Transport bifurcation in a rotating tokamak plasma.

The effect of flow shear on turbulent transport in tokamaks is studied numerically in the experimentally relevant limit of zero magnetic shear. It is found that the plasma is linearly stable for all nonzero flow shear values, but that subcritical turbulence can be sustained nonlinearly at a wide ran...

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Main Authors: Highcock, E, Barnes, M, Schekochihin, A, Parra, F, Roach, C, Cowley, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010