Saturation of Gyrokinetic Turbulence through Damped Eigenmodes

Hatch, D. R.; Terry, P. W.; Jenko, F.; Merz, F.; Nevins, W. M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.115003

Title: Saturation of Gyrokinetic Turbulence through Damped Eigenmodes

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Authors:: Hatch, D. R.; Terry, P. W.; Jenko, F.; Merz, F.; Nevins, W. M.

Publication Date:: Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1100051

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Hatch, D. R., Terry, P. W., Jenko, F., Merz, F., and Nevins, W. M. Saturation of Gyrokinetic Turbulence through Damped Eigenmodes.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Hatch, D. R., Terry, P. W., Jenko, F., Merz, F., & Nevins, W. M. Saturation of Gyrokinetic Turbulence through Damped Eigenmodes.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.115003

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                    Hatch, D. R., Terry, P. W., Jenko, F., Merz, F., and Nevins, W. M. Wed .  
"Saturation of Gyrokinetic Turbulence through Damped Eigenmodes".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.115003.

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  title        = {Saturation of Gyrokinetic Turbulence through Damped Eigenmodes},

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