Zonal flow in toroidal ion temperature gradient mode turbulence

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-573

  Sandberg, Ingmar ^a   Pavlenko, V P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE;

MODE TURBULENCE; TOROIDAL ION TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TURBULENT FLUCTUATIONS; ZONAL FLOWS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 35348865101     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: 14697807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022377806004831     Document Type: Article

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