Two-dimensional gyrokinetic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 664, Issue , 2010, Pages 407-435

  Plunk, G G ^a,b,c   Cowley, S C ^d,e   Schekochihin, A A ^e,f,g   Tatsuno, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUT HENRI POINCARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

kinetic theory; plasmas; turbulence theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; KINETIC THEORY; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMA TURBULENCE;

CHARNEY-HASEGAWA-MIMA EQUATION; GYROKINETIC TURBULENCE; HOMOGENEOUS AND ISOTROPIC; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; SHORT WAVELENGTH LIMITS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TURBULENCE THEORY;

KINETICS;

KINETICS; NONLINEARITY; PLASMA; POWER LAW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 78649910302     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211201000371X     Document Type: Article

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