Zonal flow and zonal magnetic field generation by finite β drift waves: A theory for low to high transitions in tokamaks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Guzdar, P N ^a   Kleva, R G ^a   Das, A ^b   Kaw, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA THEORY;

DRIFT-RESISTIVE BALLONING MODES; FININTE BETA DRIFT WAVES; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 39249085266     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.015001     Document Type: Article

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