Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2011
Publication Title
Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Turbulence and bias-induced flows in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas are explored with global three- dimensional fluid simulations, focusing on the parameters of the Helimak experiment. The simulations show that plasma turbulence and transport in the regime of interest are dominated by the ideal interchange instability. The application of a bias voltage alters the structure of the plasma potential, resulting in the equilibrium sheared flows. These bias-induced vertical flows located in the gradient region appear to reduce the radial extent of turbulent structures, and thereby lower the radial plasma transport on the low field side.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.83.056406
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Li, B.; Rogers, B. N.; Ricci, P.; and Gentle, K. W., "Turbulence and Bias-Induced Flows in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas" (2011). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1988.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1988
