research article
Turbulence Phase Space in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas
Plasma turbulence in a simple magnetized torus (SMT) is explored for the first time with three-dimensional global fluid simulations. Three turbulence regimes are described: an ideal interchange mode regime, a previously undiscovered resistive interchange mode regime, and a drift-wave regime. As the pitch of the field lines is decreased, the simulations exhibit a transition from the first regime to the second, while the third—the drift-wave regime—is likely accessible to the experiments only at very low collisionalities.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000276541900022
Author(s)
Rogers, B. N.
Date Issued
2010
Publisher
Published in
Volume
104
Article Number
145001
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
Available on Infoscience
February 9, 2011
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