Critically balanced ion temperature gradient turbulence in fusion plasmas.

Scaling laws for ion temperature gradient driven turbulence in magnetized toroidal plasmas are derived and compared with direct numerical simulations. Predicted dependences of turbulence fluctuation amplitudes, spatial scales, and resulting heat fluxes on temperature gradient and magnetic field line...

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Main Authors: Barnes, M, Parra, F, Schekochihin, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011