Transition to collisionless ion-temperature-gradient-driven plasma turbulence: A dynamical systems approach

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 23, 2005, Pages

  Kolesnikov, R A ^a   Krommes, J A ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION-TEMPERATURE-GRADIENT-DRIVEN PLASMA TURBULENCE; ZONAL FLOWS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PLASMA TURBULENCE;

EID: 27744511116     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.235002     Document Type: Article

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