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Title: Transport Barriers in Symplectic Maps

Journal Article · · Brazilian Journal of Physics
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  1. Universidade Federal do Parana, Parana (Brazil). Departamento de Fisica
  2. Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil). Instituto de Fısica. Departamento de Fısica Aplicada
  3. Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Parana (Brazil). Departamento de Matematica e Estatıstica
  4. Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Parana (Brazil). Departamento de Matematica e Estatıstica
  5. Universidade Federal de Goias, Goias (Brazil)
  6. Universidade de Brasılia, Brasılia (Brazil). Instituto de Fısica
  7. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics

Chaotic transport is a subject of paramount importance in a variety of problems in plasma physics, specially those related to anomalous transport and turbulence. On the other hand, a great deal of information on chaotic transport can be obtained from simple dynamical systems like two-dimensional area-preserving (symplectic) maps, where powerful mathematical results like KAM theory are available. In this work we review recent works on transport barriers in area-preserving maps, focusing on systems which do not obey the so-called twist property. For such systems KAM theory no longer holds everywhere and novel dynamical features show up as nonresistive reconnection, shearless curves and shearless bifurcations. After presenting some general features using a standard nontwist mapping, we consider magnetic field line maps for magnetically confined plasmas in tokamaks.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; FAPESP
Grant/Contract Number:
FG05-80ET53088; 2018/03211-6
OSTI ID:
1850237
Journal Information:
Brazilian Journal of Physics, Vol. 51, Issue 3; ISSN 0103-9733
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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