Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Physics of Plasmas
5 (1998), S. 3065-3067
ISSN:
1089-7674
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Transport barriers and transitions between modes of low and high confinement in tokamak plasmas are often attributed to suppression of turbulence by a shear flow related to a plasma gradient, e.g., of density. However, such shear flow is also affected by the second derivative of density. When this is introduced there is no unique relation between flux and gradient—it depends on the source distribution within the plasma and on conditions at the plasma edge (e.g., imposed by the scrape-off layer). This edge gradient must lie within prescribed limits if a stationary plasma profile (which may include an improved confinement zone) is to exist.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.873029
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