electric field. Global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell simulations are used to study the properties of the residual flow and its dependence on the plasma parameters and magnetic geometry. Properties of the zonal flow are compared in different magnetic geometries.
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Mishchenko et al. (2012) studied this question.