Rogers, B. N.Ricci, Paolo2011-02-102011-02-102011-02-10201010.1103/PhysRevLett.104.225002https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/64197WOS:000278303000007Plasma turbulence in a linear device is explored for the first time with three-dimensional global twofluid simulations, focusing on the plasma parameters of the Large Plasma Device. Three instabilities are present in the simulations: the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, a sheath-driven instability, and a resistive drift wave instability. The Kelvin-Helmholtz mode is shown to dominate the transport of plasma across the magnetic field. Simple scaling laws are obtained for the plasma profiles.CRPP_EDGEtext::journal::journal article::research article