Sheared-flow induced confinement transition in a linear magnetized plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, S ^a   Heidbrink, W W ^a   Boehmer, H ^a   McWilliams, R ^a   Carter, T A ^b   Vincena, S ^b   Friedman, B ^b   Schaffner, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; AZIMUTHAL MODE NUMBER; BRAGINSKII MODEL; CONFINEMENT TRANSITIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS; CROSS-FIELD TRANSPORT; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DRIFT WAVES; EDGE DENSITIES; EDGE TURBULENCE; FLOW SHEAR; IMPROVED PLASMA CONFINEMENT; LINEAR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; PARTICLE FLUXES; PFISTER; PLASMA CYLINDER; PLASMA EDGES; POTENTIAL FLUCTUATIONS; RADIAL CORRELATION LENGTHS; RADIAL TRANSPORT; SHEAR LAYER; SHEARED AZIMUTHAL FLOW; SHEARED FLOW; SHEARING RATES; TWO-FLUID;

BIAS VOLTAGE; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA TURBULENCE; PLASMA WAVES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84859195368     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3677361     Document Type: Article

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