Increased nonlinear coupling between turbulence and low-frequency fluctuations at the L−H transition

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 13, 2001, Pages

  Moyer, R A ^a   Tynan, G R ^a   Holland, C ^a   Burin, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; PLASMA PROBES; PLASMAS; SHEAR FLOW; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

LOW-FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; NONLINEAR COUPLING; REYNOLDS STRESS;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 42749099470     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.135001     Document Type: Article

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