Turbulent transport reduction and randomization of coherent fluctuations by zonal flows in toroidal plasma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Shats, M G ^a   Solomon, W M ^a,b   Xia, H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; REDUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

COHERENT FLUCTUATIONS; RANDOMIZATION; TOROIDAL PLASMA; TURBULENT TRANSPORT REDUCTION; ZONAL FLOWS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0038735495     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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