Role of stochasticity in turbulence and convective intermittent transport at the scrape off layer of Ohmic plasma in QUEST

Journal Article · Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890359· OSTI ID:22299817

Banerjee, Santanu; Ishiguro, M.; Tashima, S.; Mishra, K. ^[1]; Zushi, H.; Hanada, K.; Nakamura, K.; Idei, H.; Hasegawa, M.; Fujisawa, A.; Nagashima, Y.; Matsuoka, K. ^[2]; Nishino, N. ^[3]; Liu, H. Q. ^[4]

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1. IGSES, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan)
2. RIAM, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580 (Japan)
3. Mechanical System Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8527 (Japan)
4. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031 (China)

Statistical features of fluctuations are investigated using the fast camera imaging technique in the scrape of layer (SOL) of electron cyclotron resonance heated Ohmic plasma. Fluctuations in the SOL towards low field side are dominated by coherent convective structures (blobs). Two dimensional structures of the higher order moments (skewness s and kurtosis k) representing the shape of probability density function (PDF) are studied. s and k are seen to be functions of the magnetic field lines. s and k are consistently higher towards the bottom half of the vessel in the SOL showing the blob trajectory along the field lines from the top towards bottom of the vessel. Parabolic relation (k=As{sup 2}+C) is observed between s and k near the plasma boundary, featuring steep density gradient region and at the far SOL. The coefficient A, obtained experimentally, indicates a shift of prominence from pure drift-wave instabilities towards fully developed turbulence. Numerical coefficients characterizing the Pearson system are derived which demonstrates the progressive deviation of the PDF from Gaussian towards gamma from the density gradient region, towards the far SOL. Based on a simple stochastic differential equation, a direct correspondence between the multiplicative noise amplitude, increased intermittency, and hence change in PDF is discussed.

• OSTI ID: 22299817
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 7; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDES
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRON CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
FLUCTUATIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA
PLASMA SCRAPE-OFF LAYER
PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
TURBULENCE
WAVE PROPAGATION