Analytical description of stochastic field-line wandering in magnetic turbulence

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Shalchi, A ^a   Kourakis, I ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; TURBULENCE MODELS;

MAGNETIC FIELD LINE WANDERING; MAGNETIC TURBULENCE; QUASILINEAR THEORY; SUPERDIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; TURBULENT MAGNETIC SYSTEMS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 34848830070     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2776905     Document Type: Article

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