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Title: Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX gas puff imaging data [Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX GPI data]

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]
  1. Lodestar Research Corporation, Boulder, CO (United States)
  2. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lodestar Research Corp., Boulder, CO (United States); Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1440543
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1460988
Report Number(s):
OE-ER/54678-12; DOE-ER/54392-89; LRC-18-174
Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335; TRN: US1900758
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-02ER54678; FG02-97ER54392; AC02-09CH11466
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 60; Journal Issue: 7; Related Information: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01x346d687k; Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335
Publisher:
IOP Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; fusion; tokamak; scrape-off-layer; turbulence; blob; hole; correlations; gas puff imaging

Citation Formats

Myra, J. R., Zweben, S. J., and Russell, D. A. Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX gas puff imaging data [Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX GPI data]. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6587/aac4fc.
Myra, J. R., Zweben, S. J., & Russell, D. A. Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX gas puff imaging data [Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX GPI data]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aac4fc
Myra, J. R., Zweben, S. J., and Russell, D. A. 2018. "Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX gas puff imaging data [Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX GPI data]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aac4fc. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1440543.
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title = {Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX gas puff imaging data [Blob-hole correlation model for edge turbulence and comparisons with NSTX GPI data]},
author = {Myra, J. R. and Zweben, S. J. and Russell, D. A.},
abstractNote = {},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6587/aac4fc},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1440543}, journal = {Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion},
issn = {0741-3335},
number = 7,
volume = 60,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Formation of a blob-hole pair. The function f(x,t) given by Eq. (15) is illustrated at various normalized times. The pair grows continuously from zero at t = 0. 1D base case parameters are employed for this example. See Sec. 4 for space and time normalizations.

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