research article
Universal statistical properties of drift-interchange turbulence in TORPEX plasmas
A unique parabolic relation is observed to link skewness and kurtosis of around ten thousand density fluctuation signals, measured over the whole cross section of a toroidal magnetized plasma for a broad range of experimental conditions. All the probability density functions of the measured signals, including those characterized by a negative skewness, are universally described by a special case of the Beta distribution. Fluctuations in the drift-interchange frequency range are necessary and sufficient to assure that probability density functions can be described by this specific Beta distribution.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000247469400030
Author(s)
Date Issued
2007
Published in
Volume
98
Issue
25
Article Number
255002
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
Available on Infoscience
April 16, 2008
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