Published August 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

TEXT tokamak edge turbulence modeling

  • 1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (USA)
  • 2. University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (USA)
  • 3. Fusion Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 (USA)

Description

Experimental results on the Texas Experimental Tokamak (TEXT) [Nucl. Technol./Fusion 1, 479 (1982)] and the Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF) torsatron [Fusion Technol. 10, 179 (1986)] indicate that electrostatic fluctuations can explain the edge transport of particles and perhaps energy. Certain mechanisms for drive (radiation and ionization, as well as density and temperature gradients) and stabilization (velocity shear) are suggested by these results. The experimental fluctuation levels and turbulence characteristics can be reproduced by considering the nonlinear evolution of fluid-type equations, incorporating thermal and ionization drives

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Fluids B
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Fluids B.
Journal Page Range
2291-2299
ISSN
0899-8221
CODEN
PFBPE