In:
Physics of Plasmas, AIP Publishing, Vol. 3, No. 10 ( 1996-10-01), p. 3628-3635
Abstract:
Toroidal ion temperature gradient (ITG) driven drift mode turbulence has been analyzed analyti- cally and numerically. By using weak nonlinearity arguments and random phase approxima- tion, dynamic and wave kinetic equations are derived. Three different nonlinearities, namely E×B, convective, and diamagnetic nonlinearities, play important roles in the turbulent spectral transfer. The power spectra of the weak ITG-mode turbulence are obtained analytically for |k|≫1 and |k| & lt;1 ranges in the wave number space. Forward energy cascading due to convective and diamagnetic nonlinearities will balance the inverse energy cascading due to E×B nonlinearity at |k|≊1/ρs (k is the wave number, ρs=cs/ωci, where cs is the sound velocity and ωci is the ion cyclotron frequency) and results in energy condensation at |k|≊1/ρs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1070-664X
,
1089-7674
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
1996
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1472746-8
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