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Signature of turbulent zonal flows observed in the DIII-D tokamak

Coda, S.  
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Porkolab, M.
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Burrell, K.H.
2001
Physical Review Letters

The spectrum of turbulent density fluctuations at long poloidal wavelengths in the edge plasma of the DIII-D tokamak peaks at nonzero radial wave number. The associated electric-potential fluctuations cause sheared E~×B flows primarily in the poloidal direction. These zonal flows have been predicted by theory and are believed to regulate the overall level of turbulence and anomalous transport. This study provides the first indirect experimental identification of zonal flows.

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