Published June 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Test-particle transport in strong electrostatic drift turbulencewith finite Larmor radius effects

  • 1. United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Government Division, Fusion, Culham, Abingdon, OX14 3DB (United Kingdom)

Description

Test-particle transport arising from ExB motion in a turbulent plasma is investigated numerically. The electrostatic field is determined by solving the Hasegawa-Mima model for two-dimensional drift turbulence. In the linear regime the particles experience stochastic diffusion, but in the fully nonlinear, strongly turbulent regime the diffusion rate is greatly reduced. Finite Larmor radius effects, relevant to alpha-particle transport in tokamaks, are also shown to strongly inhibit the level of transport

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
23
Journal Page Range
p. 4360-4363.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO