Origin of Magnetic Stochasticity and Transport in Plasma Microturbulence

被引：74

作者：

Hatch, D. R. ^{[1
]}

Pueschel, M. J. ^{[1
]}

Jenko, F. ^{[1
]}

Nevins, W. M. ^{[2
]}

Terry, P. W. ^{[3
]}

Doerk, H. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] EURATOM, Max Planck Inst Plasmaphys, D-85748 Garching, Germany

[2] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA

[3] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2012年 / 108卷 / 23期

关键词：

ELECTROMAGNETIC GYROKINETIC SIMULATIONS; TURBULENCE; FLOWS; FIELD;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.235002

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Nonlinear excitation of linearly stable microtearing modes-with zonal modes acting as a catalyst-is shown to be responsible for the near-ubiquitous magnetic stochasticity and associated electromagnetic electron heat transport in electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations of plasma microturbulence.

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