Dynamical Effects in Confined Plasma Turbulence



Document title: Dynamical Effects in Confined Plasma Turbulence
Journal: Brazilian journal of physics
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000398977
ISSN: 0103-9733
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Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil
3Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Parana. Brasil
4Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
5Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia de Sao Paulo, Guarulhos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
6The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Estados Unidos de América
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Season: Dic
Volumen: 44
Number: 6
Pages: 903-913
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico
English abstract Plasma turbulence at the edge of tokamaks is an issue of major importance in the study of the anomalous transport of particles and energy. Although the behavior of a turbulent plasma seems intractable, it turns out that many of its aspects can be described by low-dimensional nonintegrable dynamical models. In this paper, we consider a number of dynamical effects occurring in tokamak plasma edge—in particular the role of internal transport barriers. Furthermore, we present experimental results on turbulentdriven transport for two machines—the Brazilian TCABR tokamak and University of Texas’ Helimak—that can be explained by those theoretical models
Disciplines: Física y astronomía,
Matemáticas
Keyword: Física,
Matemáticas aplicadas,
Plasmas,
Turbulencia,
Sistemas dinámicos
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Mathematics,
Physics,
Applied mathematics,
Plasmas,
Turbulence,
Dynamic systems
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