Turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas with rotational shear.

Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations are conducted to investigate turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas with rotational shear. At sufficiently large flow shears, linear instabilities are suppressed, but transiently growing modes drive subcritical turbulence whose amplitude increases with flow shear. T...

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Main Authors: Barnes, M, Parra, F, Highcock, E, Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Roach, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011