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Strange Attractors in Drift Wave Turbulence

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/813620· OSTI ID:813620
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  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A multi-grid part-in-cell algorithm for a shearless slab drift wave model with kinetic electrons is presented. The algorithm, which is based on an exact separation of adiabatic and nonadiabatic electron responses, is used to investigate the presence of strange attractors in drift wave turbulence. Although the simulation model has a large number of degrees of freedom, it is found that the strange attractor is low-dimensional and that it is strongly affected by dissipative (collisional) effects.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., NJ (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
813620
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3807
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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