Turbulence Dynamics in the Presence of Flow Shear in a Collisional Plasma: Experiment-Model Cross-Validation

Technical Report · 18 March 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1501458· OSTI ID:1501458

Gilmore, Mark ^[1]; Rogers, Barrett N. ^[2]

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1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)

The goal of this proposed work was to validate, through controlled laboratory experiments and close experiment-theory/model coupling, a fully global, nonlinear two-fluid model appropriate for understanding turbulence and transport dynamics in a collisional laboratory plasma.

• Research Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: SC0014528
• OSTI ID: 1501458
• Report Number(s): DESC0014528
• Resource Relation: Related Information: R. F. Kelly, K. D. Meaney, M. Gilmore,a) T. R. Desjardins, and Y. Zhang (2016). ArI/ArII laser induced fluorescence system for measurement of neutral and ion dynamics in a large scale helicon plasma. Review of Scientific Instruments. 87, 11E560.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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