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Title: Effects of Collisional Zonal Flow Damping on Turbulent Transport

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/13839· OSTI ID:13839

Results from 3D global gyrokinetic particle simulations of ion temperature gradient driven microturbulence in a toroidal plasma show that the ion thermal transport level in the interior region exhibits significant dependence on the ion-ion collision frequency even in regimes where the instabilities are collisionless. This is identified as arising from the Coulomb collisional damping of turbulence-generated zonal flows.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
13839
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3362; AC02-CHO-3073; TRN: US0110805
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Oct 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English