Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-23-2010

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Department

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

Plasma turbulence in a linear device is explored for the first time with three-dimensional global two-fluid simulations, focusing on the plasma parameters of the Large Plasma Device. Three instabilities are present in the simulations: the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, a sheath-driven instability, and a resistive drift wave instability. The Kelvin-Helmholtz mode is shown to dominate the transport of plasma across the magnetic field. Simple scaling laws are obtained for the plasma profiles.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.225002

Original Citation

Rogers BN, Ricci P. Low-frequency turbulence in a linear magnetized plasma. Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Jun 4;104(22):225002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.225002. Epub 2010 Jun 2. PMID: 20867177.

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